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Podcast: raw MOMversations
Episode: The Protector’s Role: Birth, Boundaries & Partnership with Ashley Mariani //S4E38
Description: Couples therapist and birth advocate Ashley Mariani (aka “The Rogue Therapist”) joins us to talk about love, leadership, and protecting your family in the birth space. Ashley works at the powerful intersection of birth, intimacy, and nervous system healing, supporting couples through pregnancy, birth, and the massive transition into parenthood. From naming obstetric violence to calling fathers into true protection and partnership, this episode is a wake-up call and a blueprint for unity.
We unpack why so many moms feel dismissed, how “good girl” conditioning shows up in appointments, and what real advocacy looks like when the pressure...