SHE RECOVERS Podcast
The SHE RECOVERS® Podcast is a series of intimate and candid conversations exploring the diverse and deeply personal world of recovery. Join co-founder Taryn Strong and other SHE RECOVERS team members and their guests for heartfelt, thought-provoking, and sometimes hilarious discussions where women share their experiences with mental health challenges, addiction, sobriety, trauma, grief, burnout, and more. Each conversation opens into collective wisdom and courageous vulnerability, shared by people whose lives are enriched by following their own unique pathways and patchworks of recovery. The atmosphere is inclusive and non-judgmental, with truth taking center stage. If you’re seeking deeper connection and empowerment on your recovery journey, you belong here.
SHE RECOVERS Foundation is both a non-profit public charity in Canada and the US and a global grassroots movement serving thousands of women and non-binary individuals in or seeking recovery from life challenges, including mental health issues, trauma, and substance use.
SHE RECOVERS is dedicated to redefining recovery, inspiring hope, ending stigma, and empowering women to increase their recovery capital, heal themselves, and help others to do the same.
Visit sherecovers.org to donate today.
***The SHE RECOVERS® Podcast is edited on the stolen and sacred lands of the Coast Salish Peoples—an area that is now colonially known as Salt Spring Island, Canada.***
SHE RECOVERS Podcast
EP 59: Recovering From Miscarriage & Infant Loss with AYAKO | baby loss advocate
Ayako is a woman who, in her words, is “not an expert. Just a lonely mum trying to navigate miscarriage, motherhood, and depression.” While she is not busy keeping up with her spirited son, Takeo, she serves as a relentless supporter for parents navigating the heartbreak and secondary losses surrounding an “out of order death” in memory of her daughter, Emi. She is also in the process of creating her business 'Emi & Company' where bereaved parents and families can purchase tools for recovery and access healing resources.
In this heart-polishing and courageously vulnerable conversation, Lisa and Ayako discuss the early deaths of their children and the postpartum cycles of grief, change, healing, and hope that can follow a miscarriage.
This podcast is in honor of Emi (Ayako) and Rowan (Lisa) and all the babies who are no longer with us earth-side. May they continue to grow love in our hearts and give us purpose and strength with each passing day. Forever cherished, always remembered.
Connect with Ayako on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mamasmatterhere/
Mentioned Resources:
1. Canadian EI "Special Circumstances” Benefits.
Go to this link and click on the “Miscarriage, Termination or Stillbirth” or “Death of a Child” options:
https://www.canada.ca/en/services/benefits/ei/ei-maternity-parental/special-circumstances.html
2. Instagram: @peanut
For their “Renaming Revolution” Glossary of inclusive, compassionate terminology/language:
OR specific link to post regarding the Glossary is:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CNm2v1yHZ7Q/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
They also have an app with further support: “Peanut: Find Friends & Support: Fertility, Pregnancy, Motherhood”
3. Stillbirth Foundation Australia:
The most comprehensive and compassionate resources that help post-loss
(Explanation of types of medical procedures for pregnancy loss, Logistics of funeral/cremation, etc, Physical and secondary losses explained)
“Practical and Emotional Help for Parents”:
https://stillbirthfoundation.org.au/support-topics/help-and-support-for-parents/
SHE RECOVERS Foundation: https://sherecovers.org/
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