A Mother's Journey to Holistic Health & Healing · Marissa Prieto, Holistic Registered Dietitian & Well-Being Coach

55. Two Years of A Mother’s Journey to Holistic Health & Healing: Lessons, Growth & Reflections

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1. A Mother's Journey to Holistic Health & Healing marks episode 55 with a two-year anniversary reflection on March 19th. 2. The host, who has worked as a registered dietitian and a holistic health coach, frames the episode around her own role in holding space for women and mothers. 3. The episode asks what this podcast is for now, and the answer is a “sacred space” for story, grief, healing, and growth. 4. The host links the anniversary to spring weather, the spring equinox, and a personal body check-in on energy, mood, and fatigue. 5. She describes the podcast as a place where women can share what they went through, how they overcame it, and what support they had or did not have. 6. She says her work has helped her understand that coaching and nutrition conversations are also about active listening, compassion, and a safe space. 7. The host connects the show’s future to “sacred circles” and says she held her first online women’s circle for the winter solstice. 8. She says the first year of the podcast focused on her own healing practices and modalities. 9. She says the second year centered on inviting mothers onto the show to tell their stories and share their wisdom. 10. She explains that storytelling gives listeners a before, middle, and after, which adds power to the healing process. 11. The host says she did not realize how much she needed heart-to-heart connection with another mother or woman. 12. She names confidence, self-belief, intuition, meditation, movement, plants, and plant medicines as areas where she has grown. 13. She says she is less afraid to reach out to other women now and does not entertain rejection thoughts the way she once did. 14. She describes pride in the women who have trusted her with their stories and “putting their story out into the world.” 15. She also says she is working on reducing dependence on external validation like comments, shares, and reviews. 16. She asks listeners what they feel called to start, where they are waiting to feel ready, and what version of themselves they are celebrating today. 17. The tone is reflective, intimate, and conversational, with direct questions meant to feel like journaling together. 18. The format moves from personal reflection to listener prompts, then ends with a card pull from an herbal astrology oracle deck. 19. This episode will suit mothers, women doing healing work, and listeners who like reflective health content. 20. This episode may not suit listeners looking for a tightly edited, topic-specific interview.

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