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Healing Birth — 279 episodes
After a Traumatic Freebirth, a Healing Homebirth
When Labor Knows What the Baby Needs
Why a Veteran Doula Chose Homebirth: Nina Spears (@thebabychick) on Birth, Postpartum, and Motherhood
It Wasn't Perfect. It Was Completely Mine.
She Invited her Mother-In-Law to Witness her Freebirth - and It Changed Them Both
Spirit Babies and the Mysteries of Conception: A Conversation About Fertility, Loss, and the Unseen
A CrossFit Coach on Strength, Birth, and Finding Her Voice
A Peaceful Homebirth After Finding Her Way Back to Trust
Born in the Driveway on the Way to the Birth Center
The Birth Partner's Experience: A Father Shares the Power of Holding Space During Homebirth
Birth Trauma, Homebirth, and the Healing Power of Telling Our Stories
Trust the Knowing: A Calm and Powerful Private Birth at Home
After Stillbirth and Two Cesareans, She Finally Had the Birth She Dreamed Of
Through the Isolette Doors: A NICU Journey
A Cesarean on Her Own Terms
Where Empty Arms Meet Light
An Off-Grid, Blissful Freebirth in Maine (Part Two)
An Off-Grid, Blissful Freebirth in Maine (Part One)
A Routine Epidural, An Unexpected Reaction
Just Us: A Fifth Baby, Born at Home
When Intuition Leads You to Transfer: A Planned Freebirth, Twin Cesarean, and Healing the Trauma
The Surprise Breech Homebirth of Joli's First Baby
A Boss Babe Softens: Homebirth, Loss, and Healing
Why Birth Can Feel So Overwhelming, and What Actually Helps
The Birth Was Beautiful. Postpartum Was Hard.
Rejecting Fear: Celine's Homebirth After Cesarean (HBAC)
High Risk, Held by Grace: Part Two of Natalie's Story
Finding God in the Midst of Tragedy: Part One of Natalie's Story
Freebirth Beyond the Dogma
Homebirth, and Healing, After a Second Trimester Loss
A Surprise Birth in her Parent's Bathtub
Giving Birth at Sixteen
Maddison's Journey to Postpartum Bliss
When Birth Isn't Healing
Restored By Grace: From Medicalized Birth, to Trusting the Body
Rethinking Freebirth: Keelee's Story
Healing at Home: Part Two of Kristin's Story
Miscarriages, IVF, and a Natural Conception: Part One of Kristin's Story
A No-Comprises Birth
Jenna Found Healing Through Birth Photography
She Worked in Obstetrics, But Chose Homebirth
From Surgical Birth, to Catching Her Own Baby
Miscarriage, Medical Trauma, and a Fearless Freebirth
How a Hospital Transfer Helped Hannah Find her Voice
Freebirths and Soul Whispers: Part Two of Rose's Story
Wild and Rooted Homebirth in Australia: Part One of Rose's Story
Freebirth, Boundaries, and Holistic Healing
A Twin Loss, a VBAC, and a Homebirth: Alexandra's Story
Five Births, Five Lessons
Climbing the Mountain: Emily's Twin Transfer and HBAC (Homebirth After Cesarean) Journey
A First Time Mom Chooses Homebirth
How One Midwife's Own Birth Experiences Turned Her Into a Passionate Advocate for Informed Consent
A Healing, Accidental, Unassisted Birth after Infertility and Birth Trauma
From Pitocin to Peace
A First Time Mom Chooses Freebirth
A Positive Hospital Transfer Experience After Freebirth
Into the Underworld and Back: Healing the Wound of Motherbaby Separation
When a Midwife Gives Birth
Secondary Infertility, a Healing Homebirth, and Spirit Baby Communication
Homebirth After Hospital Trauma: Megan's Story
Alchemizing the Homebirth Transfer Experience
Holding on to What is Sacred (Part 2)
Holding on to What is Sacred (Part 1)
Homebirth as a Family Affair
Birth Wisdom From A Mom of Six
Trusting Again: Jackie's Homebirth After a Placental Abruption
An Ecstatic, Unassisted Breech Birth in Mexico
Freebirth at 44: Love, Intuition, and a Dream Realized
Rewriting the Story of a 'Broken' Body: Caroline's Healing Second Birth
Chronically Ill, Not Chronically Broken: Birth with Type 1 Diabetes
Jesse's Wild Pregnancy and 68-Hour Homebirth
A Freebirth That Didn't Go as Planned
Induced, Transferred, and Healed: Alyssa's Path to a VBAC
The Courage to Leave: Pregnancy and Birth with an Abusive Partner
A (Breech!) Homebirth After Cesarean Without Fear
Against The Odds: Birthing Twins Naturally in the Hospital
Birth is an Opportunity to Fully Trust Yourself
From Deeply Indoctrinated, to Free: Kelly's Journey of Six Births
Homebirth After Cesarean (HBAC) With a Radical Birthkeeper
Becoming a Birthworker with Leisa Masters
Pregnant and Didn't Know it: A Rainbow Gathering Birth
Precipitous and Powerful: Tiffany's Third Birth
Giving Birth with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
Healing Through Homebirth, and Grieving the Past
Fleeing Paris: A Family's Fight for Birth Autonomy
Trauma Informed Birth: Breaking the Cycle, Building Trust
A Triumphant Homebirth After Cesarean at nearly 43 weeks
Born in the Doorway of the Birth Center
A Traumatic Induction, and a Pain-Free Birth with Hypnobabies
A Traumatic Induction, and a Pain-Free Birth with Hypnobabies
A Traumatic Induction, and a Pain-Free Birth with Hypnobabies
A Traumatic Induction, and a Pain-Free Birth with Hypnobabies
Bringing Consciousness to Birth and Life with Lea from @trusting_life_
Hospital to Home | Two Birth Experiences with the NHS
A Third Birth With a Twist
Natural Birth is the Hero's Journey
Divinely Aligned | Freebirthing Twins on Halloween
Finding Freebirth
A Homebirth in Norway
After the Devastating Loss of Twins, Tia got her Healing Birth
Giving Birth at Fifteen
A Homebirth after Cesarean on Kauai
True Redemption | Carey's Freebirth After a Traumatic Birth
A Natural Hospital Birth Against All Odds
A 34-Week Freebirth Deep in the Costa Rican Jungle
Despite a Breech Baby and IUGR Diagnosis, Hope Trusted her Instincts And Chose Homebirth
Navigating Pregnancy with Kidney Issues, Homebirth, and a Postpartum Transfer
Fertility, Pregnancy, and Birth After a Severe Eating Disorder
How to Birth Like a Mammal
Birth is a Gateway to Maternal Power
A First Time Mom Has an Orgasmic Birth
Born at 27 Weeks
The Right Support Makes All the Difference
Born Before the Midwife Could Arrive
Freebirth Through a Father's Eyes
Life is a Precious Gift
From Anxiety to Joy | Two Very Different Homebirths
A Seven Minute Labor (Yes, Really!)
You Are Not Uniquely Broken | Heather's Homebirth After Two Cesareans
Healing After Midwife Abandonment | Mindy's Story
A Journey to Radical Responsibility | From Hospital Induction + C-section, to a Passionate Homebirther
Journey Home: Birthing on Indigenous Soil
Rethinking Shoulder Dystocia, and A Healing Second Birth at Home
Finding Love, and Choosing Homebirth, After 40
Healing After Outsourcing Your Power
Giving the Fears to the Trees | An RV Freebirth During Montana Winter
Arati's Story | A Daughter in the Stars
A Homebirth Transfer, C-Section, and Alchemizing the Experience
A (Surprise!) Breech Freebirth
Finding Peace in a Cesarean Birth
Ali Manifested her Dream Birth
A Healing Birth After Being Widowed During Pregnancy
Born in the Car at 24 Weeks
From Numbed out, to Deep Trust: Ashley's Off-Grid Yurt Freebirth
Maggie's Redemptive, Natural Birth After Two Cesareans (VBA2C)
Healing From a Homebirth Transfer
When Time Stands Still: Resolving Shoulder Dystocia at Home, and the Initiatory Aftermath
Amber's Easeful and Healing Homebirth After Trauma
How Core Traumas Can Show up in Birth
Bringing In The Light: Anisa's Homebirth and Freebirth
You Can Choose to Have a Pain-free Birth with Yolande Norris Clark
A Good Girl Takes Back Her Power (Part 2 of 2)
A Good Girl Takes Back Her Power (Part 1 of 2)
How Kelly Learned to Trust Her Body
Freebirth in the Peruvian Jungle
The Art and Science of Fertility Astrology
A Midwife's Daughter Chooses Freebirth
Giving Birth in a Midwife-Run Hospital
Reframing High Blood Pressure, and Re-Writing Her Story
How Plant Medicine Prepared Kelli for Birth
When You Walk Through the Fire, You Will not be Burned
Vision Quest Baby
Planting The Homebirth Seed
A Former NICU Nurse Chooses Homebirth
You Are the Key | Part Two of Neena's Birth Stories
You Are the Key | Part One of Neena's Birth Stories
Ada's Off-Grid Family Birth
A Freebirth Led by Faith
Choosing Sovereign Birth after the NICU
Kaylee's Outdoor, Off Grid, 6 Day Long Freebirth
I Knew There Was a Better Way | Part Two of Danielle's Story
I Knew There Was a Better Way | Part One of Danielle's Story
It Was Just Another Day, But I Gave Birth | Part Two of Rebecca's Birth Stories
In the Belly of the Beast | Part One of Rebecca's Birth Stories
Finding Homebirth | Leah's Journey Through Birth Trauma, and Loss, to Birth Bliss
A Journey to Full Autonomy | Audrey's Wild and Powerful Births
Chaya's Simple Freebirth
How Birth Trauma Can Affect our Children, and How We Can Support Them to Heal
The Spiritual Battleground for Birth (Rebroadcast)
Seeking Justice After Obstetric Violence (Rebroadcast)
Leaning into Exactly the Right Support | Part Two of Carla's Story
Magic, Meaning, and Medicine in a Homebirth Transfer | Part one of Carla's Story
Connecting with Our Babies in Spirit
From Pain to Purpose | Sharna's Mission to Heal the Trauma of Pregnancy Loss
Unraveling Birth Trauma and Transforming Lives
From Empowered to PowerFULL | Sarah's Journey to Homebirth her (nearly) 12LB Baby After Two Cesareans (Part 2)
From Empowered to PowerFULL | Sarah's Journey to Homebirth her (nearly) 12LB Baby After Two Cesareans (Part 1)
A Birth Center + NICU Experience
Nelson and Alison are Empowering Others to Have the Birth of Their Dreams
Retrieving Your Soul | A Journey Through, and out of, Postpartum Depression
The Same Scar That I Have
Christina's Redemptive Homebirth + Giving Birth in Germany
From my Heart to Yours
Saphron Just Stayed Home and Had Her Baby
An Unplanned Cesarean at 35 Weeks and Its Aftermath
Healing Our Relationship to Sex After a Traumatic Birth | A Raw Conversation
Anahel's Wild and Free 50-Minute (!) Birth
The Whistleblower Midwife
An Empowering Birth at 34 Weeks
Finding Peace In a Hurricane
Your Body Isn't Broken | Mandy's Healing Homebirth After Cesareans
These Are My Power Stories | Leah's Freebirths
Giving Birth Again After the Unthinkable - An Unanesthetized Cesarean
This Baby Healed Me
REBROADCAST: What Do I have to Do, Deliver This Baby Myself?!
The Magic of Story Medicine | A Conversation Between Amana and Diana, Part Two
The Magic of Story Medicine | A Conversation Between Amana and Diana, Part One
The Gift of Surrender
IVF, Multiple Losses, and a Rainbow
Channeling The Cosmos | Nicole's Three Birth Stories
I Wanted a Redo So Badly
Giving Birth During Covid (Part 3) | Sian's Story
Giving Birth During Covid (Part Two) | Ali's Story
Giving Birth During Covid (Part One) | Sondra's Story
The Spiritual Battleground for Birth
There's No Such Thing as a "Natural" Induction | Lauren's Story
We Need a New Postpartum Paradigm
Giving Birth With High Blood Pressure | In the System, and Out.
I Genuinely Thought I Was Going to Die
A Cesarean in Bali, A Freebirth in California
Samantha's Psychic Pregnancy and Homebirth
What Ten Years of Working for Health Insurance Companies Taught Me
Healing Birth Trauma is Easy
The Only Positive Thing Was You
An Initiation into Trust: Ally's Three Day Freebirth
When Survivors of Sexual Assault Give Birth, Part Two: Rebecca's Story
When Survivors of Sexual Assault Give Birth, Part One: Gemma's Story
The Wisdom of Breech Birth
Women's Healthcare is a Gateway Drug
It's Okay to Feel it All | Ariana's Homebirth Cesarean
The Sacred Pause | Christine's Life-changing, Out of Body Freebirth
I Trusted Myself to Know What I Needed | Victoria's Birth Stories
You are Perfect, Whole, and Worthy | Jenna Walenga
I Will Never Birth in a Hospital Again | Ashley's Story
A Series of Magical Synchronicities | Healing After a Traumatic Induction
"I Want Women to Know What's Possible" | with Dr. Elizabeth Wade
The Only Way Out is Through | Charlotte's 11lb HBAC + The Importance of Listening to Your Body
Healing Ourselves, Healing the Ancestors | Andrea's Freebirth After a C-section
Why I am so passionate about sharing traumatic birth stories (but will never normalize them)
The Incredible Power of a Mother's Intuition | Spirit Baby Communication, Freebirth, and Resolving a Retained Placenta Naturally at Home
From The Underworld, To Bliss
Fighting Back Against Obstetric Violence
A loss, a cesarean, an awakening
Chaya's Freebirth After Three Cesareans
Why Medical Freedom Matters to Mothers (Part 3 of 3: Roxanne's Story)
Why Medical Freedom Matters to Mothers (Part 2 of 3: Najma's Story)
Why Medical Freedom Matters to Mothers (Part 1 of 3)
Feeling God's Presence in Birth | Miranda's Story
Rejecting Pharmacological Birth Control, and Reclaiming Physical Sovereignty with Serendipidi Day
Happy #internationalhomebirthday!
Trusting Birth at 35 Weeks | Hannah Tovar
Spiritual Healing After Birth | Katie Sutherland
Re-connecting to Our Wombspace | Bethany Wilde
Healing with Plant Allies | Arielle's Birth Story
I Had to Push Through | Chaya's Three Birth Stories
How do I know if I Have Experienced Birth Trauma?
Finding the Joy | Gemma's Freebirth after Cesarean
BONUS EPISODE: Lessons From VBAC Mothers, Coercion, and Medical Freedom
The Role of Faith | Megan's HBAC
Divinely Guided | Ellie's HBAC on the Farm, Part Two
Divinely Guided: Ellie's HBAC at the Farm, Part 1
Meet Kristyn | Raising Awareness Through Craftivism
Fertility Freedom | Tarina Mosley
10 Questions You Must Ask Your Midwife | Freya Kellet
Meet Jasmine | Giving Birth While Grieving
Birth is a Holy Experience | Maha Al Musa
Meet Erica | Coping with the "Why"
Healing the Trauma in our Tissues | Dr. Beebe Dericks
Meet Jennie | A Dragon Mother is Born
BONUS EPISODE: A raw audio diary
Early Birth | With Wild Luna Raven
Radical Responsibility
Meet Tessa | Most Importantly, I Trusted Myself
Meet Natalie | I Could Feel Everything
Induced Disconnection with Lynnea Laessig
Meet Olivia | Miscarriage, Precipitous labor, and Taking Your Power Back
The Medical System is Not a Good Place for Women of Color
Transmuting Trauma into Power with Emilee Saldaya
Meet Clancey | A Reclamation of Power Through Miscarriage
Shift The Power Back to Them: A Conversation with Radical Birthkeeper Isabella
Birthing in the Time of Coronavirus: An Invitation to Step Into Sovereignty
Meet Britney | You Are Not Your Trauma
I'm Terrified to Birth Again. Now What?
Meet Carey | These Are My Hours
Meet Carla | "Time doesn't heal wounds. It's us."
Doulas, Midwives, and False Security
Meet Sarah | What do I have to do, deliver this baby myself?!
Meet Lynnea | I Didn't Have Much of a Voice
Meet Diana | The Healing Journey from C-section to Homebirth