After 2 births within Australia's Private Birthing System, Emily was left feeling like there had to be something better than the "not very nice experiences" she had had. With the threat of a c-section overshadowing both of her induced births, for no medical reason at all - she decided that, surely, there had to be a better way if she did decide to have a third child. Emily awoke to the unprofessionalism and inaccuracy of the medicalised birth system pretty quickly, after the misdiagnosis of her ...
Apr 29, 2021•38 min
Emily from Leo Rising Birthkeeping and I spoke very shortly after the Great Conjunction back in December 21, 2020 - and had LOTS to say about the ways in which this shift is going to change the face of birth, the way women operate in the world and the rebirth of matriarchy! Emily tells us about her journey into birthwork and astrology, how the two collided to create her 'Womb Room Readings' and how her experience as a live-in volunteer at a shelter for birthing women changed the way she viewed s...
Apr 16, 2021•57 min
Reem from Vipassa Mama is on the show; discussing all things unconscious, subconscious and conscious healing. As we learn from her how to become the experts of ourselves on this New Earth, with some practical strategies and 2 freebie guides for you to download! We discuss the importance of a baby travelling through the birth canal, from a structural perspective and as the female body being a functional unit in supporting this, and birth being the forgotten Rite of Passage for our babies. Reem al...
Mar 09, 2021•1 hr 1 min
You've seen her beautiful birth video, now Gold Coast Mama Steph shares the details of her daughter Tijana's freebirth! Steph talks about the unnecessary homebirth transfer with her first baby and how knew (straight away) that she would "just stay at home" next time. Steph shares about her birth preparation during pregnancy, the fear she worked through (after somebody planted an idea in her head), the day of labour and her incredible family birth, unassisted and uninterrupted at home. --- Connec...
Feb 26, 2021•46 min
First Poddy off the rank for 2021, and it was worth the wait! Recorded last year during the height of (OVID, I interviewed Abby Wake from The Awake Movement and Rhythm n Motion about her shift from hospital to homebirth, in Gympie Australia. After discovering the restrictions that would be imposed on her as a birthing woman, and the increase of medicalisation in her maternal care, birthing in a hospital was no longer an option for Abby. Abby shares with us how she had to walk through her fears w...
Jan 13, 2021•39 min
Why do Australian women think Homebirth Midwives are independent of the system? Where has this presumption come from? What's at stake for privately practicing Midwives, what does it takes for a Midwife to become a privately practicing business woman - and how does this affect the care and advice they provide you as a birthing woman? What is their relationship with the birthing system when providing a service to a birthing woman? In this podcast interview I chat to Sarah, a Private Homebirth Midw...
Dec 04, 2020•43 min
Isabella and I journeyed for a good 6 months together, on the dilemma of whether or not to renew our Hypnobirthing Practitioner Registration. We both decided not to. In this podcast interview we discuss how we came to that decision, plus a little on the origins of Hypnobirthing, how it's evolved, our personal journeys with it and why we believe the core message may have been lost. --- Connect with Anita at www.themidwitch.com Anita Katherine, The Midwitch Reconnecting you with your medicine, mag...
Nov 11, 2020•1 hr 4 min
In this episode I speak with Menstrual Cycle Educator and Coach, Jema Lee. Jema shares her own personal journey with PCOS and how she came to create 'Wellsome'. Jema also shares how to track your cycles when you're not menstruating, how to eat in tune with your cycle phases from an Ayurvedic perspective, why you crave certain foods at certain times of your cycle, the power of connecting to the collective consciousness of women through your womb space, the magic of women's cycles syncing up with ...
Oct 10, 2020•48 min
I speak with Freya Kelley on womanhood and why it is not an identity. We discuss and define the terms Feminism, Matriarchy, Female Erasure, TERF and the difference between gender and sex; what a Matriarchal household can look like, the Universal principles of fertility, the uplifting of the natural processes of birth, the regeneration of Mother Earth and the damaging effects of the technocratic shift away from Nature under a Patriarchal Structure. This discussion doesn't come without controversy...
Sep 08, 2020•1 hr 8 min
In the latest episode of the Midwitch Podcast, I speak with Casey Hone; Birth and Postpartum Doula, Acupuncturist, Yoga Teacher and Spirit Baby Intuitive. Casey understands that our modern western culture can be a hostile place to create and raise a family and so applies her traditional Chines Therapies in all aspects of her work. Casey believes that if our mothers are not well rested, loved and nourished, our future generations won't be either and that the world's health and wellbeing begins th...
Aug 18, 2020•44 min
Well, you asked for it - more Aussie freebirthing stories! Here is the first of many to come! After 2 previous birth experiences that were unnecessarily sabotaged by the medical system, Mel decided she was not going to be a part of that system for the birth of her third child. She was no longer going to do what she was told and allow the same things to happen again. So she decided to opt out of that system. Mel speaks about the moment the term 'freebirthing' came into her consciousness and the h...
Jul 31, 2020•57 min
My dear friend Amy from Mother Unearthed shares her wisdom and knowledge as a Postpartum Doula, Nutritionist and Mama of 2. Amy and I discuss our own positive and negative experiences of postpartum, the expectations we place on ourselves as mothers post birth, how to re-create your own village of support, postpartum depletion and repletion, the impact of medicalised birth on our postpartum experiences, the cycle of anxiousness and low feelings, the loneliness, how mothers can and do create a sup...
Jul 20, 2020•49 min
It was an honour (and dream come true!) to interview Maryn from Indie Birth on the podcast. Indie Birth are leading a global revolution in restoring autonomous birth, for birthing women and birth workers. Maryn shares her own relationship, and journey, with our industrial birth model - as a licensed Midwife, birthing mother, and now as a truly independent Midwife. We discuss the fact that medicalised birth is still relevant, why and how this relates to the evolution of our consciousness as women...
Jun 30, 2020•54 min
Michelle Palasia has been described as capturing the unseen energy of birth, with her amazing birth space holding and photography skills. In this podcast episode, she chats to us about her contrasting experience as a Birth Photographer and BirthKeeper working in the system, and outside of it; plus her activism in keeping birth transparent through the allowance of birth photographers in hospital birthing suites. Michelle has a beautifully gentle and nurturing, yet fierce, wise woman energy and it...
Jun 13, 2020•1 hr 19 min
I speak with Sanae, Co-Creator of LOV Mate (the high vibrational, coffee replacement brew) about her life as an awakened woman, mum, partner and conscious business owner. Sanae also shares her wild pregnancy journey, the birth of her (surprise!) twins and how she balances life and business! --- Connect with Anita at www.themidwitch.com Anita Katherine, The Midwitch Reconnecting you with your medicine, magic, & power. Follow me on IG: @themidwitch Freebies: https://themidwitch.com/thecauldron...
Jun 05, 2020•1 hr 6 min
The Yoni Queen, Rosie Rees, and I chat yoni eggs and crystal wands for healing, energy clearing and awakening our womb space - especially after pregnancy loss, birth trauma and on your fertility journey. We speak about the magical womb space, nude yoga, sex magic, yoni mapping and releasing energetic trauma from our creative space of power and feminine energy. Rosie goes through each crystal type (in egg and wand form), the energetic properties of each and rituals you can implement. We chat abou...
May 27, 2020•43 min
Medical Astrologer and Nutritionist turned Witch, Lexy The Wellness Witch, shares her wisdom around intuitive eating vs body lies and using food as our healer as modern mystic women. Whether womb healing, infertility, birth trauma, hormone balancing, coming off the pill, or feeling completely out of sync with your own personal rhythm is your current journey; Lexy speak to us about all the ways in which we can combine food, astrology, the Lunar Cycle and our personal Menstrual cycle to nourish an...
May 11, 2020•1 hr 8 min
I speak with my radical feminist soul sister Hannah, from Hannah and Babes, about her ability to channel her own (and others) spirit babies; Pelvic Floor Therapy, forming a relationship with your Cervix, her conscious conception journey and offerings, connecting with our inner feminine cycles and seasons as women and more! If you are calling a baby into your family and home, or a woman wanting to know how to consciously embody your power as a female - you need to listen to Hannah's wisdom! Hanna...
May 01, 2020•1 hr 23 min
An unmedicalised, instinctive, intuitive, wild pregnancy seems so far removed from our current interventional, highly pathologized, industrial birth paradigm; that most women don't even know that being your own prenatal care provider is an option. But as you will hear, during my consciousness expanding discussion with Natalie Alaska, it can be, for the majority of women. And is often more connected, more magical, and far more simple than we are led to believe . Natalie discusses how she used her...
Apr 17, 2020•1 hr 5 min
I speak with Independent International Birth Mentor, Author and Speaker, @maha_al_musa , about her teachings of the sacred birth dance through her award winning book 'Dance of The Womb' (endorsed by Dr. Michel Odent, the late Sheila Kitzinger, Dr. Sarah Buckley and Dr. Christiane Northrup), and her newly launched online pregnancy and birth preparation program 'EmbodyBirth™ - Unlock and Awaken Your Ancestral Womb Wisdom.' Maha imparts her East meets West Crone Wisdom on us, honing in on the impor...
Apr 10, 2020•1 hr 9 min
I speak with Tay, the Aussie Activist Mama from Tay's Way Movement. Tay is a fearless truth seeker on a mission to see that every parent is properly informed and armed with the knowledge and tools to take back control of their family's health. We discuss the safety and efficacy of va((ines for babies and birthing mothers, the va((ine fear culture and coercion surrounding birthing mothers, va((ine injuries, what most Mamas don't know about va((ines and we bring to light the the truths around the ...
Apr 07, 2020•1 hr 3 min
I chat with Free Birth Society Founder, Emilee Saldaya, to discuss how Birthkeepers, womens circles and authentic sisterhood are all crucial elements in creating a new paradigm and culture of birth. Emilee expands on the key differences between Birthkeepers, Doulas and Midwives; plus the rise of Doulas in the medicalised birth world, the move toward the role of Birthkeeper and what this term actually embodies. Emilee explains her vision of true sisterhood, how we can be in circle with women outs...
Feb 23, 2020•1 hr 4 min
Diana Forsell Tayan and I are from opposite sides of the world, connected through the realisation that we have been serving the same women. These women are united in birth trauma, yet we've been serving them at different stages of their journeys. Diana's Birth Story Medicine Sessions focus on Healing Birth and serving women through non-clinical support. In this chat we take a critical look at the similarities of catalysts amongst these birth trauma experiences, the language that should be used a...
Jan 12, 2020•1 hr 12 min
You've heard the terms Patriarchy and Matriarchy - but do you truly know what it means? With permission from Jane Hardwicke Collings, I have read 'HERSTORY - WOMANIFESTO' for you to listen to. I believe when you hear this, it will awaken within you, what you may have thought you'd lost. I've read this piece more times that I can remember, but knowing that other women will hear this for the first time, made this experience different. I cried in parts, stumbled upon words, pronounced places and de...
Dec 13, 2019•51 min
In Part 2 of Sammy's Freebirth Story, she shares the details of her 24+ hour labour and birth of her daughter Aspen. Sammy shares the intimates of her inner thoughts and dialogue, which we conclude were her intuitive voice guiding her from start to finish, and her assertiveness, requirements and demands of those supporting her - as she stood in her power as the birthing woman, in her mother and baby centered freebirth.
Nov 21, 2019•1 hr 16 min
After seeing Lani's Instagram post on prenatal GBS testing, translated by her as 'Giant Bull Shit' - it was love at first sight! In this episode we discuss radical responsibility, independent birthwork, what autonomous birth looks like, the spirituality of miscarriage, her independent and rebellious style of coaching and the birth of her son. Lani answers my favourite question around why we're still using non-evidence based practices (that have never improved outcomes) in our birthing system - a...
Nov 03, 2019•1 hr 1 min
After Sammy's questions about the Wollongong MGP (Midwifery Group Practice) Program's guidelines were met with frustration, condescension and misinformation from her assigned Midwife - she and her partner Talia knew birthing away from the system would be the best choice for their child. Sammy shares how she arrived at the decision to freebirth, and the journey of her semi-wild pregnancy in the lead up to her baby Aspen's birth in Part 1. --- Connect with Anita at www.themidwitch.com Anita Kather...
Oct 27, 2019•48 min
I speak with Kerrie Adams; an Australian Midwife whose vision of re-imagining birth culture one amplified Modern Midwife at a time, has led her to become a system disruptor in her birth activism. She compares the art and practice of Midwifery from her UK home to Australia and shares with me what it would look like if Midwives stepped into their highest power - as Midwives and as women. --- Connect with Anita at www.themidwitch.com Anita Katherine, The Midwitch Reconnecting you with your medicine...
Oct 21, 2019•1 hr 18 min
I speak with Brave (Wollongong) Mumma, Stef - who has written a book about her personal birth trauma and injury experience. We discuss the way in which our culture views and talks about childbirth, her fight with the medical and legal system, and how crucial it is to empower women with the information they need to make informed decisions before childbirth. --- Connect with Anita at www.themidwitch.com Anita Katherine, The Midwitch Reconnecting you with your medicine, magic, & power. Follow m...
Oct 11, 2019•1 hr 27 min
I sit down with Jamie, a proud Gamilaroi woman and one of my greatest teachers and friends, to discuss true matriarchy - as it were (and still is) a part of Aboriginal Culture. We discuss spirituality, respect for women, women's business, community, circles and business grounds, animal totems, connection to the Earth and her cycles, the differences between Matriarchy and our Patriarchal Mainstream Australia today, Motherhood, Birth, the significance of the 'Because of Her We Can' NAIDOC theme an...
May 02, 2019•1 hr 1 min
