Awaken the Healer Within with Hana Miller

Pregnancy is hard as fuck. There is so much change in such a short period of time, major hormonal shifts, financial stress and pressure, relationships being tested, weight gain, physical discomfort, fear of birth, miscarriages, stillbirths, challenging family dynamics, postpartum, anxiety about being perfect, etc, etc.  I get it, I see you, and all of these fears, worries, anxieties, and emotions are all absolutely valid.  This episode is devoted to helping you feel the way you ACTUALLY want to feel throughout every stage of pregnancy - joyful, connected, grateful, blissful, and beautiful. Plus, I guide you through the practice that gave me the mental fortitude to overcome even my most challenging moments in pregnancy.

I’m afraid of birth, I’m afraid of becoming a mother, I’m afraid of how this will change my life, my marriage, and my work. And yet, I’m doing it all anyways.  Fear is the emotion that holds us back, it is paralyzing and keeps us stuck in our comfort zone. Even if we’re unhappy in our relationships, in our work, in our pain at least it’s familiar, right?  Fear requires us to be brave, to take action, and step into the abyss and the unknown. In this episode I explore the connection between pregnancy, childbirth, and ayahuasca, how to identify where fear is stored in the body, and most importantly how to master and befriend your fear so that you can purposefully create a life that you love.

I often meet women when they’re in the midst of an unexpected crisis whether it be a major health issue, the end of a relationship, being let go from a job, etc. In our work together I help them reclaim their sense of control so that they can grow, heal, and transform through their experiences instead of continuing to feel like a victim to unforeseen circumstances. I hope that this podcast episode will offer you key insights as to how you can navigate your unique challenges with a greater sense of confidence, ease, and faith that ultimately the universe has your back and there is a greater purpose to your pain and suffering.

Why do we have such a hard time letting go? When we experience grief from losing someone we love, heartbreak, contending with major disappointment after failing, etc there is a secondary emotion that emerges - guilt. We feel guilty for not feeling the way we were supposed to, guilty for continuing to live when someone else has passed on, guilty for feeling angry and resentful, guilty for letting people down, and more.  Tune into this episode to learn more about how these grief and guilt are stored in the body, the patterns they evolve into over time, and a guided meditation at the end to help you release these emotions and create space for more joy, resilience, and faith.

If you’re in the midst of a particularly dark moment in your life, presently emerging from one, or seeking a deeper understanding of the challenges you’ve been through, this episode is for you. I know what it’s like to be stuck, lost, and lonely in the isolation that comes with these experiences and through my own personal journey and my work with women I also know what it takes to feel light, free, empowered, and full of joy again.  Chinese Medicine has a masterful understanding of both the dark and the light, the yin and the yang, and more importantly how to harness the extraordinary power of your darkest moments to cultivate unstoppable inner fire and strength.