Taking Back Birth

I’m starting a mini-series within my Taking Back Birth podcast series and it is all about MOTHERING. ** Mothering is so far reaching; way beyond the birth we generally focus on. Yet, I spend literal HOURS and hours counseling women and walking along side them and it is not lost on me how so much...Read More       

Listen in on my “Recipe for a Perfect Birth”! ** Spoiler alert for this podcast: There IS NO recipe for a “perfect birth”; and what does that mean anyhow? Join me as I look into the close up view on things we think matter. Then, we’ll back up our view and consider that maybe nothing...Read More       

Here’s my truth: I’ve personally experienced freebirth AND I’m in the role of midwife and I do not see those two things as mutually exclusive.   However, I do have some thoughts/questions and maybe some wisdom to share around what I see the freebirth movement as. I want us all to question the good, the bad and...Read More       

Join me as I chat with midwife Madeline Murray of Believe in Midwifery. One of the best parts of this “job” is that I get to connect with fantastic midwives of all types. Madeline is so enthusiastic and smart and I can’t wait to see how her passion begins to change the current state of...Read More       

I loved looking deeper in to this idea of the “first hour after birth”. I definitely learned things too and I want to share these thoughts (and findings and ponderings!) with you. Mostly, I find it interesting how far we can stray, as a culture, from our instinct and knowing. There are so many modern...Read More       

Becoming a human on earth required us all to TRANSITION to life here. ** In this podcast I talk about all of the ways that a baby needs to adapt; from the obvious taking of breaths to what it might mean in a spiritual sense to cross the veil. I share my own experiences and...Read More       

He’s the only doctor to be on my podcast twice...what an honor! For me, I mean. Listen in on this “Midwife and doctor” conversation (how often do we imagine THAT conversation happening?!) as we talk about: Shame and blame... How we can help create balance in the birth world How much work there is to...Read More       

I know, I Know...what?! I am hoping for some huge cultural shifts (and maybe some email responses) around this podcast. I can’t keep quiet any longer that I am TIRED of women/people abdicating responsibility for their birth in a myriad of ways...one of which is the entire paradigm of someone ELSE paying for your birth...Read More       

In this podcast, I am a free-flow channel for my most current and most true thoughts and feelings about the topic of “pain in labor”. Have you thought about this word “pain” or about the sensations of birth in general? Agree with me, be offended...whatever! Hoping to spark some deeper conversation into this well-loved topic.       

On this podcast, I had the pleasure of speaking with Australian midwife Kerrie Adams; about her own births, her own power and how she wants to reform the system for midwives. You can find her at https://www.instagram.com/the_kerrie_adams/