EP134: Fertility awareness, Cycle literacy & reclaiming trust with Guest Emma Goff

About this episode

In this episode, Sharna Southan interviews Emma Goff about fertility awareness, cycle literacy, and the importance of body trust in the context of pregnancy loss.

If you have ever felt the ceiling in your practice — or lived the gap in pregnancy loss support yourself — The Missing Piece is a free three day masterclass where we name what traditional grief support has been missing and build the framework bereaved mothers actually deserve. Starts 1st June - Join HERE   What if your menstrual cycle had been trying to tell you something for years, and no one ever taught you how to listen? In this episode, Sharna sits down with Emma Goff, certified fertility awareness educator, miscarriage doula, and host of the Cyclical Doula Podcast. Emma works at the intersection of cycle literacy, body trust, and reproductive loss,  and this conversation is one of the most practically empowering episodes we've recorded. Emma shares her own journey into this work — including growing up as the child of a mother who experienced multiple pregnancy losses — and how that shaped the deeply attuned, cyclical support she now offers women navigating fertility, loss, and everything in between. In this episode we cover: Why your menstrual cycle is a vital sign — and what it might be telling you about your reproductive health right now The impact of long-term…

People in this episode

Host: Sharna Southan

Guest: Emma Goff

Topics covered

• fertility awareness
• cycle literacy
• reproductive health
• pregnancy loss
• body trust
• support for bereaved mothers

Keywords

• menstrual cycle
• hormonal birth control
• ovulation
• postpartum experience
• cervical fluid
• basal body temperature
• miscarriage
• grief support

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cyclical Doula Podcast

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