Anjie (she/her) is an Asian American feng shui educator, architect, and author of the newly released book Mindful Homes. Today's episode is an introduction to feng shui, including ways to improve your space and how it applies to a fertility journey. You'll learn why to be mindful of your bed, stove, and desk, how to intentionally use items and colors to invite specific energies, and more.

Berenice (she/they/ella) is a queer herbalist, educator, founder of Hood Herbalism, and soon to be midwife. Today's conversation focuses on plants, including building a relationship with plants, healing on your own terms, making offerings to plants, and how plants connect with queer fertility.

Sabia (she/they) is a Black, queer doula, CEO, educator, and the author of Birthing Liberation. Josie and Sabia discuss all things liberation, including how even people with privilege need liberation. This episode covers things like feeling emotions in the body in order to take action, unpacking shame, and how trauma affects everyone differently. Sabia also describes the difference between cultural competence versus cultural humility, and gives advice for queer, trans, and non-binary People of the Global Majority who are trying to conceive.

Jai (she/they) is a full spectrum doula who centers birth, abortion, sex, and wellness. Today Josie and Jai discuss how to expand our thinking and build an intentional pleasure practice. This episode covers exploring our senses, a discussion about rope practice, defining pleasure for ourselves, and explores the question: can we access creative power without sex?

Montse (she/her/ella) is a proud Nahuatl and Totonaca full spectrum doula, herbalist, and educator teaching Indigenous Mexican healing knowledge and traditions. This conversation touches upon how elements of life affect our fertility, and specifically the interaction between the elements of water and fire as a concept known as atlachinolli. Montse and Josie also talk about traditional nourishment, herbal medicine, and going back to basics.

Today we're bringing back this highly enjoyed episode featuring Sara Ceiba Flores. Sara is a queer, multi-gendered, Two-Spirit human, Registered Nurse, Certified Nurse Midwife, and Nurse Practitioner. They have an immense amount of experience in the world of birth, learning from multiple sources and from experience.

In this episode, Sara and Josie discuss the term "queerception" and its origins, as well as the impacts of the biomedical industrial complex on queer, trans, and non-binary folks who wish to conceive. They also discuss ways to protect and cultivate joy and pleasure throughout the conception process and beyond. Along with exploring the deeper aspects of the topic, Sara offers practical advice for those seeking to conceive.

Anna (she/they) is a queer, Pinay radical birthworker and founder of Pocket Doula. In this episode, we revisit Anna and Josie's conversation which touches upon the complexity of queer family planning, including Anna's reflections on her status, and how parents play a role in generational healing.

Today we're bringing back this episode featuring Jovan Sage (she/they) and Meenadchi (she/her), two previous participants of Fertile who became certified in the Whole Self Fertility Method™. They speak about their personal and professional breakthroughs that came from their participation in Fertile, as well as thoughts and advice for those considering participating in the five week program.

Marea Goodman (she/her/they) and Ray Rachlin (she/they) are queer midwives and co-authors of the upcoming guide book: Babymaking for Everybody - Fertility and Family Building for LGBTQ+ and Solo Parents. In today's conversation, the co-authors sit with Josie to discuss how the systems providing fertility care are not built for queer or solo parents, and how accessible resources are needed to provide support for these communities.

Hannah is an author, educator, and champion for transracial adoptees. Today's conversation touches upon how transracial adoptees can navigate their racial identity, how adoptive parents can be aware of racial stress and that may impact the way they parent their kids, and more.

Pãnquetzani (she/her) is a Mexican and Mesoamerican traditional healer who shares how she carries on the healing knowledge and traditions of her ancestors. Today's episode will explore how womb health impacts internal organs, why womb healing is especially important when you have had a hysterectomy, and how fertility is connected to our resources and money.

Today's special Valentine's Day episode features Josie and their spouse Melissa (she/they) as they reflect on the experience of building their queer blended family and give advice for folks who may be in a similar situation. Josie offers the experience of someone who was divorced with two young children and newly out as queer when they met Melissa, who would later become a step parent to Josie's kids.