Taking Back Birth
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Sinopsis
Providing birth education to empowered women everywhere. Its time to take back birth.
Episodios
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Working With HBAC Mamas
03/06/2024 Duración: 51minThis podcast was inspired by a student considering working with a mama who’s had a prior cesarean and wanting to birth at home. I realized how much goes into this for me as a midwife, and what helps me understand and fully believe in a mama who I’m supporting after cesarean. I told her that […]Click the icon below to listen.
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Embodying the Midwife Archetype
27/05/2024 Duración: 58minIn this podcast, Margo and I dream about the new version of “midwife” that we are helping to create in this world and through our Indie Birth Midwifery School. It is truly time for a change; away from the drastic, static versions of what exists and has come before. We are imagining a world where […]Click the icon below to listen.
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How Do I Know I Want to Become a Midwife?
12/05/2024 Duración: 46minIn this podcast, I talk about some of the ways that our school is unique and special…plus, she (Indie Birth Midwifery School) is almost 8 years old!!! I share my take on this question of knowing, between stories from my own life and further thoughts for your own inquiry. We are accepting applications and enrolling […]Click the icon below to listen.
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A Twin Story With a Twist
06/05/2024 Duración: 01h01minOn this podcast, I wrap up the transgender madness from the week and then move on to the REAL discussion! I chat with my mama friend and former client Kaleigh about the birth of her two babies last year. Kaleigh has so many insights to share and such a fabulous story. It was so fun […]Click the icon below to listen.
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Imagining the Virtual Apprenticeship as a Real Option
23/04/2024 Duración: 33minWhat if students could learn and practice and be in an “apprenticeship” that isn’t in the physical? We may try it out with a few of my former students who live in Kentucky as I stay living in Hawai’i. I love the idea of creating this model and making it sustainable and a win for […]Click the icon below to listen.
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Stories of Homebirth Mamas in Hawai’i with Dr. Alexandra Kisitu
13/04/2024 Duración: 01h07min“A return to all that is human, sacred and ancient” -Alexandra Kisitu I loved talking to kindred spirit and author Alexandra about her book, “Back to the Womb: Claiming Birth Sovereignty”. I really loved this discussion with such a kick-ass, smart woman who has dug deeper into the culture of home birth here in Hawai’i. […]Click the icon below to listen.
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Miscarriage as an Embodied Experience with Alyssa Rafidi
07/04/2024 Duración: 01h12minWhat a pleasure to hold space for Alyssa as she shares her intimate journey through the death and birth of her baby in the middle of her last pregnancy. I know you will be inspired by Alyssa’s way of choosing to experience death and live life. You can find Alyssa on Instagram at: @alyssarafidi_Click the icon below to listen.
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An Impromptu Womb Ritual
01/04/2024 Duración: 48minDeva is 7 today! Her majorly watched birth video is below for you to watch again and share. Otherwise, I share a short recent story and celebration of my womb in the event that you feel inspired and are led to do something similar. I am being shown more and more that ritual in one […]Click the icon below to listen.
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Embodiment and Birth Work
25/03/2024 Duración: 55minWhat is embodiment? Listen in on some musings around what this is and isn’t; I also share some personal stories around learning to feel in my body, honoring where I am at and following what my body is feeling. I definitely see this as (one of) the missing links in abundant and joyful birth work; […]Click the icon below to listen.
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The First Blood
18/03/2024 Duración: 01h04minI share more about my witchy experiences in Spain first; and then move onto how it feels to hold space as a mother for a daughter’s first moon cycle. I love this initiation and am so proud and happy with how my girls have embraced themselves and their new womanhood. It brings me back to […]Click the icon below to listen.
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The Anniversary of Sable’s Birth/Death and Readings From My Journal (Re-Issue)
11/03/2024 Duración: 01h20minThis past week marked 8 years since my son Sable died in my womb and was born 4 months later. I share how I am feeling now, and how this experience has shaped me and changed me in the last bit of time. Then, I share an older podcast with readings from my journal during […]Click the icon below to listen.
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Why Health Insurance Shouldn’t Factor Into Your Birth Plan (Re-Issue)
03/03/2024 Duración: 50minI 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 […]Click the icon below to listen.
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Pregnancy In Isolation
26/02/2024 Duración: 50minThis is an expansion on an email I wrote recently about going through pregnancy and birth alone, SPECIFICALLY from the lens of trauma and safety. This isn’t a commentary on why all women choose “wild pregnancy” or freebirth but is a perspective on choices being made from the bodily sensations of lack of safety. This […]Click the icon below to listen.
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When Doulas Become Cogs in the Wheel of Medicalized Birth
19/02/2024 Duración: 44minAfter an update, I talk about the feelings I have around “doulas” and what our passion is when creating new doulas in the world. The way I see it, there is still the vanilla/mainstream doula stuff going on and then also the opposite extreme of doulas being trained to attend births outright on their own […]Click the icon below to listen.
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10 Principles that Guide Sacred Postpartum Care
12/02/2024 Duración: 35minThis is a short synopsis of what my foundational beliefs and teachings are around the sacred postpartum time. We had a lovely Mothering the Mother retreat this weekend, so I have that to share as well. Our Mothering the Mother online course is open and there is a $100 discount if you use code: SUPPORTMAMA. […]Click the icon below to listen.
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The Weaving Between Somatics and Birth Work
03/02/2024 Duración: 45minI recently enrolled and completed the first Somatic Experiencing (SE) training and I am so exuberant and full of learning that I wanted to share. I was mindblown around how much similarity there is between SE and the belief systems I already hold around the role of the midwife, and the trust in body; as […]Click the icon below to listen.
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The Power of Birth: The Initiation of the Human Soul and Divine Feminine
29/01/2024 Duración: 01h14minI don’t typically share other podcasts on my podcast, but this chat about the power of birth, the initiation of a soul and the Divine Feminine with Bridget Nielsen felt worth sharing. I hope you enjoy it, and subscribe to Bridget’s YouTube channel if you feel aligned. Links mentioned: Pregnancy Care Circle: Spirit Babies on […]Click the icon below to listen.
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My Communication With Spirit Babies
23/01/2024 Duración: 01h07minThis podcast is actually an old podcast. I released this one in 2018, and thought I’d publish it again for all the reasons. Spirit babies is a topic both new and old and one I love soooo much. Check out my Spirit Baby class coming up and we’ll dive into all things new and old […]Click the icon below to listen.
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The Deeper Experience of an Early Pregnancy Loss
15/01/2024 Duración: 53minThis week, I share some more of my heart and soul with you as I re-tell the experience of a 5 week pregnancy that didn’t choose to stay in my body at this time. There is so much to explore, and I share this all vulnerably with you for our healing as powerful women with […]Click the icon below to listen.
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Moving Away from the Word “Midwife”
07/01/2024 Duración: 35minWe will be re-naming our Indie Birth Midwifery School and in general expanding our vision, so I wanted to take even more time to share with you how this change is aligned with me and my Soul. I hope it inspires you to always think beyond and above and perhaps you will help us change […]Click the icon below to listen.