Reclamation & Birthing in the Feminine Way: Ange on Love, Loss & Motherhood

In this episode of Candi’d Convos: HER Story, I sit down with a woman I’ve known for nearly 30 years – Ange – whose path has been anything but linear.Together we walk through grief, loss, addiction, awakening, rebirth, and the sacred initiation of motherhood… not as a highlight reel, but as a deeply lived, raw, human story.Ange shares what it was like growing up as a highly sensitive, intuitive little girl who saw spirits and “knew things” in a family that didn’t understand her gifts… and how that led to shutting down, people thinking she was “crazy,” and a lifelong pattern of suppressing her truth.We dive into:Navigating early grief, multiple deaths, and the way loss can shut your heart… or crack it wide openAddiction as a coping mechanism – exercise, alcohol, drugs, control – and what finally brought her to her kneesThe moment she called her mum and said she didn’t want to be here anymore… and the ultimatum that changed everythingLearning to trust her psychic gifts again and the fear of being seen as “too much” or “not normal”Conscious partnership, doing the work, and growing in love (not just falling into it)Her deeply activating pregnancy, ecstatic homebirth-turned-ambulance-birth, and how birth became a portal for healing sexual trauma and controlMotherhood as initiation, learning to receive, and choosing a different story than the one she witnessed growing upThe birth of her work: Village for Mothers and Birthing in the Feminine – supporting women to create, mother, love and lead in a deeply feminine, resourced wayThis conversation is for the woman who has walked through her own underworld… who has used addiction, control, or perfection to outrun her pain… and who is ready to remember who the f*ck she really is.🔥 Reflection for you:Where are you still suppressing your gifts, your grief, or your desire… because you’re afraid people will think you’re “too much” or “crazy”?If Ange’s story lands in your body, please rate, review, share, and send this to a woman you love and anyone you think would enjoy and receive something from tuning in. Connect with us:Ange: @angelalouisetonkin Candi: @candidconvos.podcast | www.candimay.net