Bonnie Cook - Stress Awareness and Autumn Warren Connolly - Giving Birth

Apr 12

Written By One Life Radio Show & Podcast

Happy Monday

It is a Monday alright! We are getting out of the Monday blues with a great show! We have Resident Earth Mama Autumn Warren Connolly who is ready to have a baby! Bonnie Cook from Mental Health America is here to discuss stress awareness month is here, so let’s get started!

Bonnie Cook

Mental Health America

Bonnie is the CEO & President of Mental Health America of Greater Dallas. Prior to assuming this role in April, 2018 she was the executive director of Mental Health America of Kentucky. Bonnie has over 17 years experience working in the mental health field. She also serves on the Board of Directors of Mental Health America in Alexandria, Virginia.

Stress Awareness Month

Stress is a physical ailment. Stress is your bodies awareness to a physical change in your world. But, everyone’s stress limitations are different. Stress can manifest in many different ways. For most people, stress affects people’s digestive systems, energy, and more. Stress is physical, anxiety is mental. Bonnie Cook differentiates this easily. Good things can be stressful too! Holidays, Birthdays, and even Vacations can be stressful for some people.

Autumn Warren Connolly

Autumn Connolly lives in the sky islands of Arizona with her three kiddos and animal babies. She is the creator of Anvil Traditional Healing, a company dedicated to restoring microbiome health through diet. Follow Autumn on Instagram @AnvilTraditionalHealing. Autumn is a self-taught vegan chef, a serial gardener and an avid believer and teacher of the powers of meditation.

Photo by Louis Hansel @shotsoflouis on Unsplash

Midwives and Live Birth

Autumn is in her 40th week of pregnancy and ready to pop! She says that is still, though it is her fourth child, she is just as excited to meet her little girl, Tulip! Autumn believes in nature, and that nature as a hand in procreation and giving birth as well. Autumn talks about her son and her watching a documentary together that became a conversation about birth and the world. Birth and the world go hand in hand. Autumn says she has to lean into the acceptance of it all, and really trust her own intuition when it comes to birthing her own baby. The only way we can make it better she says, is to put the awareness out there and wait for the shift to happen. Always remember that doctors must respect your birth plan. It matters! Medical authority figures are not allowed to keep you or your baby. Unless there is an important medical emergency that a doctor needs to intervene with, you have to right to hold and have your baby at any time.

A Big Thank You!

Thank you to todays guests, Bonnie Cook and Autumn Warren Connolly.

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