Cindy Luquin (she/they) has a wealth of experience in transforming adversity into beauty through a passion for reproductive healthcare for all, rooted in justice and health. She and Josie discuss grief and fertility, the ways pleasure plays a role in healing, the beauty of consent, and the utter magic of breaking cycles of generational trauma through womb work.

This conversation with king yaa (they/them/king!) is one long invitation into the heart of the topics of sex, pleasure, grief, and loss. king and Josie talk about pleasure as a means to connect with the self, pleasure’s role in activism, and how play is essential in the resistance to white supremacy.

Meet Josie’s new assistant and pleasure alchemist Jozelle Wong Yu (they/she). Listeners get a peek behind the curtain as the two become further acquainted and discuss fertility, pleasure, the creative process, and the ways how we receive each other hold it all.

Facilitator and somatic practitioner Meenadchi (Meenadchi/they) and Josie discuss non-violent communication, the tenderness the new year can bring, and the ways family constellation therapy helps us remember that we’re connected. This is a conversation full of laughter, space-holding, and magic.

Josie brings back the first guest episode of the podcast - a thoughtful and deep conversation with writer and full-spectrum birthworker Jennifer Molina. They talk about how writing helps us navigate our queerness and the responsibility of being seen through writing, especially as queer people of color.

Eri Guajardo Johnson views fertility as a deeply vulnerable and nuanced spiritual matter. This conversation, which weaves together themes of power, decolonizing practices, and reproductive loss amongst sexual assault survivors, will have you considering just how deep and profound this conversation of fertility truly is.

If you’ve ever had questions about the benefits of using your placenta - and the ways to do it - look no further than this conversation with birth worker and health educator Sarah Ferguson. You will guaranteed walk away with an appreciation for the utter magic of this organ, and a clear place to start if you’re considering encapsulating your placenta.

Erika’s journey to conception overlapped with her foray into doula-hood - and, through her story, we find that neither process was straightforward. Erika's work is done through an anti-racist, pro-Black, pro-queer lens, and she de-centralizes whiteness in her work. Erika shares her eight-year conception story, what it was really like for her postpartum, and practices and rituals that help her connect to her essence.

Sean Saifa Wall is a Black queer intersex activist and rising scholar. In this episode, he talks about his process of growing up intersex and how that informed his activism, the importance of patient advocacy and medical reparations, and the intersection between intersex justice and reproductive rights.

This conversation with Pati was so nice, we're posting it twice. Please enjoy this re-run of a spectacular conversation with non-binary, Latinx sexological bodyworker and midwife, Pati Garcia. Pati and Josie discuss queer pleasure anatomy and anal breathing to undo trauma and increase fertility, plus bonus tips to help top surgery scars heal faster.

Josie's much-anticipated program, Fertile, is now open for registration! Fertile is a five-week online program designed specifically for queer, trans, and non-binary folks with wombs to conceive using the Whole Self Fertility Method™. In this episode, Josie shares the details of the program, including scholarships, materials, and schedule.

"The babies are a cute part of it, but I love teaching people how to take up space." Morgane Richardson has worn so many hats in the world of birth since 2012, including doula, health educator, certified breastfeeding counselor, and more. In this conversation, she and Josie discuss her own birth and fertility experience as one half of an interracial queer couple, how to bring joy into the process of birth, and the importance of body literacy.