Jackie Bolen joins The Womb Happy Hour to talk about her research on the benefits of reusable feminine products. There's been a recent growth and innovation on products women use down there to support a lady's health, the environment and your wallet. Luckily, there's a lot more choices out there based on what works for you. Curious or want to learn more about menstrual cups, reusable cloth pads, periods panties vs. disposable pads and tampons? Jackie shares valuable information on the differences between these products and resources to pay attention to based on her passion and research to bring a deeper awareness of the options available in reusable products. She's a big fan of menstrual cups and offers detailed information on her favorite cups and why. If you're paying attention to the foods you're eating to improve your health, it's also important to be aware of reusable products to support your health down there that's connected to everywhere else. www.reusablemenstrualcup.com

Two special guests join The Womb Happy Hour. Lois Barth helps many women to sparkle. She'll talk about How to Fire Your Inner Critic NOW! and Hire Your Inner Sweetheart Voice. Lois is a Human Development Expert, Motivational Speaker, Coach and Best-selling author Author. Relentless perfectionism, chronic negative self-talk and self-loathing positively shifted when she heard the voice of compassion towards self-her sweetheart voice.Lois will share specific tools to fire your inner critic! Priestess Angie Twydall shares how endometriosis started her healing journey at 32. Now 52, a mother and grandmother, she knows how healing ripples out forwards and backwards. She has many practical and esoteric/shamanic emotional healing methods to discuss. Her experience as a therapist at Goddess House Glastonbury focusing on womb healing helps many clear trauma from abortions, rape and abuse in this and past lives. As a Sacred Bee Keeper, learn how bees are part of her powerful healing work.

Sherrie Palm, a champion for women's pelvic health, joins The Womb Happy Hour to talk about Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP). Pelvic organ prolapse is a condition estimated to impact 50% of women, yet remains shrouded in silence despite nearly 4000 years on medical record. POP causes physical, emotional, social, sexual, fitness, and employment quality of life impact, women from late teens through end of life suffer in silence with symptoms they don't understand, including incontinence, constipation, vaginal pressure, tissue bulge, or painful intimacy. Two of the most significant female life experiences, childbirth and menopause, are the leading causes, along with multiple other causes compounding risk of experiencing pelvic organ prolapse, yet no screening occurs during routine pelvic exams. Sherrie Palm will clarify what the condition is, how it impacts women, and what you can do clarify if your symptoms may indicate you are experiencing this common, closeted women's health disorder.

Jada Shapiro joins The Womb Happy Hour to share how her new company is positively transforming the postpartum experience for parents. Jada (pronounced Jah-duh) Shapiro is the founder of boober (launched 2017), the first on-demand platform that matches and connects new parents to vetted, expert lactation professionals for same-day, in-person help. She also created Birth Day Presence (founded 2002), NYC's longest-running and most trusted source of childbirth preparation classes and doula services. Ms. Shapiro is a renowned birth and postpartum doula, childbirth educator, lactation counselor, birth photographer, and mother to a 10-year-old. She was inspired to start boober after witnessing firsthand how the current health system has failed to support expectant and new parents. Her experience working on the ground with birth and postpartum professionals and new parents has enabled her to understand the nuances of successfully bridging a widening gap in a broken American healthcare system.

Jill Ashley Hoffman joins the show to share opportunities for women to have a healthy thyroid. Jill is a Certified Thyroid Health Coach and creator of the Healthy, Sexy Thyroid Life program where she teaches women struggling with symptoms of thyroid imbalance how to heal their bodies holistically, using her 5-step system. Many people believe that getting a thyroid diagnosis, such as hypothyroidism or Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis, is a life-long sentence. That’s what many doctors will lead people to believe. OR that if they just take a pill every day for the rest of their life, then all their problems will be solved. OR that it’s their body attacking itself, which is so defeating. Jill share's her own personal journey and ways to uncover the gift behind a thyroid diagnosis and address the root issue. Tune in to hear special Thyroid Guide and hear about Jill's 5-step approach that uses a combination of food therapy, stress empowerment, and radical self-love to heal and feel healthy!

Catherine Laub joins The Womb Happy Hour to talk with host, Lorraine Giordano, about her mental illness campaign, Brighten Your Day with Turquoise. Catherine is a certified Angel Communication Master and does psychic angel card readings. She's passionate about guiding others to understand how to live with illness and be able to have a normal life. Catherine's learned through her own mental and pysical challenges the importance of feeling invigorated to move forward, even with struggles. She'll share important aspects of ways to accept being considered too sensitive from a unique perspective and important resources for depression. Catherine has many valuable messages to share. In addition to her spiritual readings, she's a 13 time Best-Selling Inspirational Author and hosts The Celestial Spoon radio show and speaks at events about depression and health challenges. Join us to connect to your angels.

Dr. Carly Snyder, M.D. joins The Womb Happy Hour. Motherhood is considered such a developmental achievement by most cultures and failure to produce a child and related issues can be an emotionally traumatizing experience for women. Dr. Snyder, who suffered from a miscarriage while pregnant with twins, provides a unique understanding of the emotional and physical damage that can occur with female reproductive dysfunction. Approximately 10 to 15% of women suffer from postpartum mood disorders (PPMDs), including postpartum depression (PPD), postpartum anxiety/OCD and postpartum psychosis. More women will suffer from postpartum depression and related illnesses this year than the combined number of new cases for men and women of tuberculosis, leukemia, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and epilepsy. These challenges deserve much more attention. Dr. Snyder is passionate about bringing needed awareness to these challenges to support women, their partners and babies.

The Womb Happy Hour celebrates love and sacred union on Valentine’s day chatting with a special couple, Frederick and Dhyana Kluth. Fred and Dhyana developed their ministry and Womb and Hara collaboration because they’re passionate about Womb Awakening and Sacred Union to heal ourselves and the world we live in. Fred and Dhyana guide others how to deepen relationships to each other by softening, opening and deepening our relationship to ourselves. The Kluths share how Womb Awakening Sacred Union work allows men and women to gently dive into the center and the unconditional love of divine feminine consciousness. Learn about Womb Awakening practices that help people attune with the sacred within themselves and in Nature by descending the flow of energy from our mind into our wombs and haras. Fred and Dhyana will also share how their Womb Awakening exploration has helped them personally, as a couple and with their family. Join us for a special womb and hara exchange!

Disabled CEO menstrual cup innovator and creator of Keela, Jane Hartman Adame and medical device designer, Andy Miller join the show to talk about the revolutionary Keela menstrual cup. Menstrual cups are better for the environment, save cost over time, and can be worn for up to 12 hours. However, they can be difficult to use, especially for those with health challenges. Jane was recently diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS), a connective tissue disorder characterized by joint instability. Due to the EDS, handling certain physical tasks are challenging for Jane, including using a cup. She was inspired to improve menstrual cups with the help of her medical device friend, Andy Miller, to create the revolutionary Keela Cup, a cup that’s as easy to remove as a tampon with its patented pullstring stem. If you're curious about menstrual cups or have been using for years, you'll want to learn how Keela can support your needs down there! They'll share a special offer on the show too!

Michelle Marie McGrath is an Intuitive Womb Guide for women who are ready to birth their soul gifts into the world. A multi-passionate creative, she integrates 18 years of holistic experience with training in many energetic healing modalities with professional aromatherapy, bodywork, meditation facilitation, coaching, crystal vibrational therapy, mystery school teachings, labyrinth work and vibrational essences. Michelle joins The Womb Happy Hour to talk with host, Lorraine Giordano, about the ways she assists women to reclaim and embody their innate, magical and divine feminine wisdom and the benefits of Womb Mentoring support. Michelle also explores the importance of self-care and truth to reconnect to your sacred self and powerful ways to receive the benefits of self-care in your daily life, including magical alchemical oils to awaken your senses and raise your vibration. Tune into the show to learn ways to feel connected and joyful.

The Womb Happy Hour celebrates its 1 Year Anniversary on Voice America with relationship expert Emma Viglucci. In addition to celebrating the show’s first anniversary, we’ll soon be celebrating Valentine’s Day. Do you want to more connection and fun in your relationship? Tune into the show to learn how to reignite your love, deepen your intimacy and have more fun! If you feel like you’re at an impasse with your partner and you’re not sure how to break through the dissatisfying patterns, Emma will share ways to shift what’s holding you back and possibilities to create an intentional relationship. Emma has over twenty years of experience helping partners to strengthen their relationships and feel joy in their daily life. She is the creator of the MetroRelationship™ philosophy and the Successful Couple Strategy™. You won’t want to miss her free gift to support your relationship. It’s time to rekindle your love and fun!

Marcy Tardio joins the show to talk with host, Lorraine Giordano about her experience for over three decades as a certified nurse midwife and solo homebirth practice. A midwife provides care to women and their reproductive needs and offers options to eliminate or minimize technological interventions to experience childbirth as naturally as possible. Some of the recognized benefits of receiving midwifery care include: decreased risk of a cesarean, lower rates induced labor and many more. Marcy is passionate that women's bodies know what to do, especially when she is supported by loving people and attended by a skilled practitioner. Marcy has deep and unique wisdom assisting women and their families and has lots of insights on the process of birthing that no only relates to delivering a baby but in other areas of life. Marcy will also explore how birth, illness and end of life are linked and important to discuss and receive support.

Have you ever had a dream to tap into your creativity and write a book to share an important message in your heart but weren't sure how to go about the process? Lisa Tener is a nationally recognized expert in book writing and publishing. Lisa joins The Womb Happy Hour with host, Lorraine Giordano to share ways to bring your book to life and successfully share it with the world. She works with many health experts, psychologists, coaches and others in the personal development, healing and health fields and knows what works well in specific genres and how important it is to find your personal voice. Pregnant moms often include a doula, midwife and medical expert before, during and after their birth to bring ease and support to the process. Similarly, having the best support, guidance and experience to bring your book to life can be a life affirming and life changing experience. Lisa Tener is a gifted guide and mentor to tune into to write and publish a successful and gratifying book. Lisa will share how to get started writing your book, secrets to teach your clients to get 5 – 6 figure book deals as first time authors, how to solve the biggest challenges to writing a book and much more!

Jacqueline Rolandelli revisits the show for a womb chat with host, Lorraine Giordano. On a previous show, Jacqueline shared how she helps women with Rites of Passage to reclaim their power and royalty with their first periods through a special energetic ceremony. Although these types of celebrations aren’t common today, they were embraced in ancient times. You might be wondering how can a Rite of Passage help me or make a difference if my period happened 5, 10, 30 years ago? On this special episode, Jacqueline interviews Lorraine about her shameful and hidden first period and explores Lorraine’s Rite of Passage with Jacqueline, her First Period Fairy Godmother. If you didn’t have a positive first period experience or you're just curious how to deepen your connection with your menstrual power and flow, this unique conversation is not to be missed. This is an important time for young girls and women to reframe and embrace the wisdom and beauty of their bodies and their blood.

Susan Gala, creator of Feminine Fitness from Within, joins The Womb Happy Hour. Susan is an expert in pelvic health and created a unique holistic mind-body-spirit program that restores, heals and nourishes a woman’s pelvic floor, balances their root energy and re-ignites their womb energy. As a trained licensed massage therapist with decades of experience of Yoga and Pilates, and wisdom of womb healing and awakening, Susan has helped many women reclaim their pleasure and power. She empowers women through a combination of feminine self-care tools and creative exercises to restore their pelvic core. If you’ve heard of Kegels or find yourself doing them often, you’ll want to tune in to hear important information on how these exercises might be impacting your pelvic floor. Susan also chats with host, Lorraine Giordano, about the one thing that most women overlook regarding their pelvic health. Join us for a pelvic opening and balancing exchange!

Do you interact with your intuition as though you stare at it from across the room and over think about how to make a move to connect and open up to trusting your unique internal GPS system? Now, more than ever, it's time to connect. James Bene joins host Lorraine Giordano to talk about ways to trust your intuition to create the life you desire. James is the founder of Bene Mudra Wellness, a place where emotional balance, clarity and well-being is achieved with a gentle touch and a guided light. He is an Intuitive Usui Reiki Master, Psychic, Life Coach, Singer, Songwriter. James Bene is a popular bi-coastal gifted energy healer. He not only tapped into the deep well of his own intuition but he’s helped many to enhance their relationship with their divine innate knowing. Learn easy ways to give your third eye a boost during the show or if you’re in need of a sign or message call into the show to talk to James. Trust your instincts - you won’t want to miss this episode!

Do you understand your partner or are you making a lot of assumptions in your relationship? International Relationship Navigation Specialist, Kimi Avary joins The Womb Happy Hour with host Lorraine Giordano. Kimi is the founder of the Conscious Couples Network and has assisted many men and women to create strong and loving relationships. Find out the most important factor for the longevity of a relationship and how assumptions that men and women are the same, lead to the assumptions that the other person is trying to hurt them and leads to the failure to launch partnership. She will share ways around the confusion in relationships and highlight why being voraciously curious opens the doors to conscious partnership. Turn on the show and hear ways to consciously turn on your connection for a 2018 filled with love!

Hallie Mazurkiewicz, creator of Lunar Wild, joins The Womb Happy Hour. Lunar Wild is dedicated to the education and re-education of women regarding the sacred alchemy of womanhood. Hallie’s mother celebrated and understood the importance of embracing her daughter’s sacred femininity. Based on Hallie’s personal journey and as a schoolteacher, she’s directing her energy to help mothers and young girls honor their first period story through special Lunar Wild gift boxes. Lunar Wild offers young ladies gifts that contain mindful menstruation products and sacred literature about becoming a woman. Hallie will share with listener’s information about the benefits of Organic pads, tampons, menstrual cups, cloth pads or period underwear and also other magical and supportive products available for mothers and young women to come together and celebrate their menstrual flow. If you’re a mom, sister, grandma, aunt or young lady tune in to the show. You won't want to miss Hallie's gift offer!

Emily Mikaelah, creator of Helios + Solene, joins The Womb Happy Hour show to share ways for women to connect to the Divine Feminine and their womb power. Emily’s healing practice, Helios + Solene, was named after the Grecian Sun God and Moon Goddess. Emily started her career in fashion and now transforms and upgrades their internal energy to glow from the inside out. Emily talks about the healing influence of her grandmother, Maria Lourdes Morillo, a famous healer in Latin America, Europe and the United States and her mother on her journey so far. She’ll also chat about the importance of journeying into the sacred space of the womb to come face to face with energy we might be storing of past lovers and relationships, lost children, birth trauma, ancestral karma, sexual abuse, and previous surgeries or illness. This is an important time for women to come together in sisterhood and solidarity to transform. Join us for a special healing exchange.

On this week’s episode, host Lorraine Giordano plays with the season of gratitude. The holidays are a time to reflect about relationships, not only with others but ourselves. Lorraine talks about her upcoming legacy contribution in the Grandmother Legacies book compiled by international best-selling author, Rebecca Hall Guytner. She’ll talk about of the roots of wisdom grandmother’s instill for encouragement and inspiration that are often overlooked. Lorraine also shares easy ways to send some thanksgiving cheer to down there in a playful and unique way. Thank you for being a part of The Womb Happy Hour! Lorraine Giordano is an intuitive energy healer that helps women and men to connect to their energy system in a deeper way for healing and transformation and is passionate about bringing awareness to the power of creativity and wisdom held in the magic mystery portal of the womb.