80: Mama Glow’s Latham Thomas on Pursuing Her Calling as a Doula, and Starting a Conversation Around Maternal Wellbeing and Radical Self-Care

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Self-improvement, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Education

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🗓️ 1 December 2021

⏱️ 97 minutes

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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...

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0:00.0	I remember getting home and like showering and getting ready for bed and my son's father he puts
0:09.6	on a Halea Jackson and as he put her on I'm just sending me the bed I was like pouting and he was like
0:16.0	what's wrong I was like I just wish this baby would give me a sign I was like
0:19.5	God I know you're answering other prayers right now but could you just give me a sign I was like I just need a sign from this baby I just need a sign and I just was in that energy I just need a sign please just give me a sign Lord just give me a sign, Lord, just give me a sign. You know, I'm here, a humble servant,
0:35.3	just here to let you order my steps and I would just love if you could just, you know, help me to see the path forward,
0:43.2	you know, in this moment.
0:44.4	And right now, I don't see a path.
0:46.4	And so if you could just give me a sign.
0:48.8	And I sat there for like 20 minutes,
0:51.4	and then suddenly I heard this sound like this a pop and then I felt
0:57.2	this warmth and I was like oh my God I think my water broke it was like TV and my son's father was like no you're peeing I was like I promise you
1:04.8	it was not pee and I'm your host of at the end of the tunnel and if this happens to be your first time listening to the show, here is what you're in for.
1:24.8	I interview luminaries, artists, philanthropists, athletes, creatives, and basically anyone
1:31.2	who has gone above and beyond to be the change that they wish to see in the world.
1:36.0	Sometimes they start movements or they create films or they write books that inspire people.
1:41.0	And in the case of this week's guest Latham Thomas is a
1:45.1	birthing dula and she is the founder of a platform called mama glow which is
1:50.1	based in New York City so Latham grew up in Oakland and as a child she was
1:54.4	drawn to all things natural. She spent a lot of her time outdoors, exploring nature
1:58.8	dabbling in urban gardening, and she eventually went on to earn a degree in environmental
2:04.0	sciences and then she got pregnant at 23 and while giving birth she had this
2:09.2	strange out-of-body experience and she recalled seeing lights and having visions of her
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