The People You Keep: Recent Episodes
The People You Keep Podcast
An honest conversation between two friends on their journeys through grief, motherless motherhood and wellness.
Janelle and Chelsea share how their summer season is going and when you can catch the next episode of TPYK Podcast!
Janelle and Chelsea have the opportunity to sit down with James Slaven, cinematographer and editor of the upcoming film "Meet Me Where I Am." The film, debuting July 2nd, explores the topic of grief through individual stories of loss, love, and hope. The film aims to normalize grief in our culture and explores how we can actively participate in helping others through grief.
Chelsea and Janelle catch up on recent death anniversaries, Mother's Day, new grief and how they continue to learn to mother and parent themselves.
Mamie continues her loss story and dives into a deep conversation with Janelle about grief's lasting legacy.
This episode is part of the Grief and Loss Story Series that give members in our community the opportunity to bear witness to others losses and share their own journeys with grief. If you have a story of loss that you'd like to share. Please reach out to us at hello@thepeopleyoukeep.com
Disclaimer: The opinions and experiences of the shows hosts and guests are simply that, opinions and experiences. The hosts are not medical or mental health professionals. If you need assistance with your mental health or dealing with grief, please reach out to a mental health professional. As always, take care while listening.
Mamie generously shares her story of losing both of her parents in a very short period of time in her late twenties. Mamie's story is both heartbreaking and heartwarming and we are so grateful to have her on the podcast.
Mamie shared this really awesome resource those who are grieving:
https://www.thedinnerparty.org/about
This episode is part of the Grief and Loss Story Series that give members in our community the opportunity to bear witness to others losses and share their own journeys with grief. If you have a story of loss that you'd like to share. Please reach out to us at hello@thepeopleyoukeep.com
Disclaimer: The opinions and experiences of the shows hosts and guests are simply that, opinions and experiences. The hosts are not medical or mental health professionals. If you need assistance with your mental health or dealing with grief, please reach out to a mental health professional. As always, take care while listening.
Chelsea sits down with Margaret James, Ayurvedic Health Counselor and Holistic Perinatal Health Consultant, to discuss the various ways we can Mother the Mother. From Mothering ourselves, to Mothering our friends and family, Margaret shares about the lack of support for women during pregnancy and postpartum and how we can fill those gaps. Margaret's knowledge of ancient healing wisdom, passion for community based support and education in modern science lays the groundwork for a wonderful conversation.
You can find more about Margaret here!
https://margaretljames.com/
https://www.wildandradiantbotanicals.com/shop
Rachel Nelson, death doula and grief guide, joins Janelle and Chelsea to share her personal journey with grief and loss and how that was a catalyst for her interest in death work. Enjoy our conversation where we look at new ways to access support through death and dying.
Please note: many death doulas and death workers offer sliding scale rates so anyone who desires support through death and dying can access it!
You can find out more about Rachel on her website.
Chelsea and Janelle dive deeper into topics covered by Unique in Episode 15, and Chelsea recaps a day in the life when she was on the strict Bean Protocol for hormone health.
Chelsea and Janelle are joined by the amazing Unique Hammond to discuss all things healing through food. Unique inspires us through her holistic nutrition expertise and experience healing herself and others through food, education and accountability. From autoimmune diseases, to mental health, to hormonal imbalances, Unique shares the power of food as a foundation for our health and our ability as humans to lead our own health and healing journies. The Bean Protocol changed Chelsea's hormonal imbalance journey, and we hope you leave as empowered and inspired as we did after our conversation.
You can find Unique and learn how to work with her at:
www.youregreat.com
https://www.instagram.com/uniquehammond/
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hormonalimbalance #autoimmune #beans #beanprotocol #hormonalcancers #cancer #hormones #menopause
Janelle and Chelsea catch up on the duality of spring and upcoming death dates, and life lately.
Trigger Warning: Bed Bugs
Eavesdrop on Chelsea and Janelle catching up as friends about the highs and lows of their weeks.
Grief and Loss Series:
Janelle and Chelsea have the honor of hearing Logan share about the untimely loss of her beloved younger brother, Ben. And how her journey with grief influenced the trajectory of her life.
You can find more about Logan and her debut novel, After Anne, here:
- https://www.logansteiner.com/
- https://www.instagram.com/loganannsteiner/
- https://logansteiner.substack.com/
This episode is the first of many Grief and Loss Story Series that we hope to share from our community. If you have a story of loss that you'd like to share. Please reach out to us at hello@thepeopleyoukeep.com
Disclaimer: The opinions and experiences of the shows hosts and guests are simply that, opinions and experiences. The hosts are not medical or mental health professionals. If you need assistance with your mental health or dealing with grief, please reach out to a mental health professional. As always, take care while listening.
Chelsea shares about her pregnancy and her birth of her daughter, Avery.
Listener's beware - this episode is explicit, because what birth story doesn't require a few F-bombs...
Chelsea and Janelle talk about their own journeys into motherhood. Some women know their whole lives that they want to be a mom one day, while others take more time to reach that decision for themselves as adults based on specific circumstances etc. The Journey Into Motherhood can be complicated and very emotionally charged.
Enjoy a very real conversation about a very important topic.
Janelle and Chelsea catch up "late" night over a cup of tea. Join them for a light-hearted call between two friends.
Janelle and Chelsea share in an open conversation recapping and revisting a few important details from Janelle's story in Episode 5.
In today's epsiode, Janelle shares her story with great loss in 2020. In nine months, she lost her brother and mother in the midst of the pandemic. She shares what experiencing losing half of her family was like, how she stayed connected to her loved ones and how the people in her life surrounded her to help her through these difficult times.
Janelle and Chelsea talk about a topic that is very important to them - hormones! A peek into their own health journeys through discovering hormonal imbalances, balancing their hormones through food and the neverending journey of advocating for your health.
Resources mentioned in the episode that are game changers:
- Woman Code by Alisa Vitti
- The Bean Protocol (created by Karen Hurd, coaching by Unique Hammond)
- Acupuncture and Chinese Herbs (Chelsea's favorite virtual herbalist - Katie Stone)
Janelle and Chelsea share in an open conversation recapping and revisting a few important details from Chelsea's story in Episode 2.
Chelsea vulnerably shares about her transition into adulthood in the wake of her mother's cancer diagnosis and untimely death. Chelsea's story profoundly illustrates the love and strength that exists amidst terminal illness and the raw heartache of tremendous grief and loss. This story is filled with both hard moments and beautiful ones too. Please take care when listening.
Janelle and Chelsea catch up on the recent holiday season and the duality of grief and joy experienced as new mothers and the matriarchs of their families. We touch briefly on each of our stories with loss and preview what's to come in future episodes of the podcast - motherhood, grief, wellnes, etc.
The conversation is honest, real and heartwarming. Enjoy!
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An honest conversation between two friends on their journeys through grief, motherless motherhood and wellness. First episodes dropping Jan 2023! We can't wait to have you join the conversation.