124 | Nourishing the Future - Why International Breastfeeding Month Matters
Cycles and Sanctity Podcast | Trust Your Body, Grow In Holiness
In honor of International Breastfeeding Month and World Breastfeeding Week, we reflect on why breastfeeding matters - on a personal, communal, and even global scale. Drawing from our decades of experience as a labor and delivery nurse, lactation consultant, and Catholic mindset coach, we explore breastfeeding as not just a natural and sustainable way to nourish a child, but as a sacred act that mirrors God’s life-giving love. This episode dives into the environmental benefits of breastfeeding, the role of support and community, and the challenges mothers face in today’s culture. We discuss the origins of World Breastfeeding Week, powerful international statistics, meaningful ways communities can help new moms, and the unique Catholic perspective on honoring the vocation of motherhood. Journal Question: How has God invited you to give life and love in this season? NEXT STEPS: 1. Resources - La Leche League International2. Resources - Global Health Media3. Book a Discovery Call with Mama Vicki4. Continue the conversation. Join us in our Facebook group5. Subscribe and write a review here
About Podcast
Cycles & Sanctity is the podcast for Catholic women who want to trust their bodies, grow in self-knowledge, and grow in holiness through the wisdom of the Catholic faith.
Hosted by Mama Jane and Mama Vicki, two Catholic Womanhood Coaches, each episode helps women heal mentally, emotionally, and spiritually so they can live with greater clarity, peace, and confidence. Together, we explore fertility awareness, natural family planning (NFP), Catholic mindset coaching, emotional healing, feminine identity, marriage, motherhood, breastfeeding, and the beauty of God's design for womanhood.
We believe your body is not broken. Your fertility is not something to fear or manage with shame. Your cycle is part of God's loving design—a gift that can lead you to deeper prayer, wiser daily decisions, and a more intimate relationship with Christ.
If you're longing to:
Trust your body with confidence
Understand your emotions and interior life
Deepen your Catholic faith
Live with greater peace and purpose
Grow in holiness as the woman God created you to be
...then you're in the right place.
Join us each week as we help Catholic women embrace God's design, discover the truth about their bodies, and confidently walk the path of authentic womanhood.
Trust Your Body. Grow in Holiness.