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15 Minutes of Stillness: Erica and Her Son Claim Life Together

This week I am bringing you one of my favorite episodes EVER, with one of my nearest and dearest, Erica Davis. Erica moved here to MY land in the beginning of her second pregnancy and we share the adorable story of traveling together in our pregnancies and her birthing just two weeks before me! 

Erica speaks to the up-level she experienced in finally having like minded sisterhood, the healing of her sister wounds, and the darkne...

Where Grief Meets Joy:  Meg's Birth Outside the System

Meg's story starts with a traumatic early birth in the system at 17 weeks with her first son, Shiloh.  The dehumanizing experience proved to her that the hospital was the last place she wanted to be, so she planned a homebirth outside the system with an authentic midwife - me!  

Meg shares how she learned to accept the intermingling of joy and grief in navigating her pregnancy and upcoming birth. 

Meg vulnerably tells us how shell s...

"Shedding the Sin of Eve: Amy's Freebirth"

My friend Amy joins me on the show this week sharing her 5 birth stories. Amy is full of rich insights about her journey through motherhood as a radical feminist. 

Amy speaks honestly about the victim consciousness she lived in and how she gave away her power time and time again. 

It was in learning to fully trust women and therefore herself that Amy was finally able to shed the last layers of doubt and internal misogyny, which made way for her...

"Unleashing the Warrior: Dominique’s FBAC of 11lb Baby"

After being backed into a corner, fear mongered, and without options in her first birth, Dominique was bullied into a c-section. 

When she became pregnant again, she was determined to write a new story. She thought she could make it work with her medical midwives by speaking up, saying no, and taking the reins, but it turned out, as it so often does, that resulted in her midwives abandoning her care at 37 weeks pregnant. 

Facing th...

Thank You God: Choosing the Portal of Pain-Free Birth

My co-creator, bestie and big sis, Yolande Norris-Clark joins me on the show - for the who's even counting by now - time, sharing her most recent birth of her 9th precious baby, Helio.  

Yolande shares the story of consciously conceiving her son, her mind-bending painful pregnancy; culminating in her first ever completely pain-free, totally ecstatic, blissful, even orgasmic birth.

In true Yolande fashion there are countless pieces of wi...

 "The Power of Twins: Alison's Birth Outside of the System"

Alison from Australia shares her wild ride, from birthing in the system, choosing IVF, then later learning she was in fact entirely fertile.

After getting dropped from her medical midwives, Alison stepped into the big work of birthing outside the system.

Alison shares how she invited her previous doula into her twin homebirth, and the birth itself was undisturbed and rooted in total power and bliss.

Unfortunately, her birth keepe...