Ep. 74: Beyond the Glowing Miracle Narrative with Jes Reynolds

Sometimes pregnancy is sold as a glowing miracle, but for some, including me, it's a brutal body hijacking battle. I'm thrilled to welcome Jess Reynolds to Make Discomfort Your Bitch. She's the founder of Born from Her, and Jess helps parents prepare their bodies emotionally and physically for the wild ride of pregnancy and birth. Having survived hyperemesis gravidarum and autoimmune diseases herself, Jess understands the deep connection between emotional safety and physical health.

In this episode, we explore the power of taking radical personal responsibility for healing, moving beyond waiting to feel better to actually tending to your nervous system so your body can recover. If you've ever felt dismissed by your body or the medical system, you need to hear this conversation about resilience, care, and showing up for yourself through any kind of discomfort.

MORE ABOUT JES:   Jes Reynolds is the founder of Born From Her, a movement built on one unwavering belief: every generation begins in the body of a woman. After overcoming debilitating Hyperemesis Gravidarum, going from hospitalization and vomiting up to 30 times a day to complete symptom resolution in under a week, Jes became consumed by a bigger question: What if pregnancy isn't simply something to survive, but one of our greatest opportunities to shape the future of human health?   Today, she is on a mission to restore wisdom to motherhood by helping women understand the extraordinary intelligence of their bodies through the lens of physiology, nutrition, nervous system science, and informed choice. Her work challenges conventional thinking while empowering women to ask better questions, trust themselves, and become active participants in their own care. Because Jes believes that if we want healthier children, stronger families, and a more resilient future, we have to start by restoring the mother.   Instagram www.bornfromher.com MORE ABOUT ME:

I'm a mental health therapist, speaker, author, and educator — and here's what that actually means. I've spent years in the trenches with hundreds of people across therapy practices, coaching spaces, online communities, courses, keynotes, and workshops — and I've watched the same pattern repeat itself over and over: people who know what they should do and still don't f*cking do it. That's not a willpower problem. That's a skill gap. And I'm here to close it.

I work at the intersection where insight meets action — helping people transform what they think,