S.6 E.6 Lauren Tobey: She's Still in There: Navigating Identity Through the Perinatal Shift
In today's episode, I'm joined by Lauren Toby. Lauren is a trauma informed coach, master, NLP, practitioner and author of Spiraling Into Control. She's the creator of the Spiral Framework original model for understanding why women lose themselves inside their family dynamics and how they can find their way back. holds a Bachelor's of Science in Psychology and a Master of Arts from the University of Denver's. Ridge College of Education. She is a CPD certified Trauma-informed coach and is a former Chief Impact officer with seven years of experience and executive leadership. Lauren's work speaks to the mom who looks fine from the outside, but has quietly lost her preferences, her opinions, and herself inside the role. She names what most approaches skip. survival patterns Masqueraded as personality, and that awareness alone does not produce change. She is the host of the Spiral podcast, creator of the Spiral app, and has been featured in Authority Magazine, women's Journal, and in Times Square.
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13 Oct 2026
S.5 E.5 Kelly Edmondson: Founder & CEO of Timely Presence
Kelly Edmondson is a nurse executive, certified grief counselor, and founder of Timely Presence, a company redefining how we support people after loss. While her personal loss was not perinatal, she carries a deeply lived understanding of grief after the unexpected death of her son, Darius, in January 2023.
As a nurse and healthcare leader, Kelly has stood at the bedside during some of the most devastating moments families experience, including pregnancy and infant loss. She has seen, in real time, both the depth of that grief and how quickly support can disappear.
Through her work, she focuses on what happens after the initial shock, creating year-long, milestone-timed support so people feel remembered on the days that are often the hardest.
Kelly brings a perspective that expands the conversation, not only about surviving loss, but about how we continue to show up for those living with it.
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6 Oct 2026
S.6 E.4 Wendy Kowalski: Persevering to Care for Life's Little Ones: Caring Cradle
Today, I'm joined by Wendy Kowalski. She is the designer and manufacturer of the Caring Cradle. She decided to make something that would be a better fit for hospitals, nurses, and families after seeing that the only cooling unit on the market was using water, and was all too often broken. With input from all the people who had used these other units, she developed a unit that was simple to use for all and allowed uninterrupted time with baby. She is excited to see the name Caring Cradle become a gold standard choice for hospitals all across the US.
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