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Higher Self with Carina Devi
Higher Self is a nurturing podcast dedicated to guiding awakening souls on their journey toward embodying their higher selves.
Each episode provides practical tools, transformative stories, and intuitive wisdom designed to support listeners in navigating the complexities of being both human beings and spiritual beings. Topics range from navigating an uncertain world and growing through challenges, to conscious mothering and holistic wellbeing.
Hosted by Carina Devi—a teacher of mindfulness, meditation, yoga, and somatic healing; a childbirth educator, doula, and intuitive Reflector—this show offers a refreshing blend of joy, humor, authentic human experience and peaceful serenity.
Whether you’re a lightworker, highly sensitive person, or someone seeking deeper self-connection, Higher Self with Carina Devi offers insights to inspire and empower your personal growth journey.
Higher Self with Carina Devi
The First Trimester: Stories from Four Mothers, The Need for Community, and Rites of Passage
The first trimester of pregnancy is often a time of profound emotions, consuming symptoms, and big life changes, all hidden from the world by a veil of secrecy.
In this episode, four women share their stories of their first trimester: the wide array of emotions, how it enhanced their spiritual life, impacted their relationships, boosted their belief in themselves, and much more.
In this episode you'll hear:
00:00 - Welcome to MotherSpeak
00:51 - A pregnancy update
03:03 - The commercialization of motherhood
05:05 - The need for a circle of mothers
07:20 - Rites of passage require community
11:04 - The hidden nature of the first trimester
14:01 - The importance of storytelling
15:51 - Kylie's Story - "Big things have happened every time I've conceived."
21:48 - Marissa's Story - "It has made me re-look at myself in ways that I didn't realize I needed to."
31:26 - Maritza's Story - "There is still so much mystery to be unraveled..."
42:35 - Ahsa's Story - "Just because someone else experienced it, it doesn't mean you will too."
46:46 - Closing
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