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Finding Your Village - Episode 57: Hypnobabies Childbirth Preparation: Interview with Kerry Tuschhoff

Episode 57: Hypnobabies Childbirth Preparation: Interview with Kerry Tuschhoff

05/30/21 • 26 min

Finding Your Village

In this week’s episode we round out our series on birth preparation classes and discuss Hypnobabies. I was honored to interview the Founder and Director of Hypnobabies Childbirth Hypnosis, Kerry Tuschhoff last week.

Kerry is a nationally renowned speaker and writer on a wide range of women's pregnancy and childbirth concerns. Her subjects include prenatal and childbirth choices, informed consent issues, health and low-risk status concerns, comfort in childbirth, the power of birth language and midwifery advocacy.

I hope you have enjoyed this series on the different philosophies on childbirth preparation methods and I think you are going to love this episode with Kerry.

Thank you for listening!

In this episode we discuss:

  • How and why did you create Hypnobabies Childbirth Hypnosis?
  • What is Hypnobabies?
  • What is the class structure like?
    • Class 1: Hypnosis basics, demonstration and introduction to "Light Switch Technique"
    • Class 2: Introduction to Stages of Labor, hypno-anesthesia
    • Class 3: Information about birthing choices and Doulas
    • Class 4: How labor starts and Peace Cue
    • Class 5: Transformation and birth of baby
    • Class 6: Birth rehearsal and newborn and maternal care
  • Who would be a good fit for Hynobabies?

Kerry is offering a discount code for Finding Your Village podcast listeners to those that are interested in the Hypnobabies Home Study Courses!
Get 20% off with code: FindingYourVillage20

How to get in touch with Kerry/Hypnobabies:

How to get in touch with me:

Visit www.keepsakecastle.com today!

Support the show

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In this week’s episode we round out our series on birth preparation classes and discuss Hypnobabies. I was honored to interview the Founder and Director of Hypnobabies Childbirth Hypnosis, Kerry Tuschhoff last week.

Kerry is a nationally renowned speaker and writer on a wide range of women's pregnancy and childbirth concerns. Her subjects include prenatal and childbirth choices, informed consent issues, health and low-risk status concerns, comfort in childbirth, the power of birth language and midwifery advocacy.

I hope you have enjoyed this series on the different philosophies on childbirth preparation methods and I think you are going to love this episode with Kerry.

Thank you for listening!

In this episode we discuss:

  • How and why did you create Hypnobabies Childbirth Hypnosis?
  • What is Hypnobabies?
  • What is the class structure like?
    • Class 1: Hypnosis basics, demonstration and introduction to "Light Switch Technique"
    • Class 2: Introduction to Stages of Labor, hypno-anesthesia
    • Class 3: Information about birthing choices and Doulas
    • Class 4: How labor starts and Peace Cue
    • Class 5: Transformation and birth of baby
    • Class 6: Birth rehearsal and newborn and maternal care
  • Who would be a good fit for Hynobabies?

Kerry is offering a discount code for Finding Your Village podcast listeners to those that are interested in the Hypnobabies Home Study Courses!
Get 20% off with code: FindingYourVillage20

How to get in touch with Kerry/Hypnobabies:

How to get in touch with me:

Visit www.keepsakecastle.com today!

Support the show

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undefined - Episode 56: The Bradley Method Childbirth Preparation: Interview with Michelle Gabriel-Caldwell & Brent Caldwell

Episode 56: The Bradley Method Childbirth Preparation: Interview with Michelle Gabriel-Caldwell & Brent Caldwell

In today’s episode I had the pleasure of speaking with a husband and wife childbirth instructor team! I had the chance to interview Brent Caldwell and Michelle Gabrielle-Caldwell about their experience teaching the Bradley Method childbirth class.

Michelle and Brent have been married since 1997, they always knew they wanted children. Blessed with two great kids, they didn't realize how impactful the birthing experiences were until sharing theirs with friends and family. Michelle's first pregnancy was normal and perfect, she wanted the same for the labor and birth...normal, natural. She took Bradley Method Classes, hired a doula and had a low intervention, natural hospital birth. Second time around she was older and wiser, birth two would be at home on Christmas night...same birth team!

Both of them were inspired to teach The Bradley Method and they have been doing so since 2006.

Michelle is also a Certified Labor Doula, Evidence Based Birth Instructor and National Black Doula Association Doula Trainer & Mentor. In her spare time she loves supporting The Birth Center of NJ as their Doula Coordinator and Childbirth Instructor.

In today’s episode we discuss:

  • Michelle and Brent’s background and how they started teaching birth classes
  • History of the Bradley Method
  • What is the the Bradley Method Childbirth education philosophy?
  • The role of a childbirth coach and a doula
  • What the 12 week class structure is like
    • Class 1: History of/Intro to Bradley Method and Get to Know your Instructors
    • Class 2: Nutrition
    • Class 3: Gestation
    • Class 4: Coaching class for partners
    • Class 5: Introduction to 1st Stage of Labor
    • Class 6: Introduction to 2nd Stage of Labor
    • Class 7: Birth Plans
    • Class 8: Variations and Complications
    • Class 9: Advanced 1st Stage
    • Class 10: Advanced 2nd Stage
    • Class 11: Advanced Coaching
    • Class 12: Newborn care, Breastfeeding and Postpartum
  • Who would be a good fit for a Bradley class?

How to get in touch with/follow Michelle/Brent:

How to get in touch with me:

Visit www.keepsakecastle.com today!

Support the show

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undefined - Episode 58: Marijuana Addiction and Motherhood

Episode 58: Marijuana Addiction and Motherhood

I have been working toward and waiting for the right time to share this episode with you.

I am a recovering marijuana addict. I am sharing my story today for two main reasons: first is to not keep this a secret anymore. Second, I would like to share my story of recovery, redemption and freedom in hopes of encouraging others.

I started smoking weed in college, I liked it better than drinking. I have a lot of anxiety and it calmed me down. By the time I was 22 I was smoking everyday from morning to night. I didn’t think I had a problem since I was still so productive, was a hard worker and accomplished a lot

After I graduated college I met my husband, Chris and weed was part of our entire dating relationship. When we got married, we decided to stop smoking, it took me longer than Chris, but I eventually did. I am a Christ follower and my experience was that I started going to church again, started praying again and I heard quite clearly from God that if I wanted to be mother one day I had to stop smoking weed. So I listened. I stopped smoking for a year before I got pregnant with my daughter and stayed sober from weed for 3 years until after I was done breastfeeding.

I started smoking again after I stopped breastfeeding and I looked at it as a substitution for my nightly glass of wine. Then I quit again so that I could get pregnant again and I did.

When our second was eleven months old, we invited our favorite distraction back in. We had every intention of indulging for a few months and then quitting again. But then the global pandemic happened and that was all the excuse I needed to keep smoking. Life became survival. My old habits had snuck back up on me, but this time the stakes were so much higher, no pun intended. I was a mother and had two little kids to take care of.

Most people who smoke weed do not become addicted to it, but 9% of us do. I am one of those 9%ers. Just like most people can handle having a drink now and then, but some people cannot and are alcoholics.

When things started to get out of control in my life I realized there were three things that I had to do to heal and put my life back together.

  1. I had to decide to finally like myself and chase after self-compassion
  2. I needed to invite curiosity back into my life
  3. I had to get sober and stop my toxic habit with marijuana

Quitting was really hard, because I was numbing myself to all of my feelings, so when I got sober, all of the feelings that I had been suppressing came bubbling up and I had a tremendously hard time. Thankfully, I found Marijuana Anonymous online meetings and went to a treatment facility to heal. Being away from my children for 18 days was the hardest thing I have ever done. It broke me. But I needed to be broken in order to start repairing.

The healing that I have experienced has been more incredible than I can put into words. I still have hard times, but now I have tools to cope with those difficult moments.

I celebrated 8 months of sobriety on June 4th and am now at a place of doing all this work that I am ready to share my story. I am sharing my story because I am proud of myself and all of the work that I have done and if I can do it, anyone can. So my final reason for sharing is in case just one person out there were to hear my story and is positively influenced in their own addiction or healing journey...that is worth it to me to be vulnerable and dare greatly.

How to get in touch with me:

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