"Once people get used to respectful care... it's hard to go back to the other." This week on the Midwifery Wisdom Podcast, guest host Angela Love talks with Florida CPM, Zul Ruiz-Gines about how her own traumatic birth experience led her to eventually open an easy-access clinic. They dive into midwifery education, opening an easy-access clinic, respectful care, and what midwives and birth workers can do to better support their communities. Show Resources - Jenny Joseph Easy Access Clinic - Midwi...
Jan 18, 2023•58 min•Season 2Ep. 48
"We're breeding unicorns!" This week's episode is a front-row seat to a juicy discussion of why midwives need each other to be successful. Host Augustine Colebrook and guest Leslie Cornwell, CNM and founder of Midwifery Business Consultation, dive into a discussion about running a successful midwifery business, scarcity vs. abundance mindset (why Augustine doesn't agree with abundance), and why midwives need each other to really grow. You also won't want to miss their announcement about an incre...
Jan 11, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 47
Throwback to our first podcast, Worldwide Midwifery. This week we're featuring an interview host Augustine Colebrook had with Australian midwife and professor, Hannah Dahlen. "We have to be strong, we have to be fearless and we have to get out there and push this agenda for the sake of women and babies everywhere." Hannah Dahlen, midwife and professor from Sydney, Australia shares evidence-based research, descriptions of work in and out of the maternity care system and stories from birth over 30...
Jan 04, 2023•51 min•Season 2Ep. 46
"Do. Or do not. There is no try". This week on the midwifery wisdom podcast we channel our inner Yoda to achieve a deeper level of wisdom. Host Augustine Colebrook talks with Texas Midwife and Birth Center Owner, Margie Wallis. They discuss the difference between being a hero or guide in your client's birth story, getting out of the scarcity mindset, the triangle of birth, and much more. Tune in to get some seriously deep wisdom that could take your practice to a new level. Show Resources - Birt...
Dec 28, 2022•55 min•Season 2Ep. 45
Trigger Warning: Birth Trauma and Newborn Resuscitation are discussed in this episode. This week host Augustine Colebrook talks with doula and student midwife Hanna Arnett. Hanna shares the story of her first birth and the trauma she experienced during labor and postpartum. They also discuss what midwives can do to better prepare their clients for possible transport, to both empower them and make it as smooth a process as possible.
Dec 21, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Season 2Ep. 44
You are a human super-organism and don't you forget it! In this information-packed episode, host Augustine Colebrook meets with Toni Harman, filmmaker, author, and online microbiome course creator to dive into the human microbiome and its integral part in birth. Toni explains why vaginal birth and breastfeeding is the ideal combo for a baby's microbiome and practices that are being researched on how to bolster a baby's microbiome if either of those options are not possible. Show Resources - micr...
Dec 14, 2022•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 43
This week on the Midwifery Wisdom Podcast guest host Angela Love is joined by the Founder and Executive Director of The Finley Project, Noelle Moore. Noelle shares her heartbreaking story of losing her baby girl Finley, and how that loss opened her eyes to the difference she could make in the lives of families going through similar experiences. She shares advice for what to say and do when a loved one in your life losses a child, what midwives can do to better support their clients who have gone...
Dec 07, 2022•51 min•Season 2Ep. 42
“Until the people who are doing the harm change, the students won’t be able to speak.”
Nov 30, 2022•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 41
You won't want to miss this vulnerable and heartfelt episode. This week host Augustine Colebrook is joined by longtime friend Shari Long Romero, DNP, CNM, CPC, CPRC, to discuss her journey through midwifery and self-discovery. She shares how her experience with trauma and addiction brought her to midwifery, away from it, and back again. "In that recovery process, those long years I took to really help myself figure out that that unmanageable life had so little to do with drugs or alcohol. It had...
Nov 23, 2022•59 min•Season 2Ep. 40
This week on the Midwifery Wisdom Podcast, host Augustine Colebrook is joined by Dr. Stu himself to dive into why Obstetrics as a whole is in deep trouble. They discuss what he would tell a doctor coming into medicine now, what has changed in medicine over the past 20-40 years, and what he would change from his career given the chance. Show Resources - Reteach Breech - Birthing Instincts Podcast...
Nov 08, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 39
Be ready to have your mind blown with this week's episode! Host Augustine Colebrook talks with Ohio CPM, Eliza Kay about the revolutionary changes she has made to her midwifery practice. They dive into what brought Eliza to the point of either quitting or making drastic changes, how she made those changes to her business, and a few key lessons she learned that you can also apply to your midwifery business. We're calling her new style "Midwifery 2.0". You won't want to miss this episode. Show Res...
Nov 02, 2022•55 min•Season 2Ep. 38
Anyone who has been a partner to a midwife knows it comes with unique benefits and challenges. This week on the Midwifery Wisdom Podcast, host Augustine Colebrook talks with Adam Rawson about just that, being married to a midwife. They discuss tips for partners of a midwife, resources for a healthy marriage, setting boundaries, and the hardest parts of being married to a midwife. Show Resources - Lisa Rawson Interview...
Oct 25, 2022•45 min•Season 2Ep. 37
This week on the Midwifery Wisdom podcast, host Augustine Colebrook talks with recently graduated midwife Marlee Adams about one of the most important yet greatly understudied topics, mental health during pregnancy. Marlee shares their research on Perinatal Bi-Polar Disorder and the tools and resources they have discovered for both midwives and pregnant women navigating this. Show Resources - Perinatal Support Washington - Postpartum Support International Links to screening tools - EPDS - PHQ-9 ...
Oct 19, 2022•42 min•Season 2Ep. 36
Both parents and midwives alike, you'll want to grab a pen and paper and prepare for some incredible note-taking with this week's episode of the Midwifery Wisdom Podcast. Host Augustine Colebrook speaks with Sarah Thompson, certified functional medicine practitioner and author of the book Functional Maternity . They dive into all things functional medicine, how to use functional medicine during pregnancy, hormones during labor, some of the most important and most commonly lacking nutrients durin...
Oct 12, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 2Ep. 35
Grab a drink and settle in for this power-packed episode of the Midwifery Wisdom Podcast. Guest host Leila Wyatt talks with Lindsey Oakes, a Queer and Nonbinary CPM practicing in California. They dive into how the show "19 Kids and Counting" introduced Lindsey to Midwifery, their experience studying at Nizhoni, working with the Amish community, tips for taking the NARM, and more. "My name is Lindsey Oakes, my pronouns are they/them, and I’m a Queer and Nonbinary CPM and soon-to-be LM practicing ...
Oct 05, 2022•1 hr 48 min•Season 2Ep. 34
This week, host Augustine Colebrook is joined by Nicole Morales to dive into topics such as working with breech birth, storytelling the process of birth, and working through the births you've attended as a birth worker. Nicole Morales is a mother, a wife, a daughter, a sister, an aunt, a midwife, a doula, a friend, and a mentor. Empowered by her own very different births of her three children at home, Nicole is drawn to assisting families in birthing and parenting in awareness and to appreciatin...
Sep 27, 2022•47 min•Season 2Ep. 33
This week on the Midwifery Wisdom Podcast, host Augustine Colebrook is joined by Ilka Fanni Szilagyi, SpBCPE, Alana Joy Diamos, LM, CPM, and Michelle Borok, LM, to dive into defensively charting fetal heart tones. This episode is packed with valuable information for seasoned midwives and students alike! Show Resources - Fetal Heart Tone Monitoring Course - Defensive Charting Course...
Sep 21, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Season 2Ep. 32
Prepare yourself for this power-packed episode! Host Augustine Colebrook and Anna, The Spiritual Midwife", dive into some deep and heavy topics this week. They discuss their experiences with being in Australia during the Covid shutdown in 2019, midwifery in Australia, Sweden, and the U.S., the broken system across the globe, learning from trauma and adversity, and more you won't want to miss. Anna is the founder of The Spiritual Midwife and creator of The Natural Birth Course. She's a midwife, w...
Sep 14, 2022•1 hr 25 min•Season 2Ep. 31
This week on the Midwifery Wisdom Podcast, guest host Angela Love talks with Christina Jemine, a CPM, Founder of the Black Sisters Birth Academy, and author of My Mommy Makes Milk . They discuss how she discovered midwifery from a book her friend literally "tossed" her way, pursuing a nursing degree, how she landed on the CPM route, her experience being a black midwife, building community and sisterhood, and much more. Show Resources - Black Sisters Birth Academy -IG: @BlackSistersMidwifery &...
Sep 07, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 30
In this episode, host Augustine Colebrook is joined by the Holistic OBGYN himself, Nathan Riley. They dive into how he got involved in Midwifery and what he does now to support midwives, why Obstetrics needs midwives, the healthcare crisis, systemic issues, and so much more. Nathan will also be a speaker at the 2022 Midwifery Wisdom Experience in Galveston, TX covering the topic of “Discernment in Diagnosis and Management of Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy”. Show Resources -IG: @nathanrileyO...
Aug 31, 2022•52 min•Season 2Ep. 29
This week guest host Leila Wyatt talks with midwife Chae Pounds. Chae is on track to become the only Black Certified Professional Midwife in the greater New Orleans area, in this episode Leila and Chae discuss how an accident brought Chae to midwifery, the laws around birth in Louisiana, racism in midwifery, hands-off practice, and so much more. Bio: Chae Pounds, is a mom to 4, a wife to 1, and a midwife to all. She hails from Memphis, TN by way of Jackson, MS, and currently resides in New Orlea...
Aug 24, 2022•1 hr 33 min•Season 2Ep. 28
Welcome back to the Midwifery Wisdom Podcast! We are ready to kick off Season 2 with a bang! This week host Augustine Colebrook talks with licensed therapist Krysta Dancy about all things trauma and burn-out in the birth world. Krysta shares her experience working with combat veterans as her first teacher in therapy around PTSD and how she saw similarities between them and new parents. They also discuss trauma-informed care and the short-term and long-term effects of burnout and trauma on birth ...
Aug 17, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 2Ep. 27
"Is this safe? Is this sacred? Is this sustainable?" Don't miss this juicy conversation between host Augustine Colebrook and CNM Tanya Wills. They talk about the challenges and joys of the profession, dive into mentoring new midwives, and discuss recent events impacting midwifery. Show Resources - NYCPM - Midwifery Wisdom Experience
May 04, 2022•59 min•Season 1Ep. 26
Join us this week on the Midwifery Wisdom Podcast for a conversation between host Augustine Colebrook and California Midwife Lisa Rawson about facing rejection as a midwife. They cover the many forms of rejection a midwife can face, different types of trauma experienced in birth, and dive deep into taking care of yourself as a midwife. Show Resources - 15 Informed Consents Suite - Origins of Being Course - The Midwifery Wisdom Experience...
Apr 27, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Get a glimpse into what it's like to be the busiest midwife in the nation in this week's episode of the Midwifery Wisdom Podcast. This week host Augustine Colebrooks talks with Wantina Brooks-Roach, a midwife in Kentucky who is determined to create a strong community of midwives and educate the birth world on strong preceptor/student relationships. They talk about what Wantina has done to be the most badass of preceptors, and her tips for how other midwives can follow en-suite. Don't miss her ta...
Apr 20, 2022•37 min•Season 1Ep. 24
This week on the Midwifery Wisdom Podcast, host Augustine Colebrook talks with Laureli Denique Morrow, Founder and Executive Director of Midwife Pilgrim. They discuss the program's mission and humanitarian aid from a midwifery perspective, including many stories from Laureli's experience. Augustine also teases a new course coming from the Midwifery Wisdom School in the next few months. Show Resources - Midwife Pilgrim - The Traveling Midwife Course...
Apr 13, 2022•58 min•Season 1Ep. 23
In this powerhouse episode, host Augustine Colebrook is joined by retired midwife Katie O’Day (previously McCall) and lawyer Hermine Hayes-Klein to discuss the legal persecution of midwives. Both Augustine and Katie share details on their own experiences of being investigated and prosecuted as midwives. Hermine shares insight into the most common types of legal proceedings midwives face as well as her recommendations for how midwives can go on the offense. Show Resources - The Tyranny of the Cub...
Apr 06, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 22
In this episode, host Augustine Colebrook meets with Kristine Lauria, a CPM who travels with Doctors Without Borders - Médecins San Frontières. Kristine has attended over 5000 births, including over 500 breech and 300 twin births. They discuss her experiences as a midwife from the humanitarian perspective, dealing with every midwife's “worst nightmares”, how she handles seeing so much death, and her suggestions for how to bring midwifery in the United States into the modern age. Kristine is a me...
Mar 30, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 21
This week guest host Leila Wyatt is joined by Krista Wurlitzer, a student midwife in Northern California. Krista shares her story of working with many different preceptors, what she has learned from each experience, and her advice for other student midwives looking for preceptors, including a thorough list of “red flags” and “green lights” to look out for. Show Resources - Midwife Student Anonymous Facebook Group -Instagram: @Kristanoelle_ -Cashapp: $KristaWurlitzer...
Mar 23, 2022•1 hr 36 min•Season 1Ep. 20
This week host Augustine Colebrook and guest host Leila Wyatt get together to discuss the most exciting event happening this year, the Midwifery Wisdom Experience. In this episode, Augustine and Leila go over every detail you'll need to know about the Experience and even share an opportunity to win a free hotel stay for the event. You won't want to miss this incredible opportunity happening in Galveston, Texas in November of 2022. Show Resources - The Midwifery Wisdom Experience...
Mar 16, 2022•49 min•Season 1Ep. 19
