Latest Support for baby loss Podcast Episodes
S1 E19 Stillbirthday with Heidi Faith
Birth Ease Loss Support - November 05, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsMichelle has a tender conversation with Heidi Faith, president and CEO of Stillbirthday. Heidi shares her very personal journey that led her to found Stillbirthday Global Network, which is an internationally trusted benevolent organization whose philanthropic mission is simply to doula: to nurtur...
S1 E18 Exploring Healing After Loss with Amy Wright Glenn
Birth Ease Loss Support - October 29, 2021 07:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsMichelle has a profound conversation with her mentor, Amy Wright Glenn. Because birth and death are intertwined, their conversation not only benefits bereaved parents but provides powerful insights to birth professionals as well. Amy reflects upon what healing means as it relates to loss and how ...
S1 E17 A Portrait of Baby Loss and Black Motherhood with Candace Williamson and Taylour Marks
Birth Ease Loss Support - October 22, 2021 17:36 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsMichelle and two student filmmakers, Taylour Marks and Candace Williamson, discuss their debut documentary film, a deeply flawed system, the disparities facing black mothers, and perinatal loss. Black women are twice as likely to experience a miscarriage than other races. African American infants...
S1 E16 Doula Support & Baby Loss
Birth Ease Loss Support - October 22, 2021 07:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsMichelle and Naima Bond discuss the experience of supporting families through pregnancy and infant loss as doulas. Naima shares her own story of pregnancy loss and how that inspired her to do additional training in perinatal loss as she became a birth professional. Naima explains some of the cha...
S1 E16 Doula Support & Baby Loss with Naima Bond
Birth Ease Loss Support - October 22, 2021 07:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsMichelle and Naima Bond discuss the experience of supporting families through pregnancy and infant loss as doulas. Naima shares her own story of pregnancy loss and how that inspired her to do additional training in perinatal loss as she became a birth professional. Naima explains some of the chal...
S1 E15 Guided Meditation for Pregnancy and Infant Loss- October 15th
Birth Ease Loss Support - October 15, 2021 07:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsMichelle honors October 15th: Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. She has created a guided relaxation recording geared towards parents grieving the loss of a baby or a child. However, it can be helpful for anyone walking through the journey of grief. The intention is to help release some o...
S1 E14 Baby Loss From a Father's Perspective
Birth Ease Loss Support - October 15, 2021 07:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsMichelle has an open and raw conversation with Matt, who lost his daughter, Rowan, to a stillbirth. Matt candidly shares the journey of baby loss from the father's perspective. He describes how grief, through no fault of your own, can create a sense of being ostracized by those around you. Becaus...
S1 E13 Tips for Grieving Couples
Birth Ease Loss Support - October 15, 2021 07:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThe pain, stress, and trauma that can come with pregnancy and infant loss impacts even the best of relationships. While grief is universal, everyone grieves at their own depth and pace. Men and women can grieve and mourn differently, which may be a source of misunderstanding and hurt feelings. M...
S1 E12 Grief, Baby Loss, and Fathers with Adam Angel
Birth Ease Loss Support - October 15, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWhen families experience pregnancy and infant loss, the focus and support is most often directed towards moms. Yet, this can leaves fathers to navigate their grief silently and with few resources. In this episode, Adam Angel, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, candidly shares about the loss of thei...
S1 E11 The Angel of Hope with Gary Vogel
Birth Ease Loss Support - October 08, 2021 07:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsMichelle continues her conversation with Gary Vogel, LMHC perinatal grief expert and founder of HEAL, a Central Florida support group for bereaved parents. Gary shares the beautiful story of The Angel of Hope and how we here in Central Florida acquired our own statue. Together they discuss the vi...
S1 E10 HEAL: Helping Endure infAnt Loss with Gary Vogel
Birth Ease Loss Support - October 08, 2021 07:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsMichelle has a two-part conversion with Gary Vogel, LMHC perinatal grief expert and founder of HEAL, a Central Florida support group for bereaved parents. Together discuss how the loss of a child disrupts our perception of the natural order of things, what grief is and isn't, and the 3 tasks of g...
S1 E8 My Journey to Healing After Loss with Nydia
Birth Ease Loss Support - October 08, 2021 07:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsMichelle has a beautiful and inspirational conversation with Nydia, mother to Santiago and Mateo. Her insights will benefit anyone traversing the pain of losing a child, a loved one, or some sort of tragedy. During Nydia's eighth month of pregnancy, she lost her beloved older sister to cancer. Ap...
S1 E9 A Short Grief Meditation for Baby Loss
Birth Ease Loss Support - October 08, 2021 07:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsMichelle shares a guided meditation for baby loss that focuses on using gentle breathing to help release stress, strain, and the heaviness that is a natural and normal part of grief. It guides the listener to focus on the love that they have for their child to assist in softening the places that...
S1 E5 Navigating Baby Loss with Rabbi Elisheva
Birth Ease Loss Support - October 01, 2021 07:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsMichelle has a beautiful and healing conversation with The Radical Rabbi, Elisheva (Emily) Brenner. Emily shares her own journey of perinatal loss, which she describes as the tsunami of her soul. She retells the sacred wisdom story that helped her create a Divine Reframe and quiet the storm withi...
S1 E7 IRIS- Infants Remembered In Silence with Diana Kelley
Birth Ease Loss Support - October 01, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsMichelle has the privilege to have a conversation with Diana Kelley, the director of Infants Remembered In Silence © (IRIS) a 501(c)3 Nonprofit organization that she founded in 1987, following the full-term stillbirth of her son. Together they discuss how the care parents experiencing baby loss r...
S1 E6 How to Support a Grieving Family
Birth Ease Loss Support - October 01, 2021 07:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratings1 in 4 women have experienced pregnancy or infant loss. Because of the silence surrounding the loss of a child, it can cause the necessary grieving to be a lonely and isolating experience. Even if you, as the listener, were blessed to have never personally experienced perinatal loss, the chances ...
S1 E2 Feelings You May Experience After Pregnancy and Infant Loss
Birth Ease Loss Support - October 01, 2021 07:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWhen we experience pregnancy and infant loss, there is a myriad of emotions and feelings that we may go through. Because baby loss is often shrouded in silence, it is uncharted territory. You may question if what you are feeling is normal. In this episode, Michelle explains the shared experience...
S1 E4 Self Care Tips for Pregnancy & Infant Loss
Birth Ease Loss Support - October 01, 2021 07:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsGrief, of all kinds, requires self-care. And, for families experiencing pregnancy & infant loss, the need is even more acute. In this episode, Michelle shares self-care suggestions and tips recommended by grief experts. She shares the benefits of practices such as prayer and mediation, massage an...
S1 E3 The Phases of Bereavement for Baby Loss
Birth Ease Loss Support - October 01, 2021 07:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsMichelle defines grief, mourning, and bereavement. Shock & denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance are a part of the framework of the stages of grief. These stages help define what we may be feeling. Yet, they are not definite steps on a linear timeline as we move through grief. We...
S1 E1 Welcome to Birth Ease Loss Support
Birth Ease Loss Support - September 16, 2021 18:55 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsGrief can be lonely and isolating, especially for those experiencing pregnancy and infant loss. At times, it may even feel as if the sorrow might consume you. Michelle Smith, Certified Grief Counseling Specialist, Birth & Bereavement Doula/Chaplain, and host of The Birth Ease Podcast, holds a muc...
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