The Becoming Podcast

Jan 22 2025 51 ep. 56 mins 3

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Welcome to The Becoming Podcast, where we talk about modern-day rites of passage, radical transformation, and other times of becoming in our lives...and how these times can be a catalyst to become more of who you are. Hosted by coach, doula + author Jessie Harrold.

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The Becoming Podcast | Season 7; Episode 1 | Carmen Spagnola on practical magic for turbulent times

Jan 22 2025 70 mins

Hello beautiful ones! The Becoming Podcast is returning after a somewhat unplanned hiatus, brought to you by Getting Pneumonia A Week After Launching My Book! But here we are again, and I couldn't be more delighted to be welcoming Carmen Spagnola as my first guest of 2025. Carmen has been a friend, colleague and teacher of mine for many years now, and she has just released her late

The Becoming Podcast | Season 6; Episode 7 | Mara Glatzel and Becca Piastrelli interview me about the launch of Mothershift

Nov 05 2024 48 mins

Hello beautiful ones! I've somehow taken a bit of an unexpected hiatus from the podcast lately, but I'm really, really delighted to share a new episode with you today. It's a super fun and beautiful conversation between three friends – myself, Mara Glatzel and Becca Piastrelli. In this episode, we're turning the tables and Mara and Becca are interviewing ME about the launch of my

The Becoming Podcast | Season 6; Episode 6 | Asha Frost on the medicine of transformative times, the miracle of rest, and being eldered by the living world

Jun 24 2024 51 mins

My friends! I'm really excited to share this interview with the amazing Asha Frost. We had such a beautiful conversation, and Asha has so much wisdom to share, and does so eloquently. Here's some of what Asha and I talk about in this episode: How Asha's Lupus diagnosis was a threshold moment in her life that made it impossible to keep up with the demands of our modern, capital

The Becoming Podcast | Season 6; Episode 5 | Sarah Wildeman on the radical art of building community + nourishing ecosystems of care

May 27 2024 62 mins

I'm thrilled to bring you this conversation with Sarah Wildeman on the Becoming Podcast this month. This was such a rich and far-reaching dialogue about all things community-building, which is such an important locus of support – and also struggle – as we traverse times of deep change in our lives. Here's some of what Sarah and I talk about in this episode: The life-and-death

The Becoming Podcast | Season 6; Episode 4 | Danielle Cohen on photography as a rite of passage and the medicine of being fully seen

May 07 2024 52 mins

Hello, friend! I'm really excited to share my conversation with Danielle Cohen with you. If you're a mother, an entrepreneur, a multi-passionate human, or have ever been on either side of a camera, this episode is a must-listen. First, let me tell you a little bit about Danielle. Danielle Cohen is a visibility coach & professional photographer with a unique talent for helping other

The Becoming Podcast | Season 6; Episode 3 | Glenda Goodrich on authenticity in midlife, creative rites of passage, wilderness questing + becoming your own spiritual authority

Apr 02 2024 57 mins

Hello, friend! I'm delighted to share this month's Becoming Podcast episode with you. In it, I interview artist and fellow wilderness quester Glenda Goodrich. Glenda is an artist, art doula, SoulCollage® facilitator, writer, and convener of ceremony. She brings together earth-based rituals, community gatherings, and creative expression in a search for new ways to show love for th

The Becoming Podcast | Season 6, Episode 2 | Megan Sheldon on ceremony, grief, and honouring seemingly invisible moments of change

Feb 26 2024 57 mins

I'm really excited to share with you my interview with Megan Sheldon. Megan and I connected through the magic of Instagram a few years ago, and we've recently enjoyed a couple of conversations sharing lots of professional and personal commonalities. Megan holds a tremendous amount of wisdom around grief work, ritual and ceremony, and I'm delighted to have her on the show. Here

The Becoming Podcast | Season 6, Episode 1 | Annie Bray on burnout, caregiving, and finding possibility in impossible times

Jan 31 2024 67 mins

I'm delighted to share with you that The Becoming Podcast is back for its 6th season (wow!) and that I've got a full and rich lineup of guests to share with you this year! The first is my dear friend Annie Bray. There were a lot of different titles I could have given this podcast and "Deep Conversation Between Two Brilliant Midlife Friends About The Complexity of Life" was right

The Becoming Podcast | Season 5; Episode 7 | Lucy Jones on the metamorphosis of pregnancy, birth and motherhood

Sep 18 2023 61 mins

Hello beautiful ones! I am so excited to share this month's interview with Lucy Jones with you. I think it might be one of my favourite episodes ever: our conversation was so rich and so full of the kinds of things I think we *really* need to be talking about when it comes to matrescence and motherhood. I started following Lucy in the early days of writing her new book, Matrescen

The Becoming Podcast | Season 5; Episode 6 | Heng Ou and Marisa Belger on The Essential Art of Mothering the New Mother

Aug 21 2023 64 mins

Hello beautiful ones! I am so excited to share this month's interview with Heng Ou and Marisa Belger with you. They are the authors of The First Forty Days: The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother, which was a groundbreaking book for so many new mothers and postpartum professionals. To say I was delighted to be able to connect with these two amazing women is the understatem