Maiden's Path, Mother's Roots
Maiden's Path, Mother's Roots
Podcast Description
Welcome to Maiden’s Path, Mother’s Roots—a podcast exploring the profound transformation of becoming a mother. Hosted by Emily Swann RN, IBCLC and Taylor Ricketts RN and IBCLC-in-training. Dive deep into the journey from maidenhood to motherhood, weaving together ancient wisdom on pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding, and postpartum. Rooted in radical responsibility and deep maturity, we empower mothers to trust themselves, embrace their instincts, and stand confidently in their choices. Join us for real conversations, expert insights, and a reclamation of the sacred path to motherhood.
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Content Themes
The podcast centers on themes of empowerment through motherhood, including radical responsibility, infant sleep, postpartum joy, birth initiation, pregnancy transformation, preconception preparation, and breastfeeding challenges. Episodes explore diverse topics, such as owning one's choices in birth, creating peaceful infant sleep environments, and practical postpartum support strategies.

Welcome to Mother’s Path (previously Maiden’s Path, Mother’s Roots). A podcast exploring the profound transformation of becoming a mother. Hosted by Emily Swann, RN, IBCLC and Taylor Ricketts, RN, IBCLC. Through storytelling and shared experience, we weave wisdom on pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and breastfeeding into the heart of motherhood. Guided by radical responsibility and deep maturity, we empower mothers to trust themselves, honor their instincts, and embrace motherhood with confidence. Join us for honest conversation, expert insight, and a restoration of the sacred path.
Are you following all of the self-prescribed holistic-world rules but feeling burnt out? Maybe you binged a new wellness account on Instagram and all of a sudden feel like you are not doing enough?
We are here to tell you – THERE ARE NO RULES! We are the ultimate, earthly authority over our families and we can pick and choose how we manage our respective aura of health.
Today, we are chatting (and laughing) about how not to take yourself too seriously – we sure don’t!
Come laugh with us about where we have been, what we have learned, and how we currently hold ourselves.
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Lactation with Taylor: most insurance accepted
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Video editing by: The Virtual Essentials
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