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  • Ep458: From Miscarriage to Mission: How WeNatal Is Rewriting the Fertility Playbook

    Ep458: From Miscarriage to Mission: How WeNatal Is Rewriting the Fertility Playbook

    For Ronit Menashe and Vida Delrahim, fertility was never supposed to become a business.

    Both women had climbed the corporate ladder at Nike, built long careers in marketing and leadership, and checked all the boxes of “doing life right.” Marriage, motherhood, stability. Until life cracked the script open.

    Within the span of a week, both women experienced miscarriages—two best friends, navigating loss at the same time, receiving the same dismissive medical answers.

    “It just happens.”
    “It’s probably your age.”
    “There’s nothing you can do—just try again.”

    But that answer didn’t sit right.

    When the System Stops Short

    What began as grief turned into research. And research turned into outrage.

    Ronit and Vida discovered something few people talk about: up to 50% of miscarriages are linked to sperm quality, yet fertility is treated almost exclusively as a women’s issue. Men are rarely tested. Rarely educated. Rarely invited into the process.

    That blind spot became their breaking point—and their calling.

    They left corporate life and went all in on a mission that felt deeply personal and deeply overdue: turn fertility from a “me problem” into a “we practice.”

     

    Trimester Zero: The Missing Preparation Phase

    What changed everything wasn’t IVF. It wasn’t a miracle intervention. It was preparation.

    Through functional medicine experts, including Dr. Mark Hyman, they learned that while egg count declines with age, egg quality and sperm quality are highly influenceable through nutrition, lifestyle, and environment.

    Men, in particular, can regenerate healthier sperm in as little as 72–90 days.

    They created what they call Trimester Zero—the three months before conception where both partners clean up their diet, reduce toxins, support hormones, and take targeted supplementation.

    The result?

    • Ronit gave birth to a healthy daughter at 42

    • Vida followed three months later

    Their personal experiment worked—twice.

     

    Why the Prenatal Industry Needed a Reset

    When they examined the prenatal market, the problems ran deep:

    • Poorly absorbed nutrients

    • Underdosed formulas

    • Fillers, dyes, and additives

    • No standards for men

    WeNatal was built differently:

    • One prenatal for her

    • One prenatal for him

    • Clinically relevant dosages

    • Third-party testing

    • No shortcuts

    The goal wasn’t speed or scale—it was integrity.

     

    Beyond Supplements: Mental Health, Grief, and Community

    Fertility isn’t just physical—it’s emotional.

    Miscarriage, trying to conceive, and pregnancy loss often happen in silence. That’s why WeNatal includes a shared journal with its subscription, addressing mental health, gratitude, and partnership alongside nutrients.

    Their belief is simple but radical: healing happens faster when it’s shared.

     

    Redefining Success—Later in Life

    Starting a company in their 40s raised eyebrows. Leaving Nike raised more. Choosing no outside investors raised the most.

    But for Ronit and Vida, success was never about optics—it was about alignment.

    “We didn’t want to build fast,” they say. “We wanted to build right.”

    Today, WeNatal has supported over 30,000 families and sparked a broader conversation about fertility, partnership, and agency—proving that sometimes, the most unconventional path is also the most impactful.

    Giveaway


    WeNatal is gifting one lucky Unconventional Life listener their Together Kit, including His + Hers Prenatal, their Manifestation Journal, and their Together Protein Plus—valued at over $350.

     

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  • Listening to the Body’s Hidden Intelligence: How Inna Segal Turned Trauma into a Global Healing Movement

    Listening to the Body’s Hidden Intelligence: How Inna Segal Turned Trauma into a Global Healing Movement

    For Inna Segal, healing didn’t begin in a classroom, a clinic, or a spiritual retreat. It began in a moment of profound loss and a blunt truth.

    After years of chronic illness, debilitating back pain, anxiety, psoriasis, and the devastating stillbirth of her child, Inna had exhausted every conventional option. 

    She was seeing multiple practitioners weekly, doing everything “right,” yet nothing created lasting change. Then one day, her chiropractor looked at her and said, “Your body is stuck. There’s nothing more I can do.”

    That moment didn’t break her. Instead, it redirected her.

    Instead of asking who could fix her, Inna asked a different question: What if my body is communicating something I don’t yet understand?

    The Body as a Language, Not a Problem

    At the time, Inna was studying linguistics and literature, training to become a writer. Language—how meaning is formed, stored, and expressed—was already her world. What she didn’t realize was that this skill set would unlock an entirely new way of understanding healing.

    Through breath, touch, and inquiry, Inna began listening inward. What she discovered was startling: her body wasn’t malfunctioning. It was remembering.

    She became aware of layers of unresolved experience stored within her body:

    • Childhood trauma from migrating across countries without language or stability

    • Bullying and family conflict

    • Ancestral trauma from war, imprisonment, and displacement

    • Unprocessed grief from losing her child

    As she felt, acknowledged, and worked through these layers, her body responded. Psoriasis that had persisted for 11 years disappeared within weeks. Chronic back pain and sciatica resolved. Anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation faded.

    Healing, she realized, wasn’t about fighting the body: it was about befriending it.

    From Self-Healing to Global Impact

    What began as a personal awakening soon revealed something more. Inna noticed she could intuitively perceive patterns within other people’s bodies—emotional roots of illness, stored trauma, and energetic imbalances. 

    At first, the experience was overwhelming. Over time, she learned discernment, boundaries, and ethical application.

    This work eventually became The Secret Language of Your Body, a book that has since been translated into 27 languages and sold over one million copies worldwide.

    The premise is simple, yet radical: Every part of the body carries wisdom. Symptoms are not random. Illness often begins long before it appears physically—and healing starts with awareness, not blame.

     

    Responsibility Without Shame

    A cornerstone of Inna’s philosophy is responsibility—not as self-blame, but as empowerment.

    “Responsibility,” she explains, “is asking what I’m willing to do now that my body is carrying this.”

    Her work guides readers through understanding emotional and mental patterns associated with specific body parts, reflecting on life events that preceded illness, and engaging in practical exercises that restore agency and clarity.

    Rather than offering generalized advice, Inna emphasizes specificity—mapping a person’s experience with precision. After 25 years in the healing field, she believes detail is what creates lasting change.

    Living—and Healing—Unconventionally

    Inna Segal’s work sits at the intersection of body, mind, spirit, and consciousness. She openly explores topics many avoid: ancestral trauma, intuitive awakening, reincarnation, and what happens beyond this lifetime.

    For her, living an unconventional life means thinking independently, questioning inherited beliefs, and continuously recalibrating one’s inner compass.

    Her message is not about rejecting medicine or logic—it’s about expanding them.

    Because when we learn to listen, the body doesn’t just heal. It teaches.

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  • Ep456: Rewiring Love: How Thais Gibson Is Teaching Millions to Heal at the Subconscious Level

    Ep456: Rewiring Love: How Thais Gibson Is Teaching Millions to Heal at the Subconscious Level

     

    For years, Thais Gibson believed that relationships were supposed to hurt.

    Raised in an emotionally volatile environment, she learned early that love came with conflict, unpredictability, and intensity. Calm felt foreign. Stability felt suspicious. And intimacy? Often overwhelming.

    “I actually remember worrying when things weren’t dramatic,” she shares on the Unconventional Life podcast with host Jules Schroeder. “If we weren’t fighting, I thought something was wrong.”

    That belief—deeply embedded, entirely subconscious—would quietly shape her relationships, emotional coping mechanisms, and sense of self for years.

    Until everything unraveled.

    When Willpower Isn’t Enough

    Like many people on a healing journey, Thais tried to think her way out of pain. She read the books. Set intentions. Promised herself she would do better next time.

    But the patterns kept repeating.

    The breakthrough came when she learned a truth most people never hear: the conscious mind controls only a fraction of behavior. The subconscious—the part responsible for emotional reactions, habits, and attachment patterns—runs nearly everything.

    “You can’t outwill the subconscious,” she explains. “You have to reprogram it.”

    That realization changed the course of her life.

    The Science of Emotional Conditioning

    Through years of study in psychology, neuroscience, and somatic healing, Thais discovered why people remain stuck even when they want to change.

    The subconscious is wired through repetition and emotional intensity. It doesn’t respond to logic or affirmations—it responds to imagery, feeling, and consistency.

    What feels familiar—even if painful—feels safe.

    This insight became the foundation of Integrated Attachment Theory™, Thais’ proprietary framework that bridges attachment theory with subconscious reprogramming and nervous system regulation.

    Healing Attachment from the Inside Out

    Attachment styles, Thais explains, are not personality traits. They’re subconscious survival strategies learned in childhood.

    Fearful-avoidant, anxious, and dismissive attachment patterns all stem from core beliefs about safety, love, and self-worth.

    By targeting those beliefs directly—rather than behavior alone—lasting change becomes possible.

    And it works.

    A Live Demonstration of Rewiring Belief

    During the episode, Thais walks Jules through a real-time belief reprogramming exercise, revealing just how accessible the process can be.

    The steps are deceptively simple:

    1. Identify the fear beneath a goal

    2. Name the belief attached to it

    3. Create emotional evidence for the opposite belief

    4. Repeat consistently over 21 days

    It’s not about motivation. It’s about neural pathways.

    From Library Workshops to a Global School

    At 21, Thais began teaching free workshops in library rooms. People kept asking to work with her privately. Her waitlist grew to two years.

    That demand led to the creation of The Personal Development School, now serving members in over 115 countries with more than 60 courses dedicated to subconscious healing.

    It’s not therapy. It’s education for the inner world.

    The Real Transformation

    Success aside, the most profound shift for Thais was internal.

    “I used to be incredibly harsh with myself,” she admits. “My mind was always loud.”

    Today, she describes a sense of peace she once thought was impossible—space to create, to love, and to live without constant inner conflict.

    Healing didn’t just change her relationships.

    It gave her her life back.

    Giveaway

    One listener will receive a one-year all-access membership to The Personal Development School.

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  • Ep286: Growth Through Connections with Women’s Business League founders Melissa Gilbo and Amy Pocsik

    Ep286: Growth Through Connections with Women’s Business League founders Melissa Gilbo and Amy Pocsik

    As the saying goes, “if you want to go fast, go alone, but if you want to go far, bring company.” This couldn’t be truer for the dynamic duo, Melissa Gilbo and Amy Pocsik, founders of the Women’s Business League.

    They could have lived a good life with their stable careers in finance and loving families to support them, but a fateful encounter at a local pizza shop in Georgetown, Massachusetts led them to abandon their six-figure state of mind to pursue the unconventional life that they live today.

    Building around trust, they made a community that was aimed at encouraging and empowering women to be the big shots that they were meant to be; providing a network of support, business connections, and the educational tools for success.

    “We decided to really build the table that we wanted to sit around,” Amy described, “total powerhouse women who were up to big things and making a big impact.”

    Amy and Melissa believe that relationships shape the business and not the other way around. Putting fellowship first, building on their connections, and putting the work boots down, is the key to the success of their community.

    “If you focus on generating value for others, it’s going to come back to you and your business 10-fold,” Amy said.

    Melissa added that “The commonality in what women are looking for is that authentic community and those real relationships.”

    Now, with an expanding network of members and a power-house team, the Women’s Business League isn’t just a legacy by the duo, but as Melissa puts it, they have made a message to anyone and everyone who has a dream and the drive, that we are better together.

    “The heart of Women’s Business League and the focus of these chapters is all about connection and relationship building.”

     

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  • Ep272: Leadership Beyond the Calendar with Volley Founder Josh Little

    Ep272: Leadership Beyond the Calendar with Volley Founder Josh Little

    With most of us still in lockdown and our offices empty due to the remote work set-up, leading a team and managing tasks has become a different type of exhausting. Serial entrepreneur and Volley CEO, Josh Little, refers to this as “Meeting Fatigue.”

    As the tech boss points out, there is no substitute for the human connection of being in the same place with your co-workers. Being in a group huddle or any project meeting has become this tiring task of listening to words rather than a sharing of ideas, and connecting. Little sees this as an obstacle to productivity and good leadership, but how can we get around this inescapable part of remote work?

    Josh says that we need these online conversations due to the current circumstances and leadership itself that needs to change.

    “The answer is not in talking less, but in talking differently.”

    With his fourth company Volley, they hope to create asynchronous conversations, similar to texting. As the name suggests, people will take turns in conversation, unlike in zoom where words are being thrown real-time while everyone else is on mute, Josh notes that this non-real time meeting provides a different environment and leadership.

    “This will let me take time to think about my response,” Josh explains “and allow me to skip back to what you said 2 or 3 times to really [understand] what you were trying to get across.”

    “By breaking the turns, it will also allow to be more inclusive and ultimately free-up your calendar,” Josh emphasizes,“and living beyond the calendar is what an asynchronous conversation can enable.”

    Having experience in different fields of business—including pickles—Josh notes that today’s environment requires “continuous leadership” where you can check in on demand.

    “The lightning-strike-eureka moment doesn’t happen when the calendar says it should,” he stresses, and that in this time when teammates are so distant from one another, is when leaders need to be exceptionally flexible.

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