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All Episodes

Taking Back Birth — 131 episodes

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The Embodied Mother with Amanda Alcorn

2

The Indie Birth School of New Midwifery

3

The Catch Your Breath Club

4

Postpartum Miscarriage Support

5

When the Midwife Becomes the Doula

6

My Birth Story

7

Midwife Stories

8

Miscarriage Support – The Miscarriage Mother

9

The Honest Truth About Freebirth (Re-Release)

10

Leaving the Birth World

11

The Bigger Picture of Birth

12

Why Pregnancy is an Amazing Time to Learn to Be In Your Body

13

The Doppler Vs Fetoscope for Hearing the Baby’s Heartbeat

14

Making Birth Beautiful Again

15

Sharing Some New Insights with You

16

Calling My Cervix Back to Me

17

Remembering Our Divine Purpose with Donna Maria Camps

18

Wisdom of the Womb with Felicia Sokol

19

Deep Rest and Our Energetic Fertility

20

The Creative Impulse With Verena Borell

21

The Magic of Miscarriage with Jessica Birnbaum Pratt

22

The Wisdom that Shaped Me as a Young Musician

23

Sharing More About My Motherhood Journey: A Chat with Brittany Taylor

24

Why My Kids Don’t Go to Doctors

25

Why Brighter Days and Darker Nights Matter For Your Fertility, Pregnancy and Mothering Journeys

26

The Lessons of One Year In Hawai’i

27

A Neither Here Nor There Blab on Birth, Death and Midwifery

28

How I Used Midwifery Knowledge to Navigate My Pregnancy Loss

29

Your Birth Desire

30

Working With HBAC Mamas

31

Embodying the Midwife Archetype

32

How Do I Know I Want to Become a Midwife?

33

A Twin Story With a Twist

34

Imagining the Virtual Apprenticeship as a Real Option

35

Stories of Homebirth Mamas in Hawai’i with Dr. Alexandra Kisitu

36

Miscarriage as an Embodied Experience with Alyssa Rafidi

37

An Impromptu Womb Ritual

38

Embodiment and Birth Work

39

The First Blood

40

The Anniversary of Sable’s Birth/Death and Readings From My Journal (Re-Issue)

41

Why Health Insurance Shouldn’t Factor Into Your Birth Plan (Re-Issue)

42

Pregnancy In Isolation

43

When Doulas Become Cogs in the Wheel of Medicalized Birth

44

10 Principles that Guide Sacred Postpartum Care

45

The Weaving Between Somatics and Birth Work

46

The Power of Birth: The Initiation of the Human Soul and Divine Feminine

47

My Communication With Spirit Babies

48

The Deeper Experience of an Early Pregnancy Loss

49

Moving Away from the Word “Midwife”

50

When Your Birth (Video) Goes Viral and Also Throws You Into Birthwork – A Chat with Kendra Johnson

51

Mothering #12: Our Winter Solstice Traditions

52

Taking the Slow Route to Birth Attending

53

“What’s in the Birth Bag?” With Midwifery Student Sam

54

3 Principles of Pregnancy Care from My Perspective

55

Accessing Power as a First Time Mama: My Chat With Kirstin

56

My Freebirth at the Hospital (a Remix) and Other Thoughts on the Feelings of Authenticity

57

Birth Trauma Can Happen In Anyone

58

Ways Midwives Overuse Technology

59

Birth is a Calling of the Divine

60

Midwifery and Gossip: the “Sister Wound”

61

When the Midwife is Blamed

62

Meditation for Mamas Who Have Birthed Recently

63

Shoulder Dystocia and “Stuck” Babies!

64

The Transformation that IS Postpartum

65

What’s In Maryn’s Birth Bag?

66

How I’ve Changed as a Midwife

67

Saying YES to Cervix with Denell Barbara Randall

68

Why You’ve Gotta Regulate Your Nervous System For Birth (and Life) with Lindsey Lockett

69

Connection with the Sacred Land and the Ceremony of Aurora’s Birth with Sacha Louise

70

Birth and Our Sexuality with Stacey Ramsower

71

5 Things That Interrupt the Sacred Ceremony of Birth

72

Creating the New Midwifery with Blyss Young

73

Blessing and Meditation for Conscious Conception

74

The Time Has Come For Women to Stand and Speak

75

The Tongue Tie Episode

76

When I Cancelled NARM (and the CPM Credential)

77

The Indie Birth SANCTUARY

78

Behind the Scenes Chat about Creating Our Kick Ass Midwifery School

79

How Your Husband Can Help At Your Birth

80

A Chat About Twins

81

The “You Don’t Need Anything to Birth” Line

82

The Vision of an (Indie Birth) Birth Retreat Center

83

Being in the Bubble As the Midwife

84

Do Midwives Make Birth Safer?

85

Are You the Right Match for Me?

86

Mothering #9: Raising Magical Children

87

My Call Into Midwifery

88

Sharing Our Brilliance at Indie Birth

89

The Bar is So Low for Pregnant Women

90

The Sexisode

91

Self-Care is Not a Bubble Bath

92

Virtual Visits with Maryn

93

Am I Done Having Babies?

94

What Is “Midwitchery?”

95

All the Things That Create Optimal Breastfeeding

96

Whether It’s Birth or Life, Be Authentic!

97

An Interview With My 19 Year Old Daughter, Amelia

98

Reflections on the One Year Anniversary of Rumi’s Birth

99

The Experience of Death in Birth

100

The Physicality of Birth (and Life)

101

Taking Back (Kentucky) Birth

102

What I Hate About Births

103

5 Birth Lessons from the Field

104

More On Gifting Midwifery Care

105

Work With a Midwife and Pass on the Freebirth If…

106

Apprenticeship #1: What are the Stepping Stones on this Path?

107

Welcome to Kentucky!

108

Rumi’s Cave

109

Burying My Placenta with My Soul Sister

110

Is the Community Midwife Dead or is the Community Dead?

111

The Mother Wound

112

A Trip Down (Birthy) Memory Lane – and Our Location Revealed!

113

Witchery 101 – and Thoughts About the World

114

Redefining Midwifery – Part 1

115

Mothering # 9: Holding Space for Our Kids on the Topic of Death

116

Calling in My Ancestors

117

A Rant About Being a Good Little Girl (AKA Midwifery Licensing)

118

My-So Called Life…With Book Recommendations!

119

Mothering #8: Sleep

120

Midwifery as a Spiritual Practice

121

February 2021 Q&A and Claiming Your Power!

122

Following Your Truth by Using a PMA (Private Membership Association)

123

Mothering #7 – My Breastfeeding Journey

124

We Need More Midwives!

125

January 2021 Q & A

126

Why I Love Placenta Birth

127

A Shoulder Dystocia and Resuscitation: The Indie Birth of Veda Rose

128

Mothering #6 – My Kids’ Health and Wellness

129

From the Midwife Perspective: The Year’s Birth Experiences (a Review)

130

Behind the Scenes: The Magical Tale of Rumi Sol

131

The Time I Had a Freebirth in the Hospital: Maryn and Margo Chat About Rumi’s Birth Story