Empowered Life Cycles

05/27/2026

Glowing from the oxytocin effect ✨

One of the greatest gifts in birth work is being part of a team rooted in trust, respect, communication, and shared intention.

My client had a beautiful physiological, unmedicated birth and pushed for under an hour — welcoming her baby gently while keeping her perineum intact. 👏🙌

I’m so grateful for collaborative relationships with providers who understand that birth unfolds best when women feel safe, supported, and deeply connected to the people around them.

Our dream team included the loveliest OB — Dr. Onbreyt who is kind, patient, and calm — allowing time for the tissues to slowly stretch around baby’s head while protecting the integrity of the perineum every step of the way.

This is what happens when experienced support, nervous system safety, and respectful care come together.

Birth is not just physical.
It is relational.
It is emotional.
It is physiological.
And connection matters. 🤍

05/14/2026

🎙️Episode 51 of The Alwellco Podcast is live.

We talked about what 23 years in birth rooms taught me about the nervous system, why resilience isn't willpower, and what birth and menopause have in common.

🌟 Also: why your body has never been working against you.

www.chantaltraub.com/speaker to listen. 🎙️

05/03/2026

Pushing isn’t just a moment in birth.
It’s a whole-body experience.

This afternoon’s Pushing Power workshop was a reminder that when we understand the pelvic floor, breath, positioning, and nervous system, we give birthing bodies more options—and more trust in themselves.

Birth doesn’t need more force.
It needs more understanding.

Grateful for the room, the curiosity, and the conversations

🌿 Thank you to all those in attendance

04/22/2026

Another wonderful Pushing Power workshop 👶

Thank you to all the mamas and papas in attendance learning how to push safely and effectively and protect the pelvic floor muscles during birth.

Want to attend our next PUSHING POWER class:

Upcoming class:
In person Brooklyn: Sunday, May 3
Live via Zoom: Tuesday, June 9th

💚 To learn more or to register: www.chantaltraub.com/events

03/26/2026

03/23/2026

Did anyone teach you how to push? 🤔

For most women, the answer is no — and that's exactly why Pushing Power exists.

This workshop breaks down everything you need to know about the second stage of labor: how to push safely and effectively, how to protect your pelvic floor, and how to stay connected and confident when it matters most.

You'll leave with real tools — not just reassurance.
✔️ Pelvic floor protection strategies
✔️ Breath, core + position work
✔️ Understanding your baby's journey through the pelvis
✔️ Nervous system regulation for labor

Endorsed by midwives, physicians, and pelvic floor physical therapists.

🌀 Sunday, May 3rd | 3–5 PM
🌀 Brooklyn, NYC

Hosted by .brooklyn • With Chantal Traub — NYC Birth & Menopause doula, educator & creator of Pushing Power.

👇 Grab your spot — link in bio.

https://www.esquinabrooklyn.com/workshops-events/pushing-power-2kn9a

🌀DM me any questions

03/23/2026

Did anyone teach you how to push? 🤔

For most women, the answer is no — and that's exactly why Pushing Power exists.

This workshop breaks down everything you need to know about the second stage of labor: how to push safely and effectively, how to protect your pelvic floor, and how to stay connected and confident when it matters most.

You'll leave with real tools — not just reassurance.
✔️ Pelvic floor protection strategies
✔️ Breath, core + position work
✔️ Understanding your baby's journey through the pelvis
✔️ Nervous system regulation for labor

Endorsed by midwives, physicians, and pelvic floor physical therapists.

🌀 Sunday, May 3rd | 3–5 PM
🌀 Brooklyn, NYC

With Chantal Traub — NYC Birth & Menopause doula, educator & creator of Pushing Power.

👇 Grab your spot — link in bio.

https://www.esquinabrooklyn.com/workshops-events/pushing-power-2kn9a

🌀DM me any questions

03/22/2026

☀️Sunday Funday 🌀

Rolling around on the floor at .brooklyn
🌀playful, movement flow class with the amazing .motion
🌀Fun, challenging and deeply centering.

02/19/2026

☀️ This isn’t from now ☀️

Cumulative sun damage is real.
What was beneath this scar is decades old.
From a time when tanning was cool and sunscreen wasn’t the culture.

Midlife brings perspective.
Motherhood brings responsibility.

If you’re raising teens — prevention still works.

Sun care isn’t vanity.
It’s healthcare.
It’s protection.
It’s love.

02/17/2026

Solar Eclipse, Year of the Fire Horse and a New Moon in Aquarius.

A power portal is open, that brings a moment of reset, that offers an invitation to move through it with intention, to create an empowering change.

Today is a meeting of elements and energies.
A solar eclipse in Aquarius.
A new moon.
The Year of the Fire Horse.
And the wisdom of water.

This is not power that forces.
It’s power that flows.
Not becoming through striving —
but through opening.
Not transformation through pressure —
but through surrender.

Water teaches us rhythm.
Courage.
Expansiveness.
Authenticity.
Deep social bonds.
Life energy moving through us — not driven by us.

This is feminine power.
Like empowered birth.
Like midlife initiation.
Like the cycles that shape us, change us, renew us.

Not linear.
Not rigid.
Not harsh.
But cyclical.
Rhythmic.
Alive.

And to the Fire Horse women born in 1966 —
this is your second spring.
Your season of change.
Your visibility era.
Your time to be seen — not for what you produce,
but for who you are.

A fire that flows.
A power that opens.
A life force that moves through you — not from you.

✨🔥🌊🌑