Najma spent her early career in the pharmaceutical field, and trusted the medical system. During this time, she also had the sense many times that something wasn't right. When it came time to have her own children, she chose to keep them pharmaceutical drug-free, until that choice was taken away from her without her consent or knowledge. As a result, her child suffered a vaccine injury. This is warning to anyone who has their child in a government school, it could happen to any of us. Located in...
Sep 10, 2021•39 min
Mothers have always been at the forefront of the medical freedom movement - the fight for the freedom to decide what is or is not injected into their bodies and those of their children. We are a time in history where the fight for medical freedom has never been so crucial, and so heated. This is part one of a three part series where mothers share their personal stories of why medical freedom matters to them. #believewomen. This is Sarah's story. To find out more about ILLUMINOUS, our newest offe...
Sep 03, 2021•31 min•Season 2Ep. 13
Miranda was diagnosed with pre-eclampsia and HELLP syndrome near the end of her first pregnancy, which led to an induced, traumatic birth experience. As she began to heal herself, she also helped to heal her son. This is a story of healing, transformation, and spiritual growth. Follow Miranda on IG @rooteddaughter If you love the show, please consider supporting us on Patron! www.patron.com/healingbirth
Aug 11, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Serendipiti Day is a radical feminist who has spent the last ten years of her life hitchhiking all over the world, mostly by herself. Her passion for women's work was influenced by her childhood, when she experienced firsthand what it meant to be exploited because of her sex. At the age of 12, she was taken out of a sexually abusive home and put into the foster care system, where she stayed until she aged out. From there, she launched herself into the world, visiting over 40 countries, witnessin...
Jul 09, 2021•1 hr 7 min
A bonus episode with some thoughts on homebirth for this day.
Jun 07, 2021•14 min
Hannah shares her two birth stories, both at 35 weeks gestation. One, in a hospital with all the standard things that come with a pre-term birth, and the second, freebirthed at home. Her story is one of a journey to trust herself, her body, and her baby to be born at the right time. There are also some wild twists and turns! Follow Hannah @tovarhomestead www.hannahandbabes.com
May 26, 2021•1 hr 22 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Katie Sutherland is an energy medicine healer, teacher and holistic wellness practitioner who supports mothers to thrive and reclaim their empowerment and vibrancy while navigating the journey of motherhood and childbirth. Katie had a powerful initiatory experience through the birth of her daughter almost a decade ago. It was one of the most intensely challenging rites of passage in Katie’s life, yet held an important key in the awakening of her greater purpose, and was a catalyst for much of th...
May 12, 2021•42 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Bethany is a holistic womb-pelvic bodyworker, wild mama, and author of the book Pelvic Awakening . She guides women and mothers through deep-dive journeys into womb and pelvic healing, weaving together the physical and energetic and cultivating deep magical awareness, that makes big shifts. She believes that when a woman roots within her pelvic bowl, she finds the deep well of power and knowing that lives within – she comes back home to herself. This is a wonderful, healing conversation for any ...
Apr 28, 2021•44 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Arielle was induced at 41 weeks. During the induction process, it was discovered that her baby’s cord had prolapsed, which led to an emergency cesarean birth. Arielle shares how she emotionally processed this experience, and the important role that healing plant allies played in her journey. Join us this Sunday, April 18th, for Healing the Heart, a collaborative webinar between Healing Birth + my guest this week! Arielle will share her knowledge and experience using plant allies to support heali...
Apr 15, 2021•44 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Chaya shares her three birth stories which include a loss, a cesarean twin birth, two subsequent cesareans, and a fairly harrowing experience with post-partum birth control and PPD. Throughout her story is the theme of having to push through these difficult experiences in order to survive them. Mentioned in the episode: Nancy Wainer Cohen’s Silent Knife and Jennifer Block’s Everything Below the Waist (a must read!) Follow Chaya: @themindfulwoman365 and www.themindfulwoman.org Join our upcoming w...
Mar 31, 2021•1 hr 27 min•Season 2Ep. 6
I am often asked to define birth trauma. Or other times, new moms will ask me, how do I know if I was traumatized by my birth experience? For some the answer is clear as day, but it's not a dumb question at all. For many of us, we emerge from the birth experience grateful to be alive and have a healthy baby, and yet can still be haunted by certain parts of the experience. If you enjoy the show, please support us on patreon! www.patreon.com/healingbirth We have several amazing virtual events happ...
Mar 22, 2021•16 min
During labor with her first baby, Gemma’s midwives transferred her from home to the hospital due to her waters being opened “too long.” This experienced ended as it so often does in a coerced, unnecessary surgical birth. Gemma got extremely clear during her second pregnancy on the kind of support she wanted, and found a radical birth keeper to support her autonomy. She gave birth to her posterior, ten pound son wildly and freely in her own home, with only her partner and family present. Just fou...
Mar 10, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 5
I share some recent observations and thoughts I've had from listening to a LOT of VBAC stories these past few months. www.healingbirth.net/events for the upcoming webinars!
Mar 06, 2021•22 min
Megan’s first birth was a cesarean for breech presentation, which she describes as a giving of herself and her baby over to the system. Her strong faith in God helped her find the courage and conviction to trust herself, her baby, and the intelligent design of birth the second time. She birthed her second baby at home, in power. My apology that the audio quality is quite imperfect, we actually tried to record this twice and this was the best we got! I think her beautiful story is worth hearing e...
Feb 24, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Ellie’s first birth could be described as a classic cascade of interventions that ended in a cesarean, and left her devastated. She gave birth to her second baby at the Farm in Tennessee, after a series of divinely guided incidents and after having committed to trusting her own instincts. Recorded just six weeks postpartum from her second birth, this is a beautiful, raw, emotional story of courage, faith, and Divine Guidance. This is part two of her story. Follow Ellie @ellieromairalford...
Feb 03, 2021•51 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Ellie’s first birth could be described as a classic cascade of interventions that ended in a cesarean, and left her devastated. She gave birth to her second baby at the Farm in Tennessee, after a series of divinely guided incidents and after having committed to trusting her own instincts. Recorded just six weeks postpartum from her second birth, this is a beautiful, raw, emotional story of courage, faith, and Divine Guidance. Ellie’s story is so rich and powerful I made it into two parts! Enjoy ...
Jan 27, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Kristyn was 37 weeks pregnant with her first baby when she developed acute appendicitis. in order to be treated for it, her baby needed to be delivered immediately, but due to delayed diagnosis and dismissive care at the hospital, she suffered a great deal of pain, delivered via cesarean under general anesthesia, and had her baby separated from her postpartum. Kristyn shares with us the long term ramifications of this experience, the impact of having a healing, subsequent birth at home, and find...
Jan 13, 2021•50 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Tarina is a certified FEMM Instructor and a student midwife. Her own struggle with high blood pressure, headaches, cramping, and spotting from an IUD led her to explore natural birth control options. She now guides women as they learn to confidently use this science-based, natural method of birth control. Fertility Freedom is available to everyone. Follow Tarina @fertilityfreedom www.fertilityfreedom.net
Dec 30, 2020•49 min•Season 1Ep. 28
Freya Kellet is a radical birth coach, and a regenerative farmer who works with women who are dreaming of a wild birth, at home, in power. Do you long to be witnessed by an authentic wise woman? Do you wonder if you’ve found her? I’ve heard too many stories of medically minded midwives sabotaging birth, abandoning women at the end of their pregnancies, or coercing them into unnecessary or unwanted tests, procedures, and transfers. Freya and I discuss ten questions to ask your midwife to become 1...
Dec 16, 2020•59 min•Season 1Ep. 27
Jasmine was 41 weeks pregnant, and about to give birth to her first child, when her brother suddenly and unexpectedly passed away. She tells us the story of what it was like to be induced and give birth while dealing with the whirlwind of stress, emotions, and grief. Jasmine also shares the story of her second birth which was near a completely opposite experience, at home, and was (as so many subsequent births often are), a healing experience. Follow Jasmine! @thebirthzone
Dec 02, 2020•40 min•Season 1Ep. 26
BUCKLE UP for a powerful conversation with one of the wisest women I’ve had the pleasure of speaking to. Maha Al Musa is a Wise Birth Oracle, an award-winning international birth mentor, author and speaker as well as the founder and creator of EmbodyBirth™ School and BellydanceBirth. Maha gave birth to her 3rd child at home, a full water lotus birth when she was 46 years of age and has been featured in several worldwide media outlets for her strong stance on natural term breastfeeding, an experi...
Nov 18, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Erica hired a “midwife,” had a healthy uneventful pregnancy, and meticulously planned for an unmedicated vaginal birth. What transpired at the hospital when it was time to deliver was a cascade of dehumanizing and unnecessary interventions, culminating in Pitocin and finally, a cesarean. Erica is now 15 months postpartum, and shares how she’s healing the PTSD from this experience. We talk about how difficult it is to struggle with the question, why did my birth go this way, when it is so easy fo...
Nov 11, 2020•1 hr 28 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Dr. Beebe Dericks is a Naturopathic Doctor, Acupuncturist, Holistic Pelvic Care© Practitioner, Birth Healing Provider, and Chinese Herbal Medicine Specialist. She’s obviously brilliant, but I wanted her on the show not merely to share her vast body of knowledge about healing, but her passion for serving women. We go DEEP into the science of why trauma, of any kind, is literally stored in our tissues, and how to heal it. Beebe also shares the powerful story of her own births, the first of which w...
Oct 14, 2020•56 min•Season 1Ep. 21
My guest this week shares the story of the births of all three of her babies, with an emphasis on the birth of her twins one year ago. Her story is of the clearest examples of coercive, abusive, obstetric violence I have ever heard. We also talk about the importance of telling your story, as many times as you can, the importance of sisterhood, and how we can begin to hold physicians and hospitals accountable for experiences like hers. Please note that this episode contains a description of a tra...
Oct 01, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 21
I took a poll on instagram and you have spoken! Tune in to hear me speaking about what it's like to parent a child with special needs during this very interesting year. I speak about why it's taken me so long to talk about parenting an autistic child, major compromises I have had to make, masks, surprises, and most of all, solidarity with all of you who are going through the same thing. This kind of content is only something I create for Patreon. If you like it, please consider supporting us the...
Sep 29, 2020•24 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Birth work is also death work. Meet Wild Luna Raven, a radical birth keeper, and death keeper, who does not shy away from the death work. She offers beautiful support for women who experience an early birth (a term we use intentionally, and you’ll learn why). We talk about her own experiences of early births, and the different ways that early births can unfold. We also talk about the birth of her son within the medical system, which (as so often happens!) led her on a path to offer women an alte...
Sep 16, 2020•56 min•Season 1Ep. 19
What does it mean to take responsibility for our birth experiences? How do we learn from it, digest it, and, in the case of a traumatic birth, heal from it, without staying in a place of victimhood or self blame? This is extremely tricky work! Join us this week as explore this topic with sensitivity and loads of compassion, for all of us. If we can get to the point of owning our stories, we can be the ones to heal it. If you love us, support us on Patreon! Patreon.com/healingbirth...
Aug 19, 2020•40 min•Season 1Ep. 18
You know I love a VBAC story! Tessa shares her victorious, home birth, VBAC story, after having experienced a coerced cesarean due to breech positioning with her first child. Her story is such powerful testament to listening to your own instincts, self-education, and the importance of leaving behind a system that consistently fails birthing women. Join me for our August Group Call - Healing Your Birth Story in Community 8/12 1pm HST / 4pm PST / 6pm CST. Book online at www.healingbirth.net Suppor...
Aug 05, 2020•1 hr 27 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Natalie shares her story of giving birth via a cesarean that she could feel. We talk about her healing process, and the total lack of accountability from anyone at the hospital where her birth occurred. Please be advised, this episode contains a graphic description of a traumatic surgical birth. Skip this one of you are pregnant, and need to protect your space. Follow Natalie @mermaidnat1 Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/healingbirth
Jul 08, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Why is the practice of inducing labor so ubiquitous? What does it mean to have someone else decide when your baby should be born? What are the long term ramifications of giving a synthetic form of oxytocin, the bonding and love hormone, to so many women during birth? Join Lynnea Laessig (@mamatukibirth) and I for a philosophical discussion about labor induction. Please note, nothing we say in this episode should be considered medical advice. Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/healing...
Jun 24, 2020•57 min•Season 1Ep. 15
