SNEAK PEEK! Twelfth House+: Pregnancy, Spirit Babies, and Prepping for Mat Leave While Running an Intuitive Business
Welcome to the Twelfth House+ — our subscribers-only bonus podcast channel.
This is our uncut, unfiltered podcast feed where we'll be dropping exclusive episodes each month featuring Michelle, Wallis, Team Holisticism, and (occasional) guests to discuss what’s on our minds, in our hearts, and whatever you'd like to see us put our scuba gear on and deep dive into.
This week we're talking intimately about what it's been like for Michelle to be pregnant while running Holisticism and how she's been thinking about and planning for maternity leave.
We answer all your questions and we also get into:
The Spirit Baby book and what Michelle took from it
Michelle's spirit baby reading vs. the results
How Michelle and Ethan went about getting pregnant
The pressures and fears associated with “geriatric pregnancy”
“Baby fever”
Planning for raising young kids while running your business
After-birth care, doulas, the closing of the bones ceremony
Much more!
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“Each soul chooses its parents for a specific reason.”
“Nothing that I’m grasping for so tightly has ever come in the time and the way that I’ve wanted it to — ever!”
“I think he was more hesitant than I was, just because he’s 38 and just got married. Not that he’s resistant to responsibility or deep relationships, but it’s a lot of change. We’ve done all this in our first year of marriage, so that’s big. And I think with his diagnosis, there’s a very real possibility that he won’t see his children grow up, or that he won’t be well enough — and I know that worries him a lot.”
“Ethan is such an amazing person. Even to have him as your parent for only a few years would be the best.”
“You can’t be prepared for everything that’s going to happen — so much is going to happen in your life and in your kid’s life. We never know. I think you just have to trust yourself.”
“I went into a Starbucks bathroom to take the pregnancy test.”
“It’s not my job to run this person’s life. My only job is to give him all the tools that he needs to be the fullest version of himself.”
“If you are in a ton of pain, or God forbid something happens and you can’t advocate for yourself, it’s so important that there’s someone there who knows and understands you and what you want.”
“One of the times our brain is most malleable is when we’re falling in love, which is incredible, but the other time is when we’re going through a deep grieving breakup.”
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The swing between wanting and not wanting children
The complications of being a soon-to-be mother business owner, and how Michelle handles it
Brief background as to how Michelle and her husband, Ethan, decided to have a baby
Inserting a diva cup right after sex in order to hold in all the sperm — is this an effective practice when you’re trying to conceive?
What may have caused irregular periods for women, and what might help
What are some of Ethan and Michelle’s worries, and how they dealt with them as a couple
Can you actually prepare your kid’s future?
When did Michelle and Ethan find out that they’re pregnant, and what was their initial reax?
The fear of having a miscarriage
Michelle and Ethan’s philosophies as a couple on child rearing — what changed?
Should we expect Michelle to quit her job and become a full-time mom?
Michelle and Ethan’s childcare plans, and who are the people involved
The closing of the bones ceremony
What it’s like for Michelle to be cared for like a baby again
The difference in how people treat Michelle now that she’s pregnant versus when she wasn’t
‘Before the baby’ and ‘after the baby’ in the business
When is our brain most malleable?
How pregnancy changed Michelle’s relationship with creation and intuition?
What other entrepreneurs might learn from Michelle’s experience
Perks of running your own business
How do Michelle and Ethan communicate with their baby — or do they?
Resources and People Mentioned
Spirit Babies: How to Communicate with the Child You're Meant to Have by Walter Makichen
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