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Elaine Welteroth, award-winning journalist and author, discusses the importance of purpose and how it guides her career and life. She emphasizes the need to define what you stand for and what you care about more than money or titles. Welteroth also reflects on her time as the youngest editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue and the challenges she faced in navigating her purpose within the constraints of the title.
Devi and Elaine have a moment of praise for Oprah Winfrey; as an example of someone who has used her platform to empower and elevate others.
Welteroth also shares her experience of being a mother and how it has expanded her understanding of purpose and service. Motherhood inspired her work with Birth Fund, an organization focused on expanding access to midwifery care and improving maternal health in the United States. She points out the broken medical system and the maternal health crisis in the country, emphasizing that the issue affects all families, regardless of socioeconomic status. She explains the importance of midwifery care and the need for more options and resources for birthing people.
The Deeply Well Podcast is available on:
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3n5hEIV...
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Moments to Consider:
0:00 Welcoming Elaine Welteroth to Deeply Well.
2:22 Weaving purpose throughout life, purpose as guidance.
9:20 Title chasing versus purpose chasing, the power of metamorphosis and trusting in God.
15:10 Elaine and Devi dive deeper into their personal experiences around purpose, values and money.
20:22 Devi and Elaine speak to the skillset of journalism, as a seeker of truth.
23:51 Devi and Elaine love Oprah, a north star for the paradigm shift into the nuances of evolving consciousness through storytelling and the consistency of her life.
32:41 Elaine and Devi speak to the process of becoming a mother, and exploring alternative paths of midwifery, and the creation of birthFund.
40:55 Elaine shares powerful statistics around expecting mother’s health care, midwifery as the default design, and the power in the birthing process as preparation for the next phase of life.
50:30 Devi gets into the nuances of birth, the portal experience, and having proper support for the lineage.
55:20 Elaine shares how birthFund is changing, and creating new creative support models in miraculous ways.
1:07:22 Elaine shares how people can be a part of birthFund, as a donor or as someone desiring support.
1:09:50 Elaine’s Soul Work for the week. What’s calling you? And if you already know, what’s holding you back from picking up that call?
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Connect with Elaine & birthFUND:
birthFUND Website: thebirthfund.com
birthFUND Instagram: instagram.com/birthfund/?hl=en
Elaine’s Instagram: instagram.com/elainewelteroth/?hl=en
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Connect with Devi:
Website: devibrownwellbeing.com
Instagram: instagram.com/devibrown
Instagram: instagram.com/deeplywellpod
Twitter: https://twitter.com/devibrown?s=21&t=...
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Devi Brown is one of the most sought after wellness educators and creative advisors in the country. As the founder of her namesake company, Devi Brown Well-Being, she is a trusted guide to global corporations, high-impact executives, artists and athletes, and is a compassionate and supportive teacher to her students. Devi’s work with corporate clientele includes JP Morgan Chase, Microsoft, Chopra Global, Google, TikTok, and YouTube. Devi also proudly serves on the board of directors at The Omega Institute for Holistic Studies and The Mental Wealth Alliance.
As a pivotal voice in wellness and a veteran storyteller, she hosts the iHeartmedia/Black Effect show ‘Deeply Well’, a leading wellness podcast; and is the author of Crystal Bliss as well as the upcoming Living in Wisdom (Hatchette, Spring 2025). She leads daily guided meditation on the Chopra App, garnering millions of downloads. Devi is dedicated to helping people and organizations transform from the inside out, in ways that positively impact and inspire the wider community, especially those with a complex-lived experience. Her process is rooted in trauma-informed holistic wellness, spiritual psychology, advanced meditation, and metaphysic philosophy.
#DeviBrown #ElaineWelteroth #DeeplyWell #WellBeing #birthFUND #BMHW #maternalhealth #midwife #midwifery
Elaine Welteroth, award-winning journalist and author, discusses the importance of purpose and how it guides her career and life. She emphasizes the need to define what you stand for and what you care about more than money or titles. Welteroth also reflects on her time as the youngest editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue and the challenges she faced in navigating her purpose within the constraints of the title.
Devi and Elaine have a moment of praise for Oprah Winfrey; as an example of someone who has used her platform to empower and elevate others.
Welteroth also shares her experience of being a mother and how it has expanded her understanding of purpose and service. Motherhood inspired her work with Birth Fund, an organization focused on expanding access to midwifery care and improving maternal health in the United States. She points out the broken medical system and the maternal health crisis in the country, emphasizing that the issue affects all families, regardless of socioeconomic status. She explains the importance of midwifery care and the need for more options and resources for birthing people.
The Deeply Well Podcast is available on:
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3n5hEIV...
✺
Moments to Consider:
0:00 Welcoming Elaine Welteroth to Deeply Well.
2:22 Weaving purpose throughout life, purpose as guidance.
9:20 Title chasing versus purpose chasing, the power of metamorphosis and trusting in God.
15:10 Elaine and Devi dive deeper into their personal experiences around purpose, values and money.
20:22 Devi and Elaine speak to the skillset of journalism, as a seeker of truth.
23:51 Devi and Elaine love Oprah, a north star for the paradigm shift into the nuances of evolving consciousness through storytelling and the consistency of her life.
32:41 Elaine and Devi speak to the process of becoming a mother, and exploring alternative paths of midwifery, and the creation of birthFund.
40:55 Elaine shares powerful statistics around expecting mother’s health care, midwifery as the default design, and the power in the birthing process as preparation for the next phase of life.
50:30 Devi gets into the nuances of birth, the portal experience, and having proper support for the lineage.
55:20 Elaine shares how birthFund is changing, and creating new creative support models in miraculous ways.
1:07:22 Elaine shares how people can be a part of birthFund, as a donor or as someone desiring support.
1:09:50 Elaine’s Soul Work for the week. What’s calling you? And if you already know, what’s holding you back from picking up that call?
✺
Connect with Elaine & birthFUND:
birthFUND Website: thebirthfund.com
birthFUND Instagram: instagram.com/birthfund/?hl=en
Elaine’s Instagram: instagram.com/elainewelteroth/?hl=en
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Connect with Devi:
Website: devibrownwellbeing.com
Instagram: instagram.com/devibrown
Instagram: instagram.com/deeplywellpod
Twitter: https://twitter.com/devibrown?s=21&t=...
✺
Devi Brown is one of the most sought after wellness educators and creative advisors in the country. As the founder of her namesake company, Devi Brown Well-Being, she is a trusted guide to global corporations, high-impact executives, artists and athletes, and is a compassionate and supportive teacher to her students. Devi’s work with corporate clientele includes JP Morgan Chase, Microsoft, Chopra Global, Google, TikTok, and YouTube. Devi also proudly serves on the board of directors at The Omega Institute for Holistic Studies and The Mental Wealth Alliance.
As a pivotal voice in wellness and a veteran storyteller, she hosts the iHeartmedia/Black Effect show ‘Deeply Well’, a leading wellness podcast; and is the author of Crystal Bliss as well as the upcoming Living in Wisdom (Hatchette, Spring 2025). She leads daily guided meditation on the Chopra App, garnering millions of downloads. Devi is dedicated to helping people and organizations transform from the inside out, in ways that positively impact and inspire the wider community, especially those with a complex-lived experience. Her process is rooted in trauma-informed holistic wellness, spiritual psychology, advanced meditation, and metaphysic philosophy.
#DeviBrown #ElaineWelteroth #DeeplyWell #WellBeing #birthFUND #BMHW #maternalhealth #midwife #midwifery
