What if your reactivity isn't a personal failure—but your nervous system trying to protect you?

In this powerful conversation, I sit down with former child therapist and nervous system educator Ann Odom to explore how healing, attachment theory, and emotional regulation can transform the way we experience motherhood, parenting, and our relationship with ourselves.

Together, we discuss how creating a secure attachment within yourself can help you become the calm, authentic parent you long to be—not through perfection, but through self-compassion, awareness, and intentional growth.

Whether you're navigating constant overwhelm, snapping at your children, or feeling disconnected from your body, this episode is a reminder that you are not broken.

Your body has been doing its best to protect you, and true healing begins when we learn to listen instead of judge.

In this episode, we explore:

• How your nervous system shapes your reactions as a parent
• What attachment theory teaches us about healing ourselves
• Why emotional regulation starts with feeling safe in your body
• The role of self-compassion in breaking generational cycles
• Why authenticity matters more than perfection in parenting
• Simple somatic practices to support nervous system healing
• How community and co-regulation help us heal
• Finding your way back to yourself through personal growth and embodied healing

Healing doesn't happen because we become perfect mothers. It happens when we create a safe relationship with ourselves.

As we nurture our own nervous system with compassion, authenticity, and support, we begin to change the emotional legacy we pass on to our children.

Connect with Ann Odom:
Instagram: @the.reprogrammed.parent
Podcast: The ReProgram on Spotify
Website: www.thereprogrammedparent.com

Further Resources:

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Remember, you are so worthy of your Vibrant Life! 💖 Kori

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Have you ever left a doctor's appointment feeling unheard, dismissed, or told that everything would improve if you "just lost weight"?

You're not alone.

In this powerful episode of The Phoenix Perspective, I sit down with Elisabeth van der Wilt, certified holistic birth, postpartum, fertility, and menopause doula, to talk about medical gaslighting, weight bias in healthcare, women's reproductive health, and the importance of learning to advocate for yourself.

Elisabeth shares her deeply personal story of bleeding continuously for three years without receiving clear answers—an experience that led her to question the healthcare system, explore holistic healing, and ultimately dedicate her life to supporting women through every stage of their reproductive journey.

Together, we explore:
• Medical gaslighting and why so many women don't feel heard
• Weight bias in healthcare and its impact on diagnosis and treatment
• Chronic menstrual bleeding, hormonal health, and birth control as a "band-aid" approach
• The importance of advocating for your health and asking better questions
• Birth, doulas, and what we can learn from nature about trusting our bodies
• Why curiosity is one of the most powerful tools for healing
• Self-love, body acceptance, and reconnecting with your body's wisdom

Whether you've struggled with painful periods, irregular cycles, PCOS, unexplained symptoms, infertility, or simply felt dismissed by the medical system, this conversation is a reminder that your concerns deserve to be taken seriously and that you deserve compassionate, comprehensive care.

Your body is not the enemy.

Your symptoms are not "just in your head."

And your voice matters.

Connect with Elisabeth van der Wilt
Podcast: Womb Talk
Website: fruitfulwomb.ca
Instagram: @fruitfulwombdoula

If this episode resonated with you, please subscribe, leave a review, and share it with a woman who needs the reminder that she deserves to be heard.

Because when women learn to trust themselves and advocate for their health, they don't just change their own lives—they help change the future of women's healthcare.

Further Resources:

👉 Want to connect with Kori and other women on their transformation journeys? Join The Phoenix Perspective on Patreon. Get behind-the-scenes content, exclusive interviews, monthly sister circles, and more insights to build your vibrant life!

👉 Order your Cycles Journal© HERE. Don’t forget to use the coupon code SACREDPHOENIX to receive 10% off your purchase!

👉 Follow Kori on Instagram: Kori Rae Kovacs

👉 Have a personal growth or women’s health question, interested in being a guest, or have an idea for the show? Email Kori at phoenixperspectivepod@gmail.com

Thank you for listening!

Remember, you are so worthy of your Vibrant Life! 💖 Kori

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Hormonal birth control is one of the most commonly prescribed medications for women—but how often do we actually stop to ask what it's doing beyond preventing pregnancy?

In this solo episode of The Phoenix Perspective, I'm exploring hormonal birth control through a wider lens—one that includes science, body literacy, emotional health, and spiritual awareness.

As a Registered Nurse and women's health educator, I believe women deserve more than polarized conversations that label birth control as either "good" or "bad." Instead, I want to invite you into a space of curiosity.

Together, we'll explore how hormonal birth control works, why it's prescribed for so many different conditions, the benefits it can provide, and the ways it may change how we experience our bodies, emotions, and menstrual cycles.

In this episode, we discuss:

✨ How hormonal birth control works in the body
✨ Why ovulation matters beyond fertility
✨ The menstrual cycle as a powerful source of health information
✨ Common side effects that aren't always discussed
✨ My personal experience with PCOS, hormonal birth control, and learning to reconnect with my body
✨ The emotional and spiritual dimensions of cyclical living
✨ Why birth control can be the right choice in one season of life—and worth reevaluating in another
✨ How curiosity, not shame, leads to informed decisions

This is not an anti-birth-control episode.

It's a conversation about informed consent, body wisdom, and remembering that you are the expert on your own life.

Whether you're currently taking hormonal birth control, considering it, thinking about coming off of it, or simply wanting to better understand your body, I hope this episode helps you ask one simple question:

Is this choice still supporting the woman I'm becoming?

If this episode resonates with you:

• Follow/Subscribe to The Phoenix Perspective Podcast so you don’t miss an episode released every moon phase
• Share this episode with a woman who is ready to reconnect with herself
• Leave a 5-Star review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify to help more women discover these conversations

Books mentioned in this episode:

• This is Your Brain on Birth Control by Sarah E. Hill, Ph.D.
• The Fifth Vital Sign by Lisa Hendrickson-Jack
• Beyond the Pill by Dr. Jolene Brighten

Further Resources:

👉 Order your 2026 Cycles Journal© here: https://cyclicalroots.com/?ref=Sacredphoenix Don’t forget to use the coupon code SACREDPHOENIX to receive 10% off your purchase!

👉 Follow Kori on Instagram: Kori Rae Kovacs

👉 Have a women’s health or spiritual/personal growth question, interested in being a guest, or have an idea for the show? Email Kori at phoenixperspectivepod@gmail.com

Thank you for listening!

Remember, you are so worthy of your Vibrant Life! 💖 Kori

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