This is the second part to the conversation with Veronica Agard, also known as Ifáṣadùn Fásanmí (she/her). This episode is a deeper dive into our responsibility of breaking cycles and starting new cycles for the next generation. This includes living our truths, holding intergenerational compassion, honoring people while they are alive, documenting and archiving, and much more.

Visit the Ancestors in Training™ website [http://ancestorsintraining.org/].
Follow Ancestors In Training™ on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/ancestorsintraining/].
Follow Veronica on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/verosgotthejuice/].
Read her full bio and join the newsletter [https://www.veronicaagard.com/landing] for updates.
Buy Ancestors In Training™ Merch [https://ancestors-in-training.printify.me/products].
Donate to the Deck Fundraiser [https://www.gofundme.com/f/birthing-the-ancestors-in-training-deck?member=30673293&utm_campaign=p_lico%20share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer].



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Veronica Agard: Love as Intergenerational Wealth and Legacy Building (Part 2)

This is the second part of a 2 episode conversation with Candice (they/them), a Black and Indigenous queer human that is living and working at the crossroads of education, justice and community healing. 

Candice strives to be an ally to the Palestinian people, expanding on the concept of vicarious trauma in response to the ongoing genocide happening in Palestine.  This episode discusses the journey towards collective liberation, recognizing the effects of witnessing genocide even on screens, and healing through activism and taking action. 

Candice wanted us to include an attribution to Leah Manaema's video [https://www.instagram.com/p/CzsQG2URUm-/] that they quoted in the episode. https://www.instagram.com/p/CzsQG2URUm-/
Donate to Middle East Children's Alliance (MECA) [https://www.mecaforpeace.org/] in Candice's name. 

Follow Candice on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/education_healing_justice].
Contact them through their Website [http://www.candicerosevalenzuela.com/].
Subscribe to their Newsletter [https://candicerosevalenzuela.substack.com/] Both/and.
Tip Candice [https://account.venmo.com/u/candice-rose-5] on Venmo.

Download the 5 Calls app [https://5calls.org/] to easily call your representatives. 
Contact Biden and the White House at (202) 456 - 1111.

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Candice Rose Valenzuela: Trauma Informed Solidarity and Vicarious Trauma (Part 2)

It can be hard to navigate our regular lives and trying to conceive while simultaneously experiencing collective grief and trauma. Bringing your body into “rest and relax” mode is key to conceiving successfully and coping with stress. This is why we're bringing back this episode packed with quick tips for calming your nervous system and clearing stress hormones anytime. 

All content offered through The Intersectional Fertility Podcast is created for informational purposes only, it is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

Visit the Intersectional Fertility Website [https://www.intersectionalfertility.com/] to find your Whole Self Fertility Method™ element, and learn more about our offerings.

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10 Tools to De-stress and Calm Your Body

Veronica Agard, also known as Ifáṣadùn Fásanmí (she/her) is a poet, writer, abọ̀rìṣà, community educator, connector, and founder of Ancestors in Training™. In today's episode, Veronica discusses her journey with finding her spirituality and its connection with ancestor work. Josie and Veronica also touch upon intergenerational healing, storytelling, activism, and establishing a mind body connection.

Visit the Ancestors in Training™ website [http://ancestorsintraining.org].
Follow Ancestors In Training™ on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/ancestorsintraining/].
Follow Veronica on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/verosgotthejuice/].
Read her full bio and join the newsletter [https://www.veronicaagard.com/landing] for updates.
Buy Ancestors In Training™ Merch [https://ancestors-in-training.printify.me/products].
Listen to Veronica's talk on Queering Divinity [https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=1678636598925514].



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Veronica Agard: Preparing for the Next Generations of Ancestors (Part 1)

Candice (they/she) is a Black and Indigenous queer human that is living and working at the crossroads of education, justice and community healing. In this first part of a 2 episode conversation, Candice and Josie discuss performative wellness and what healing and wellness really are in the context of oppressive systems. Candice also gives a glimpse into their birth experience and how it ties to their perspective on trauma and healing.

Part 2 coming soon.

Follow Candice on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/education_healing_justice].
Contact them through their Website [http://www.candicerosevalenzuela.com].
Subscribe to their Newsletter [https://candicerosevalenzuela.substack.com/] Both/and.
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Today’s episode opens with some words about the genocide actively happening in Gaza, and some ways you can take action.

You can find information on Candice's Instagram linked above.
Read and sign the call in statement [https://www.cornerstonedoulatrainings.com/call-in-statement-in-solidarity-for-gaza] in solidarity with Gaza by Nickie from Cornerstone Birthwork on Instagram. [https://www.instagram.com/cornerstone.birthwork]
Download the 5 Calls app [https://5calls.org/] to easily call your representatives. 
Contact Biden and the White House at (202) 456 - 1111.




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Candice Valenzuela: Decolonizing Performative Wellness While Healing Alongside Our Fertility Journey (Part 1)

Jeevan Singh (she/they) is a queer, Punjabi-Ecuadorian-Puerto Rican mother, poet, doctor of traditional East Asian medicine and mindfulness based somatic practitioner. In today's conversation, Jeevan and Josie discuss getting in touch with your soma in the context of resolving trauma, as well as exploring grief. Jeevan also talks about challenges and surprises in their own fertility journey and gives advice for queer folks trying to conceive.

Content Warning: brief mention of gun violence.

Visit Jeevan's website [https://www.jeevansingh.com/].
Follow Jeevan on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/dr.jeevansingh].
Learn more about The Somatic Womb Path - Practitioner Certification Program [https://www.thewayofyin.com/wombschool] through Womb School.
Learn more about Tending the Spirit - Group Offering for BIPOC Embodiment Waitlist [https://view.flodesk.com/pages/642361c02df8f89714ddcbff].
Learn more about Sacred Fire - Mentorship for Visionary Healing Folks in Small Business [https://www.jeevansingh.com/sacred-fire].
Jeevan's 1:1 Healing Offerings [https://www.jeevansingh.com/heal].

Resources mentioned:

 * The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief by Francis Weller.
 * The Tao of Trauma: A Practitioner's Guide for Integrating Five Element Theory and Trauma Treatment by Alaine Duncan & Kathy Kain "a lot of what I'm practicing these days" -Jeevan.
 * Jeevan's dear friend Renee Sills who runs Embodied Astrology [https://www.embodiedastrology.com/].
 * Centering Practice with Adrienne Maree Brown [https://www.instagram.com/tv/CJuKskxgC8V/?igshid=nllpwukfj5qe&hl=en] - comes from Richard Strozzi branch of somatics & generative somatics.

Visit the Intersectional Fertility Website [https://www.intersectionalfertility.com/] to find your Whole Self Fertility Method™ element, and learn more about our offerings.

Follow Josie on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/intersectionalfertility/].

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Dr. Jeevan Singh: Somatic Womb Work and the Connection with Grief, Love, and Pleasure

Oumou (she/they) is a Black, queer multi-hyphenate therapist, speaker, writer, facilitator, coach, and more. Today's conversation explores all things boundaries, where Oumou shares two definitions for boundaries, as well as some examples of ways to express boundaries, and the difference between boundaries, requests, and bids for care. This episode also covers how including pleasure and play in our lives can help us connect with our bodyminds, no matter what age you are.

Follow Oumou on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/connectwithoumou/?hl=en].

Visit their Website [https://www.connectwithoumou.com/] to learn more about Radical Mental Health First Aide and her other offerings.

Visit the Intersectional Fertility Website [https://www.intersectionalfertility.com/] to find your Whole Self Fertility Method™ element, and learn more about our offerings.

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Oumou Sylla: How Boundaries Affect Our Wellbeing, and The Benefits of Pleasure and Play for our Bodyminds

This episode opens with Josie speaking about a recent  invalidating and frustrating experience at a doctor’s visit, which prompted this re-run of the conversation with Dr. Zoë Julian (they/them), a Black and queer educator and obstetrician-gynecologist. 

Zoë and Josie discuss ways for queer, trans, and non-binary People of the Global Majority to find medical care that fully supports them on their fertility journey, and how healthcare providers and community workers can protect and support their queer, trans, and non-binary patients and clients. 

Read Zoë's article: Community-informed models of perinatal and reproductive health services provision: A justice-centered paradigm toward equity among Black birthing communities [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0146000520300483]

Take the course Structures & Self: [https://www.innovating-education.org/course/structures-self-advancing-equity-and-justice-in-sexual-and-reproductive-healthcare/] Advancing Equity and Justice in Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare.

Follow Zoë on Twitter [https://twitter.com/doczo1] and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/doczo/].

Donate to Indigenous Women Rising [https://www.iwrising.org/], and National Network of Abortion Funds [https://abortionfunds.org/].





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Dr. Zoë Julian: Protection and Self-Advocacy In Healthcare Settings For Queer, Trans, or Non-Binary People of the Global Majority

Today we’re bringing back this short and sweet episode from the early days of the Intersectional Fertility Podcast to give some tips and practices for increasing fertility for those with disharmonies or reproductive challenges. This episode is an introduction to the Whole Self Fertility Method™ and covers the elements of Earth and Wood. You will learn how to tell if you have symptoms of elemental imbalances and how to support and nourish these elements in your body. 

Foods to support Spleen Qi: whole grains, root vegetables, cooked foods and warming spices.

Foods to support Liver Qi: onions, garlic, basil, chives, chili, ginger, cardamum, cinnamon, coriander, green tea, small amounts of wine, lemon juice with warm water, apples, carrots, pears.

For more detailed information, see the transcript for this episode on my Website [https://www.intersectionalfertility.com/podcast-episodes/fertile-environment-rerun].

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All content offered through The Intersectional Fertility Podcast is created for informational purposes only, it is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

Creating A Fertile Environment In Your Body By Supporting Your Earth and Wood Elements

Sallay (she/her) is a full spectrum doula with a background in immunology research. In today's episode, she'll give insight gained from joining Fertile and discuss how science backs up concepts in Chinese medicine and Indigenous traditions. Josie and Sallay will go over topics like how mind, body, and spirit come together, birth order and Kidney essence representing fertility, and the connection between hormones and the Liver.

Follow Sallay on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/thegarden.doula/].

Visit her website [https://www.growinggardensdoula.com/].

Here is a link [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4626114/] to the study mentioned about parasites and allergies.

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Registration for Fertile is open! Learn more and register here [https://www.intersectionalfertility.com/fertile].

Hello listeners! Sallay here. I misspoke on the podcast  and wanted to make sure I got folks the right info!

1.When talking about the HIV and Aging study I worked on, I said people living with HIV can have an increased risk of certain diseases and I mentioned Type 1 diabetes but meant to say Type 2 diabetes!

2.When speaking about cortisol and progesterone I also mixed up the order! Progesterone is a precursor of Cortisol. This means that progesterone is needed to create cortisol in the body, causing progesterone levels to decrease when cortisol levels rise.

Sallay Kallon: The Connection Between Western Science and Holistic Healing

Host Josie Rodriguez-Bouchier, a queer, non-binary, Latinx fertility acupuncturist, supports queer, trans, and non-binary folks in becoming pregnant. Through information-laden episodes and compelling interviews with guests, The Intersectional Fertility Podcast is a place where we can relax and bring our Whole Selves to the conversation of fertility, identity, and our creative power. All content offered through The Intersectional Fertility Podcast is created for informational purposes only. It is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

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