In today’s episode, we share a powerful birth story in a community shaped by resilience, intuition, and hope. It’s a journey through infertility that ultimately leads to the arrival of a miracle baby. This conversation explores trusting your inner voice, learning to stand up for yourself, building the right support team, and surrendering to the process when the path forward feels uncertain.
In this episode of Yoga | Birth | Babies I’m joined by Elizabeth Sullivan. Elizabeth is a wealth management advisor and partner at The Mann Sullivan Group at Merrill Lynch, where she focuses on helping individuals and families build, preserve and transfer their wealth by taking a holistic approach to their financial lives. She focuses primarily on working with women in transition through other major life events.
In this episode you will learn about:
- About Elizabeth and her pregnancy journey
- Her fear of breaking things” by continuing her regular yoga practice, and what helped her change her mindset
- How she went about choosing who to include on her care team
- Her birth story
- How the preparation and thinking she did beforehand affected her experience that day
- Which pelvic openers and other aids felt most supportive for Elizabeth during her labor
- The moment when Elizabeth realized: ‘I’m really doing this my way.’
- What it felt like for her to finally have control over her body and choices after years of infertility
- Advice for someone currently struggling with infertility or early pregnancy and struggling to trust their body again
- How this journey – from IVF to birth – has shaped the way Elizabeth sees herself as a parent and as a person
- One last tip or piece of advice she would like to give to new and expectant parents
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About Elizabeth:
Elizabeth A. Sullivan is a wealth management advisor and partner at The Mann Sullivan Group at Merrill Lynch, where she focuses on helping individuals and families build, preserve and transfer their wealth by taking a holistic approach to their financial lives. She focuses primarily on working with women in transition, whether due to divorce, illness or death of a spouse, or other major life events such as retirement or inheritance. She is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® Certifier, a designation granted by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. as well as a CERTIFIED PRIVATE WEALTH ADVISOR® professional, a designation awarded by Investments & Wealth Institute™ and a CERTIFIED DIVORCE FINANCIAL ANALYST® professional, a designation awarded by The Institute for Divorce Financial Analysts™. Elizabeth was named to Forbes’ 2025, 2024 and 2023 list of Top Women Wealth Advisors Best-in-State.
Elizabeth is originally from Long Island and has lived on the Upper West Side of Manhattan for over twenty years. An avid oenophile, Elizabeth is involved in several wine organizations in the Tri-State area and holds the WSET® Level 3 Award in Wines and Spirits.
Contact Elisabeth:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/eas186?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=ios_app
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