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Today's guest, Latham Thomas, is a celebrity doula and maternal wellness maven, and the founder of Mama Glow, a global women's health and education brand serving women along the childbearing continuum and leading a revolution in radical self-care. Mama Glow also offers a globally recognized doula immersion program, attended by women from all corners of the globe.Named one of Oprah Winfrey's Super Soul 100, supports women in embracing optimal wellness and spiritual growth as a pathway to empowerment. By centering fertility, pregnancy, new motherhood, and everything in between, Latham seeks to elevate the conversation around reproductive justice and share her passion for birth equity. She is also a graduate of Columbia University and the author of book two bestselling books; Own Your Glow: A Soulful Guide to Luminous Living and Crowning The Queen Within and Mama Glow: A Hip Guide to Your Fabulous Abundant Pregnancy. In this episode, Latham shares the lessons in self-care that she learned by watching her mother and her grandmother growing up and what the spiritual experience she had during childbirth taught her about birth as an invitation to heal and expand in both body and spirit.We also touch on the importance of community, committing to your calling, and being a little stubborn sometimes, and Latham shares her words of wisdom for listeners looking to build a life they don't have to escape. We hope you'll join us for this soulful conversation to learn more about Latham Thomas' backstory and find out how the vision she had while she was in labor eventually led her to create Mama Glow!
Celebrity Doula, Maternal Wellness Expert, Bestselling Author and Founder of Mama Glow, a global maternal health and education platform and Mama Glow Foundation, a non-profit serving birthing people along the childbearing continuum. Named one of Oprah Winfrey's Super Soul 100, Latham is the founder of Mama Glow, a global maternal health and education company serving birthing people along the childbearing continuum. Mama Glow supports birthing families during the fertility period, pregnancy, birth as well as during postpartum offering hand-holding through their bespoke doula services. Their doula education platform empowers birth workers around the world. Latham is a fierce advocate for birth equity and works to bridge policy gaps in maternal health. She's co-founder of The Continuum Conference, a gathering centering on the experience of fertility, pregnancy, and new motherhood. And the Mama Glow Foundation, advancing reproductive justice through education, advocacy, and the arts. Cultivating her wellness practice over nearly a decade she has served as a doula and lifestyle guru for celebrity clients including Alicia Keys, Anne Hathaway, Ashley Graham, DJ Khaled, Rebecca Minkoff, Doutzen Kroes, Tamera Mowry, Gabrielle Union, and more. She has been featured in the New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, Vogue, The Breakfast Club, Fast Company, Wall Street Journal Magazine, FORBES, SELF, Essence, and more. She is the proud mother of 18-year-old DJ prodigy, producer and entrepreneur, DJ Fulano. Latham is a graduate of Columbia University and author of two best-selling books;Own Your Glow: A Soulful Guide to Luminous Living And Crowning The Queen Within and Mama Glow: A Hip Guide to Your Fabulous Abundant Pregnancy. Meet My Guest: WEBSITE: MamaGlow.com WEBSITE: MamaGlowFoundation.org INSTAGRAM: @GlowMaven FACEBOOK: /MamaGlow
“Beautiful things can be born out of crises if we move in the energy of gratitude and possibility.” - Latham Thomas What makes Latham Thomas so extraordinary and her work so critical is the lens of liberation that she brings to birth work in this country. All of her training is with Black maternal health in mind and serves as a demand to bring attention to the crises that we tolerate, that we endorse, that we remain asleep to around Black women and the birthing process in this country. Listen in to this episode of Find Your Fierce & Loving to hear from Latham, a maternity lifestyle maven, world renowned wellness leader, and master birth doula as she talks with Lola about how the birth of her son ignited a calling she could no longer ignore and why it's well past time to take a critical look at the state of Black maternal health in this country. (04:32) - Nudge into initiation(11:15) - Who are you really?(16:46) - Femme force(27:26) - Doula immersion(32:07) - Calling forward truth(38:36) - Crisis and gratitudeAfter giving birth to her son Fulano in 2003, Latham Thomas set out on a mission to help women reclaim birth. A graduate of Columbia University & The Institute for Integrative Nutrition, Latham is a maternity lifestyle maven, world renown wellness leader and master birth doula on the vanguard of transforming the wellness movement. Named one of Oprah Winfrey's Super Soul 100, Latham is bridging the gap between optimal wellness, spiritual growth, and radical self care and is the go-to-guru for modern holistic lifestyle for women. She authored the bestselling book titled, “Mama Glow: A Hip Guide to a Fabulous and Abundant Pregnancy”, foreword by Dr. Christiane Northrup in 2012 and most recently published bestseller OWN YOUR GLOW: A Soulful Guide to Luminous Living and Crowning the Queen Within. Do you want to unleash your inherent love and goodness, liberate yourself, and free humanity from the oppressive systems and structures we have created? We are here to support you in finding your fierce and loving life. Join us in Our Circle, a vibrant membership community rich in opportunities for personal transformation and our collective awakening. Find out more at lolawright.com/our-circle. This winter consider joining us for the Set On Fire Virtual Retreat from December 30 to January 2 – end 2020 powerfully and enter 2021 creatively, lolawright.com/set-on-fire-retreat.You can follow Lola Wright, on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter and learn more about my work at lolawright.com.Chicago born and built, Lola grew up in wealth and privilege, yet always sensed something was missing. She sought out aliveness and freedom in music, immersing herself in the hip hop and house music scenes of 90s Chicago. After finding herself on her own at 23, as the mother of two young children, she became determined to create a new experience.Lola is an ordained minister with a gift for weaving together the mystical and material, she served for many years as the CEO of Bodhi Center, an organization committed to personal transformation, collective awakening, conscious activism, and community-building. Theme music by independent producer Trey Royal.If you'd like to receive new episodes as they're published, please subscribe to Find Your Fierce & Loving in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving a review in Apple Podcasts. Your reviews help others find the show. Podcast episode production by Dante32.
About Latham ThomasAfter giving birth to her son Fulano in 2003, Latham Thomas set out on a mission to help women reclaim birth. A graduate of Columbia University & The Institute for Integrative Nutrition, Latham is a maternity lifestyle maven, world renown wellness leader and master birth doula on the vanguard of transforming the wellness movement. Named one of Oprah Winfrey's Super Soul 100, Latham is bridging the gap between optimal wellness, spiritual growth, and radical self care and is the go-to-guru for modern holistic lifestyle for women. She authored the bestselling book titled, “Mama Glow: A Hip Guide to a Fabulous and Abundant Pregnancy”, foreword by Dr. Christiane Northrup in 2012 and most recently published bestseller OWN YOUR GLOW: A Soulful Guide to Luminous Living and Crowning the Queen Within. Latham serves on the TUFTS University Nutrition Council and is also a member of the Well + Good Council where she provides expertise in women's wellness, pregnancy and self-care. In March of 2018, Latham released the meditation audio program, BEDITATIONS: Guided Meditations and Rituals for Rest and Renewal. She teaches at universities and teaching hospitals around the country, helping to improve the patient labor and delivery experience.Find here on Instagram @glowmaven or @mamaglowFind Christine at rosewoman.com, on IG @rosebudwoman or at xtinem.com on IG @xtinemmm See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Jessica Nickson welcomes celebrity doula Latham Thomas to find out more about this rising star, named one of Oprah Winfrey’s Super Soul 100, and to answer Now Whaters' pregnancy questions. Latham believes in self care and for women to “mother themselves first.” She authored the bestselling book titled, “Mama Glow: A Hip Guide to a Fabulous and Abundant Pregnancy”, and most recently published bestseller OWN YOUR GLOW: A Soulful Guide to Luminous Living and Crowning the Queen Within. She is a graduate of Columbia University & The Institute for Integrative Nutrition. Her celebrity client list includes Alicia Keys, Anne Hathaway, Ashley Graham, DJ Khaled, Gwyneth Paltrow, Rebecca Minkoff, Doutzen Kroes, Tamera Mowry, Gabrielle Union, Debra Lee, Venus Williams, Adrienne Bosh and more. Now What is part of The Direct Message Network, executive producers Crystal Fambrini and John Ryan, Jr. (Co-Founders of The Direct Message). Producer Gary Smith. Follow us on instagram for latest updates and give aways @directmessagenetwork. Please Support Our Sponsors: Get a quote online at Progressive.com in as little as 5 minutes and see how much you could be saving For more information or to buy, check it out on Amazon or Walmart.com. Or you may find it at your local grocery store or CVS.
In this episode of the best thing, Antonio Neves talks to author, maternity lifestyle maven, and world-renowned wellness leader Latham Thomas. Named one of Oprah Winfrey's Super Soul 100, Latham is bridging the gap between optimal wellness, spiritual growth, and radical self-care and is the go-to-guru for modern holistic lifestyle for women. Latham authored the bestselling book titled, “Mama Glow: A Hip Guide to a Fabulous and Abundant Pregnancy”, and also is author of the bestseller, “Own Your Glow: A Soulful Guide to Luminous Living and Crowning the Queen Within.” In this powerful episode, Latham shares how leaving a relationship and embarking on life as a new mother allowed her to design a life she didn't have to escape from. Text Antonio the word “podcast” to 310-564-7124 for behind the scenes info. LINKS: Own Your Glow: A Soulful Guide to Luminous Living and Crowning the Queen Within Mama Glow: A Hip Guide to a Fabulous and Abundant Pregnancy Mama Glow Latham's Instagram Latham's Twitter Quick Episode Summary: Meet Latham Latham Thomas & Mama Glow Living life through a colorful filter Radical self-care and creating the life you don't want to escape Choosing yourself is not being selfish The role of a doula Racial bias' leading to disparities in health care The best thing How to find the courage to take the first step Anoint yourself and put the crown back on your head
Are you leading the life that you dream of? So many people struggle to fully connect with and live out their life’s purpose. In this episode, I brought on Latham Thomas, author and doula who aims to improve the labor and delivery experience for mothers. Latham and I chat about learning to trust yourself for guidance toward your purpose (and supporting your kids by letting them use their own guidance). She talks about the importance of having undisturbed time with yourself regularly and why you need to gift yourself with “glow getaways”. We also chat about how to tap into your creativity, what she does as a doula and how she helps other doulas within their work. (This episode was pre-recorded on March 3, 2020) What’s in this episode: Latham’s ideas for luminous living and owning your glow How to connect with your purpose Why you need to learn to trust yourself for guidance What practices she recommends for getting deeper and tapping into your creativity The importance of taking time to retreat and taking a glow getaway Supporting your kids with gentle guidance and letting them lead themselves Why you need undisturbed time alone with yourself on a regular basis How vision doulas help you give birth to aspects of your work What she does with her work as a doula About Latham: After giving birth to her son Fulano in 2003, Latham Thomas set out on a mission to help women reclaim birth. A graduate of Columbia University & The Institute for Integrative Nutrition, Latham is a maternity lifestyle maven, world renown wellness leader and master birth doula on the vanguard of transforming the wellness movement. Named one of Oprah Winfrey's Super Soul 100, Latham is bridging the gap between optimal wellness, spiritual growth, and radical self care and is the go-to-guru for modern holistic lifestyle for women. She authored the bestselling book titled, “Mama Glow: A Hip Guide to a Fabulous and Abundant Pregnancy”, foreword by Dr. Christiane Northrup in 2012 and most recently published bestseller OWN YOUR GLOW: A Soulful Guide to Luminous Living and Crowning the Queen Within. Latham serves on the TUFTS University Nutrition Council and is also a member of the Well + Good Council where she provides expertise in women's wellness, pregnancy and self-care. In March of 2018, Latham released the meditation audio program, BEDITATIONS: Guided Meditations and Rituals for Rest and Renewal. She teaches at universities and teaching hospitals around the country, helping to improve the patient’s labor and delivery experience. Connect with Latham: Website | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter Links: Own Your Glow: A Soulful Guide to Luminous Living and Crowning the Queen Within by Latham Thomas In Good Company Retreat Mama Glow Trainings Doula Program Events Hope you’ve enjoyed this episode! Would love to hear from you. What is one thing you can do with the wisdom and guidance you’ve extracted from this episode to make a positive and lasting change in your own life? Connect with me on social media. You can find me @amytangerine on Instagram, YouTube, Facebook and pretty much anywhere. If you’re enjoying this podcast, please rate and review on iTunes, subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts and let your friends know about it too! The more we spread the creativity and happiness that comes from pursuing our passions, the better off our amazing community will be. Hope you feel uplifted, energized and inspired. You are awesome! I’m Amy Tangerine encouraging you to embrace the collective pause and find things that can bring you deep, internal joy!
In this episode, I speak with author, birth doula and leader, Latham Thomas.After giving birth to her son Fulano in 2003, Latham Thomas set out on a mission to help women reclaim birth. A graduate of Columbia University & The Institute for Integrative Nutrition, Latham is a maternity lifestyle maven, world renown wellness leader and master birth doula on the vanguard of transforming the wellness movement. Named one of Oprah Winfrey's Super Soul 100, Latham is bridging the gap between optimal wellness, spiritual growth, and radical self care and is the go-to-guru for modern holistic lifestyle for women. She authored the bestselling book titled, “Mama Glow: A Hip Guide to a Fabulous and Abundant Pregnancy”, foreword by Dr. Christiane Northrup in 2012 and most recently published bestseller OWN YOUR GLOW: A Soulful Guide to Luminous Living and Crowning the Queen Within. Latham serves on the TUFTS University Nutrition Council and is also a member of the Well + Good Council where she provides expertise in women's wellness, pregnancy and self-care. In March of 2018, Latham released the meditation audio program, BEDITATIONS: Guided Meditations and Rituals for Rest and Renewal. She teaches at universities and teaching hospitals around the country, helping to improve the pateint labor and delivery experience.
I sit down and have a loooong chat with my new friends Pastaveia and Sean from EcoConsciousLifestyle! They're expecting their first baby and plan to maintain their minimalist lifestyle. I had questions! They are also interested in respectful parenting. I had answers! We also got in to a much needed discussion about how both of these life choices have a distinct impact on us as black parents. Stay tuned to the end where I regale them with my positive birth story in an effort to take the fear out of the big day. Show notes: Pastaveia and Sean are part of the Black Minimalist movement. Sean's into this book and Pastaveia is into this book. Throughout her plant-based pregnancy Pastevia relied on books and YouTube channels like Mama Glow: A Hip Guide to Your Fabulous Abundant Pregnancy Book by Latham Thomas and also found recipes from Jenne Clairborne's Sweet Potato Soul. I go on a rant about why it's especially important for parents of black children NOT to use tough love as a way of preparing them for the "real world." This video explains why that tactic is harmful to all kids. Speaking for raising preparing our children for the future. Pastaveia mentioned Brandi Sellerz-Jackson's inspirational blog post about raising carefree black kids. Website me: www.htgawp.com Email me: htgawppodcast@gmail.com Tweet me: @htgawp Rate and review me: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-get-away-with-parenting/id1084576130
Latham Thomas is a celebrity wellness/ lifestyle maven and birth doula- transforming not only how women give birth to their babies, but how they give rise to the best version of themselves. She’s here to teach us all how to own our power in mind, body and spirit as we hustle to launch our businesses. To Latham, self-care is a priority part of life, not just a trendy habit. As the founder of Mama Glow, a lifestyle brand and highly regarded website offering inspiration, education, and holistic services for expectant and new mamas, Latham has been named one of Oprah Winfrey’s Super Soul 100. Latham is also the best-selling author of “Mama Glow: A Hip Guide to Your Fabulous Abundant Pregnancy.” And her highly anticipated second book, "Own Your Glow: A Soulful Guide to Luminous Living And Crowning The Queen Within” just debuted in September 2017. Links mentioned on this episode Own Your Glow book Mama Glow Drop the Ball by Tiffany Dufu The Read podcast Click here to subscribe via RSS feed (non-iTunes feed): http://sidehustlepro.libsyn.com/rss Announcements Side Hustle Pro is now over 4300 members strong. If you’re looking for a community of supportive side hustlers who are all working to take our businesses to the next level, join us here: http://sidehustlepro.co/facebook Social Media Info Connect on Instagram: Latham Thomas - @glowmaven Side Hustle Pro – @sidehustlepro #SideHustlePro
Guest: Latham Thomas is a wellness & birth coach/doula and founder of maternity brand, Mama Glow, as well as the author of Mama Glow: A Hip Guide to Your Fabulous Abundant Pregnancy. She’s on a mission to transform maternal wellness. Latham's practice provides support to pre/postnatal women along their journey to motherhood offering culinary and nutritional services, yoga, and birth coaching services. Latham has become the go-to-guru for modern, holistic living for women during pregnancy and beyond! She also serves as the Maternity Wellness expert on the Advisory Board of Yahoo! Health and has been featured on The Dr. Oz Show, Good Day NY, CBS News, Fast Company, Black Enterprise, Essence, Fit Pregnancy and so much more. Her forthcoming book, Own Your Glow: A Soulful Guide to Luminous Living and Crowning the Queen Within is available for pre-order now. Rockstar sponsors: Get paid online, on-time with Freshbooks! Today's show is supported by FreshBooks, cloud accounting software that makes it insanely easy for freelancers and professionals to get paid online, track expenses and do more of what you love. Get your 1-month free trial, no credit card required, at FreshBooks.com/goodlife (enter The Good Life Project in the “How Did You Hear About Us?” section). 90-Day Year - Free online masterclass series on achieving your one-year vision in 90-days. https://goo.gl/Bc9e9s For show note links go to: goodlifeproject.com/latham Photo credit: Jessica Morrisey Photography
Named one of Oprah's Super Soul 100 visionaries and "Top 100 Women to Watch in Wellness" by Mind Body Green, LATHAM THOMAS is one hardworking single mama on our side. Maternity/lifestyle maven and NYC birth doula, Latham schools ELLIE KNAUS and our listeners on her philosophy of “mothering yourself first”, saying no to make room for yes, and slowing down this winter by tuning into the rhythms of nature (when it's dark at 4 pm, it's fancy pajama time!). Latham tells Ellie about her vision of radical self-care, an act that is radical at least in part because “nobody cares that you want to read a book or lay in bed or sleep in...." Nobody until now! Finally, we are recognizing for ourselves the absolute necessity of self-care in order to show up wholeheartedly for our loved ones. Latham offers advice on re-charging ourselves at least as often as our iPhones, letting go of our polarizing motherhood archetypes, and answers our "second round of childbirth" fears. She also gives Ellie marching orders for how to get her Mama Glow on in the kitchen (hint: it involves this fantastic Atomic Moms community) and you won’t want to miss her recommendation for a ritual each of us can start tonight to strengthen our relationship with our children and to prevent ourselves from getting “off-mission.” This episode is brought to you by Seedling.com, code: ATOMIC Mama Glow: mamaglow.com Latham Thomas’s Instagram: @glowmaven Atomic Moms Instagram: @atomicmoms AtomicMoms.com "Mama Glow : A Hip Guide to Your Fabulous Abundant Pregnancy" by Latham Thomas
Latham Thomas is a maternity lifestyle maven, women's wellness and birth coach, on the vanguard of transforming the maternal and women's wellness movement. A graduate of Columbia University and The Institute for Integrative Nutrition, Latham is the founder of Mama Glow, a holistic lifestyle hub for women to explore optimal wellbeing. Her practice provides support to pre/post natal women along their journey to motherhood offering culinary and nutritional services, yoga, and birth coaching services. She is co-founder of the Mama Glow Film Festival- a platform for maternal advocacy through film and philanthropy which launched in 2011 with Christy Turlington-Burns and Selita Ebanks. Latham launched the Mama Glow Salon Series in 2012 hosting the East Coast premiere of "More Business of Being Born" and partnered with the Environmental Working Group to launch their co-branded non-toxic pregnancy guide. Bridging the gap between optimal wellness, spiritual growth, and radical self-care, Latham Thomas is emerging as the go-to-guru for modern holistic lifestyle for women during pregnancy and beyond! She lives in NYC with her son Fulano and their turtle Climby. Latham's first book, "Mama Glow: A Hip Guide to Your Fabulous Abundant Pregnancy" debuted at #1 on Amazon in November 2012. Latham is helping to green the planet one belly at a time. For more information, please visit her website at www.mamaglow.com.
I am so honored & grateful that I got to have an amazing conversation with Latham Thomas, the mastermind behind the [Mama Glow](Latham is helping to green the planet one belly at a time.) empire. She has created an amazing brand and her work as a sought after nutrition and lifestyle expert has been featured on The Dr. Oz Show, Inside Edition, New York Daily News, New York Post, The Sunday Styles, Fit Pregnancy, Time Out New York, Vogue, Whole Living, Essence Magazine, VegNews, and the cover of Experience Life Magazine. Her book “Mama Glow: A Hip Guide to Your Fabulous Abundant Pregnancy” is not only a must read for anyone having a baby, but also anyone birthing anything from a book to a new job. Latham is a maternity lifestyle maven, wellness & birth coach, and yogi on the vanguard of transforming the maternal wellness movement. A graduate of Columbia University & The Institute for Integrative Nutrition, Latham is the founder of Mama Glow - a holistic lifestyle hub for women to explore their creative edge through wellbeing. Latham is helping to green the planet one belly at a time & I adore her. You will too after this interview. We talk everything from finding your niche audience, owning uniqueness, how to keep your focus and her personal journey to holistic healthy glowing mama. My favorite line & nugget from this interview: “I don’t beat myself up for my methods.” I found this so wise, when Latham talks about how the way she does things might be different but she honors what works for her deeply & I adore that and that makes the method work even better. WWRadio is on iTunes! yay! Latham Thomas Go-to Staple Salad: greens radish hemp seeds toasted pumpkin seeds with cajan spices Her fav go-to salad dressing recipe: Lemon olive oil garlic mustard omega oil parsley salt & pepper Latham’s Morning Breakfast Smoothie: Acai maca powder blueberries organic coconut oil sprinkled with granola or Watermelon Juice with lime and ginger when it is hot! Links we mention: Hu Kitchen NYC (the one with the quinoa chocolate she loves) Tata Harper Skin Care line that keeps her glowing. ABC Kitchen NYC Pure Food & Wine NYC
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