We have made it to the end of another season at Meet Me Downstairs, and to close it out, we’ve got a super special guest…Chloe Fisher! Chloe is the host of her own podcast called Darling Shine, which she co-hosts with her best friend Ellidy Pullin, a podcast that I have listened to and love dearly. She shares with us today her journey through fertility, miscarriages, IVF, IUI’s, ultimately leading her to a place of peace as she takes a break on her route to motherhood. Her vulnerability and honesty is something that I find so wonderfully comforting. She is a ball of life, and a guest I’ll neve ..read more

Today we are talking about one of my favourite topics every…the pelvic floor! The pelvic floor is such an important part of our bodies, and responsible for so many functions, and it’s only usually through pregnancy or childbirth that we become aware of it! It’s time to get to know this part of our body, and truly forge a connection with it. Thankfully we have a Pelvic Floor guru to help us today! Allison Oswald, board certified women’s health Doctor of Physical Therapy has such a wealth of knowledge! This episode is packed full of incredibly vital information for all women, especially if you’r ..read more

Today we have Attia Taylor on the podcast to help us chat about making health education accessible for all! Attia is a NYC based musician and creative producer. She is the founder of Womanly Magazine. A publication providing accessible health information to women and non-binary people through visual and literary art. Her work is rooted in social justice, art, and design, to bring inclusive and culturally relevant content to sound, print and digital realms, and that is exactly what we are talking about today. Her work is amazing, and the inspiration behind it is inspiring. Please enjoy and ..read more

This incredible birth story is brought to us today by Louise de Menthon. She shares with us her experience of having an unmedicated, vaginal twin birth. She takes us down her very non-traditional path when it comes to giving birth to twins, and the amount of strength and bravery it required to stand in her power and have the birth that she dreamed of. This episode is an incredible reminder of the power that the medical system has on us women when we're in labor, and just how far we've removed ourselves from natural birth. It reminds us how important it is to educated ourselves on childbirth an ..read more

Today we are talking about the practice of Natural parenting. Kind of stepping away from all of the should’s and expectations of what parent has looked like in the past and moving in to a more conscious and understanding way of communicating with our children. Before I get into things I want to just say that this community and podcast is not here to judge the way parents do things currently. I’m a mom who is excited by expanding her knowledge base and this is a way of sharing different points of view. So embrace what feels right and leave what doesn’t. Our guest of honour today is the amazing ..read more

Who else gets anxious about sex?! Am I doing it right, is my partner feeling pleasure, is this thing I like weird, should I be performing a certain way...the list is endless. Sex is a topic that is wrapped up in lots of different values, feelings, and experiences that can leave our own personal relationship with it feeling strained. That's what we're talking about today. We are joined by the charismatic Portia Brown from Froetic Sexology to help us to understand why we may feel a certain way about sex, get up front with our anxieties, heal and hopefully work towards experiencing unencumbered a ..read more

This episode is all about the transition from woman to mother. From maiden to matriarch. Ultimately being defined as Matrescence. It's a topic that is not widely known, yet it should be, and this conversation is in service of that. Those early years of motherhood are often experienced in silence and leave women feeling as though the things they're experiencing are meant to be dealt with alone, or that they aren't doing a good enough job, or experiencing perhaps things that are considered 'normal' and actually shouldn't be. That's what this episode is in service of. The mother, making space for ..read more

Birthing through water, a personal dream of mine, and a reality for Sarah Murray. Sarah shared her at home, water birth with us. Reeling us in with her magic and giving us a glimpse into bringing her son to this realm. It was truly enjoyable to listen to this. She takes us through her pregnancy, the stigmas surrounding home birth, her epic team, a little sex and the city, and the arrival of her son. Thank for you for this Sarah. This episode is also closing out our third season of Meet Me Downstairs! Thank you to everyone for being a part of this community, and coming back again and again to l ..read more

Birth, the most epic thing on this planet, and today we are sharing another story. The home birth of Rachael Newsam, who brings us in to her experience from a quiet labor, to a roaring birth. It's such a positive representation of the capabilities of birth when we just give ourselves a chance to feel in-tune with our bodies. When we take ourselves back to the instincts of a completely natural place. Rachael is also a Doula and she shares with us some of her knowledge and thoughts on the system of birth, and how women can reclaim their control in a society that tries to silence. Thank you for s ..read more

Today's episode is a loving conversation on co-parenting and how couple's can enter this new space with love, and understanding of each other and the process. I'm joined by the impeccable Dr. Alexandra Solomon, who is a clinical psychologist that specialises in relationships. We start our conversation with a peek into relationships in general, and how our childhood and upbringing affects the way we love, and then we enter into such a powerful conversation on co-parenting, how we can still create unity as a family living in two different homes, how we can shift this awful narrative that ending ..read more