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Free Birth Society“I Will Walk in the Creek Again” with Sister MorningStarTo close this season, I wanted to bring you a guest whose presence and legacy transcend words, so I invited back the legendary elder midwife, @sistermorningstar.In this powerful and intimate conversation, Sister MorningStar shares the stories of her three births, her lifelong devotion to traditional midwifery, and the extraordinary account of being put on trial for standing by a mother through a stillbirth at home. This episode is a testament to integrity, to ancestral memory, and to the unshakable fire it takes to stand for women in a culture that does not.2025-05-302h 07
Free Birth SocietyBreaking Free: A Nurse’s Radical Turn to FreebirthIn this powerful episode, I’m joined by MatriBirth Mentor Institute student, Darrah, who shares her transformational journey—from working within the medical system as a nurse to reclaiming her autonomy as a freebirthing, wild, and instinct-led mother. After birthing her first two sons in hospitals, Darrah awakened to a deeper truth and radically shifted her path. Her story is one of courage, clarity, and coming home to herself—and it’s sure to inspire birth workers and mothers alike.Follow Darrah @mamas.holistic.collective🌿 Welcome to the Free Birth Socie...2025-05-1654 min
Free Birth SocietyPutting Down the Razor with Emilee & DanielleToday on the podcast, Emilee and Danielle talk about body hair and the physiological function as well as the social aspects of allowing hair. In a culture where women are taught to be hairless in order to be both accepted and attractive, Emilee and Danielle share their own journeys of how they stopped this misogynistic ritual and learned to love themselves. Follow Danielle on Instagram @sistermoonshadow✨ Matriarch Rising Festival tickets are now LIVE! Join us for our annual women’s gathering - https://www.matriarchrisingfestival.com/✨...2025-05-0250 min
Free Birth SocietyBecoming the Matriarch Who FreebirthsToday on the podcast, Rosie shares her massive transformation from a people pleasing daughter archetype to a fierce freebirthing wild mother. She shares how her journey was shaped by a difficult family dynamic, to the grief of losing her father, to living on the road with her husband and children during 2020. Rosie shares the birth of her first child in a birth center, her excruciating second birth, and the wild, simple, and innate freebirth of her third child. Follow Rosie on Instagram @rootedritualbrooms✨ Matriarch Rising Festival tickets are now LIVE...2025-04-181h 34
Free Birth SocietyThe German Legend and Her 9 FreebirthsOn today’s episode, freebirth legend Sarah Schmid shares the story of 10 children, 9 of them being freebirths, several born outside and a set of twins. After a midwife-attended homebirth with interference in her birth, Sarah learned that she was the only one who knew her body, and chose freebirth for her family after that. Sarah tells the epic story of her first freebirth in the forest completely alone, where she fully faced her fears.Follow Sarah on Instagram @sarahschmid_alleingeburthttps://youtube.com/@sarah_schmidhttps://www.geburt-in-eigenregie.de/...2025-04-1155 min
Free Birth SocietyFrom People Pleasing to Embodiment: Choosing to Birth AloneToday on the podcast, Abby shares her full 180-degree shift in mindset from being a pawn of the medical system throughout her growing years, to then becoming a wild, embodied mother, birthing her son entirely alone in her bathtub. After a medical midwife sabotaged Abby’s (surprise) breech homebirth with her first son, she decides never again to allow another person to take her power away from her. Abby ditches the victim mindset, takes the Complete Guide to Freebirth, binge-listens to the Free Birth Society Podcast, and claims her path.Follow Abby on Instagram @ma...2025-04-041h 32
Free Birth SocietyA Finnish Freebirth After Preterm Loss and a Vertical IncisionToday on the podcast, Radical Birth Keeper School graduate, Eveliina shares her three unique birth stories. At 30 weeks with her second child, Eveliina experienced bleeding and was coerced into an “emergency” c-section, leaving her with a painful vertical incision. The death of her daughter woke up Eveliina’s inner mother lion. With Eveliina’s third pregnancy, she had a wild pregnancy and freebirthed her beautiful healthy third daughter at home with her family in Finland.Follow Eveliina on Instagram @vapaasynnytyssuomi✨Doors to the Radical Birth Keeper School are OPEN! - The grou...2025-03-281h 03
Birthing Instincts#406: Trusting your scope of comfort with Free Birth Society Founder, Emilee SaldayaSince the airing of this episode, we have been made aware of a Reddit post sharing a number of allegations against the practices and character of our guest. We are aware of the situation and encourage everyone to be diligent when seeking out resources/support.https://www.reddit.com/r/FreeBirthSocietyScam/______This week Blyss and Stu invite Emilee Saldaya, the founder of the Free Birth Society, onto the podcast. Emilee shares her journey from working within the medicalized birth system to advocating and supporting free birth. They discuss the philosophy of free birth...2025-03-261h 49
Free Birth SocietyThe Olive Oil Queen’s Sovereign BirthMia, The Olive Oil Queen, shares her sweet story of sovereign birth as a first-time mom, supported by one of our Radical Birth Keeper graduates. Mia’s love of birth first came after witnessing a friend’s psychedelic birth at home where she was able to help care for her friend in her postpartum time. After becoming pregnant herself, Mia walked through her wild pregnancy fighting off negative comments and actualizing the truth of her higher consciousness. Through trust and intuition, she creates her simple, but not easy, dream birth.Follow Mia on Instagram @theo...2025-03-2147 min
Free Birth SocietyWhen Freebirth Heals Your Birth Trauma“I felt like I was in hell.” On today’s episode, Fanika shares the dehumanizing story of the birth of her first baby in a hospital in Florida. From non-consenting vaginal exams to a painful vacuum extraction birth, Fanika left her first birth feeling raped, disillusioned, and disembodied. Robbed of her first birth and devastated to discover she had no legal recourse, Fanika finds the Free Birth Society Podcast, dives into the Complete Guide to Freebirth, and then journeys through The Radical Birth Keeper School in her second pregnancy. ...2025-03-1452 min
Free Birth SocietyFrom Maiden to Mother: A Radical Birth Keeper’s Rise to Power Today on the podcast, Kate from Santa Cruz shares the finding of her soul’s calling in sovereign birth-work and how that led to creating a thriving women’s circle community. After graduating from The Radical Birth Keeper School, Kate quickly began attending sovereign births in her community. Tune in to hear the powerful story of a young woman becoming mother, how attending women birthing in power prepared her for her own freebirth, and how she allowed herself to sink into a quick, easeful, psychedelic birth witnessed by her best friend and partner. Follow Kate o...2025-03-071h 38
Free Birth SocietyFirst Time Mom Freebirths in Manchester, EnglandToday on the podcast, Kacea shares her beautiful freebirth story. Her journey to freebirth is a wonderful representation of the sovereign birth movement making its way through the world. From her upbringing with a mother who birthed at home, to having an entire friend group of freebirthers, Kacea was able to deter any negativity and fear that was brought her way, and with the support of her partner, she brought her son earthside. Follow Kacea on Instagram @kaceao✨The FBS private membership community, “The Lighthouse” is OPEN! - Doors are open thr...2025-02-281h 11
Free Birth SocietyNavigating Stillbirth with Death Midwife & Funeral Director Dr. IvyFuneral director and death midwife, Dr. Ivy Margulies, is helping families to navigate a peaceful way of walking with the loss of a baby. She talks about the logistics and laws of stillbirth, the importance of a death plan, home funerals, and ways to commemorate the child. Follow Dr Ivy on Instagram @drivymargulieshttps://www.drivylove.com✨Get on the waitlist for the FBS private membership community “The Lighthouse” - Doors open February 24th for just a few short days! - https://www.freebirthsociety.com/membership-waitlist2025-02-221h 18
Free Birth SocietyNavigating Stillbirth with Death Midwife & Funeral Director Dr. IvyFuneral director and death midwife, Dr. Ivy Margulies, is helping families to navigate a peaceful way of walking with the loss of a baby. She talks about the logistics and laws of stillbirth, the importance of a death plan, home funerals, and ways to commemorate the child. Follow Dr Ivy on Instagram @drivymargulieshttps://www.drivylove.com✨Get on the waitlist for the FBS private membership community “The Lighthouse” - Doors open February 24th for just a few short days! - https://www.freebirthsociety.com/membership-waitlist2025-02-211h 25Free Birth SocietyFreebirth at 27 Weeks: Walking With LossNancy shares the heartbreaking story of losing her daughter at 27 weeks pregnant. Realizing her waters had opened while traveling, Nancy discovers her body going into the birth process at her parents home. Nancy describes the complexity, darkness, and hope that it is to walk intimately with loss. Follow Nancy on Instagram @nancylucina✨Get on the waitlist for the FBS private membership community “The Lighthouse” - Doors open February 24th for just a few short days! -https://www.freebirthsociety.com/membership-waitlist✨ Enrollment is open for MatriBirt...2025-02-141h 44
Free Birth SocietySurviving the Loss of Twins and a Smear Campaign in AustraliaSally shares her heart wrenching story of birthing her twin boys at home and the vicious nationwide media attacks that followed after one of the boys was stillborn and the other passed away shortly after.
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Free Birth SocietyHow to Thrive in the New Paradigm with Dr. Jen TiceIn order to find solutions, you must articulate the problem. It’s undeniable as we look around our country that children are sick and suffering. Today, with my naturopathic doctor and friend, Dr. Jen Tice, we tackle the main contributing factors to why our American children are so sick. In part 2 of this episode we explore tangible accessible solutions that we can apply to our lives today.
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Free Birth SocietyChoosing Intuition Over Medical AdviceJoy hired the same medical midwife for her first three home births. However, after the midwife completely sabotaged her third birth, Joy decided to never work with her again. When she got pregnant with her fourth she chose to have a freebirth and tells the story of her peaceful pregnancy and the beautiful experience of being the first person to pick up her baby.
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Free Birth SocietyFreebirth at 45 in AustraliaChrissy was called to motherhood in her 40’s and navigated a miscarriage and D&C with her first pregnancy, and then a highly medicalized pregnancy and birth with her second. With her third pregnancy she let go of the “high risk” and “geriatric” labels, fired her midwife at 42 weeks, and chose to freebirth her son.
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Free Birth SocietyBirthing Outside the Medical System with Brain TumorsBrittany was diagnosed with brain tumors at the age of 20 and was told she’d never get pregnant and it was too dangerous to give birth. After seven years of failed IVF and surrogacy attempts, Brittany decided to try to get pregnant naturally, and to the surprise of all her doctors, she did. During her first birth and through the pregnancy of her second, Brittany started to reclaim her authority and trust in her own body. Brittany decided to have a sovereign birth with her third child and since then has begun untangling herself and her family from the me...2025-01-1053 min
Free Birth SocietyFreebirthing After Placenta Previa in IrelandEpic Irish poet, Siobhan, is on the show today sharing her wild story from a dehumanizing hospital birth, placenta previa, to freebirth.
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Free Birth SocietyFrom “High Risk” to Ecstasy: Kurin's Three BirthsMoving from admittedly loving the drama of her high risk label, inductions, and medical providers to really clarifying what she wants and why - Kurin tells the beautiful story of her three births.
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Free Birth SocietyWhen Your Ancestors Tell You to FreebirthEmma spent her 20’s as an anarchist who didn’t want children, until one day she was hit with the primal need to become a mother. Through shamanic drum journeys, she heard the messages of her ancestors telling her to freebirth, telling her that they had been waiting for a woman in their lineage to call upon their support. Emma beautifully articulates her journey through her wild pregnancy, how she laughed her baby out, and had all her needs met in postpartum.
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Free Birth SocietyLeaving NHS Midwifery for Sovereign Birth Livi was a NHS student midwife for three years, admittedly betraying her true calling to serve women in a holistic way. Livi goes on to birth her baby freely at home opening up a whole world of possibility. Livi is now a Radical Birth Keeper Graduate and serves her local community.
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Free Birth SocietyA Vaccine Injured First Time Mom’s Breech FreebirthLesia developed a seizure disorder as a result of a vaccine injury at the age of four. When she got pregnant the first time she started seeing an OB, then hired a doula, and began planning for a secret homebirth. When she found out her baby was breech, she still decided to stay home and freebirthed her baby at 42 weeks. Lesia goes on to tell the story of her wild pregnancy, healing her hyperemesis gravidarum through German New Medicine and her most recent freebirth, which was only three days prior to recording!
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Free Birth SocietyFreebirth After Medical Kidnapping in New OrleansBirth keeper Aisaba is on the show today sharing her five birth stories and all the deprogramming that has happened along the way. Aisaba has deeply experienced the negative cost of birth in the system, from unnecessary c-sections, to painful inductions, and the medical kidnapping of her newborn. She shares about her powerful lessons that brought her to finally freebirthing her most recent baby.
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✨ Join the Blood Mysteries School Waitlis...2024-11-011h 43Free Birth SocietyLearning to Source from Within: A Freebirth in HawaiiCadence’s first birth was sabotaged by unlicensed medical midwives who pitched themselves as traditional and hands-off. That birth ended in a hospital transfer, wrought with dehumanizing treatment, and heartbreak. After a 1:1 session with Emilee, Cadence began to unravel her first birth, and found motivation to rewrite her story with her second. Up in the mountains of the Big Island, Cadence freebirthed her daughter, learning to source from within.
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Free Birth SocietyDiscovering Down Syndrome Outside the Medical SystemWe kick off this season with Emilee sitting down with Britni from Washington, who tells her big story of birthing her daughter outside of the medical system at the age of 41. Britni shares how in the first moments after birth, she realized her daughter looked different and settled into the knowing that she had Down Syndrome and would keep her daughter away from the medical system.
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Free Birth SocietyThe (free)Birth Partner EpisodeWatch this episode HERE
Today is all about (and for!) the birth partner. I do what I can in an hour to offer my transmissions to you of 20 years in birth work, and having worked with thousands of fathers and partners to the birthing woman.
Fathers - this episode is for you!
I’ll cover the most common questions and concerns I get from fathers and offer my wisdom on the logistics and energetics of how to be the best ally in her sovereign birth that you can be.
The ability to...2024-05-241h 24
Free Birth SocietyCultures with No Rape: Exploring Commonalities Among Matriarchal SocietiesWatch this episode HERE
Matriarchy is an inspiring and critical topic that is incredibly important to me and all I do.
So, today on the show, we’re going to talk about it! Dr. Jessica Spring Weappa has a PHD in matriarchal studies, presented at the first Matriarch Rising Festival, and is my guest today on the podcast to blow all our minds! Imagine a society where mothers are centered, where the highest currency is a mother’s love; a culture with no rape, no domestic violence, no fear of death, where relationships aren’t based in t...2024-05-171h 15
Free Birth SocietyThe Freebirther’s Guide to Hemorrhage with Yolande Norris-ClarkWatch this episode HERE
I am thrilled to be welcoming back to the show my bestie, my birth wife, my co-creatrix of The Radical Birth Keeper School, The Complete Guide to Freebirth, and our soon to be 12 month midwifery school, MatriBirth Midwifery Institute — Yolande Norris-Clark. She’s here today to help me crack open this pervasive myth of hemorrhage, and to offer a sovereign resource that is in alignment with what we know to be true of 20 years of birth-work. We’ll talk about what that word means, what it does *not* mean, and ho...2024-03-221h 24
Your Holistic Birth1.10 The Psychedelic Journey of Birth: Emilee Saldaya FreebirthIn this episode I interview Emilee Saldaya who is a profound figure in the freebirth community. Her transformative experiences as a doula and birth worker have shaped a career dedicated to the sovereignty of childbirth. As the founder of Free Birth Society (FBS), she provides a platform that amplifies the education of women interested in birthing outside the traditional medical system.
Emilee has also co-founded the Radical Birthkeeper School with Yolanda Norris Clark, aiming to redefine authentic midwifery. Her journey from working within the system to attending and advocating for sovereign births outside of it demonstrates her...2024-03-031h 28
Free Birth SocietyThe RH Negative Freebirthing Sisters from New Zealand: Sophie & JuliaThe RH Negative Freebirthing Sisters from New Zealand: Sophie & Julia
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Sophie and Julia, adorable freebirthing sisters and musicians from NZ join me on the show today, sharing their birth stories and journeys into motherhood. I received an email from them expressing their gratitude for the podcast and how it had changed their lives, so of course I had to bring them on the show. Both sisters are RH negative and without the rhogam shot, they freebirthed two healthy babies into the world. Together they share their stories full of wisdom, laughs, and...2024-01-051h 05
Free Birth SocietyEmilee Saldaya and 2 Fathers Unpack Freebirth: The Terrain Theory InterviewWatch this episode HERE
We are closing out 2023 by turning the tables and bringing you an episode where I’m the one that was interviewed, on the Terrain Theory Podcast! I am really proud of this conversation and the depth of information we cover. It’s one of my best interviews yet!
I share my own origin story of birth-work and my journey to discovering sovereign birth, which I haven’t publicly shared in this way before. I unpack the common mistruths and misunderstandings about sovereign birth beyond the system, we go over the host’s own exp...2023-12-291h 12
Free Birth SocietyFrom Medwives, ECV, and GBS to Family Births with Rachel KirkFrom Medwives, ECV, and GBS to Family Births with Rachel Kirk
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Longtime Free Birth Society Member, Rachel Kirk, is finally on the show today sharing her 3 birth stories, culminating in a true family birth that was attended by her sister, mother, father, and sons. How cute is that!? When Rachel’s chosen birth center medwives threatened to drop her care, coerced her into an ECV for her breech baby, and then never answered her calls during labor, she decided for her next birth she would just do it on her own. Full...2023-12-221h 32
Free Birth SocietyClaiming the Creative Power of Sovereign Motherhood with WinonaClaiming the Creative Power of Sovereign Motherhood with Winona
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Today on the show I have Winona, a young and radiant mother from Australia. Winona speaks to how she transformed from a selfish maiden to a confident mother, sure of herself and her choices. She walks us through the work and presence it took to move through fears, and prepare herself for the work of birth. With the support of a radical birth keeper, a friend, and her partner, she gave birth to her baby girl and a new powerhouse of confidence wi...2023-12-151h 01
Free Birth SocietyChoosing Nourishment Over Restrictive Diets with Jessica AshChoosing Nourishment Over Restrictive Diets with Jessica Ash
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In this week’s episode of the podcast, we are shaking it up from our normal birth story rotation… I’m chatting with Jessica Ash, who candidly details her journey through various restrictive diets as she attempted to heal chronic hormonal and fertility problems, only to realize that her fixation on restriction was hindering her path to true, vibrant health.
Jessica is a wealth of wisdom when it comes to food, real nourishment, and rising above the mainstream norms of nutritional depriva...2023-12-0858 min
Free Birth SocietySoftening into Self: Amy's Freebirth TransformationSoftening into Self: Amy's Freebirth Transformation
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This week on the show I have the radiant Amy, who is an RBK grad, a Matriarch Rising contributor, and now, a freebirther!
Amy tells us how she went from a bible thumping young bride to plant medicine hippy, meeting her new man and opening up to motherhood. Amy weaves her three birth stories around the deep learnings of how to accept herself, love herself and really know herself, all coalescing in a full on transformation.
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Free Birth SocietyHealing Prolapse, Diastasis Recti, and Tearing with Rebecca CohenHealing Prolapse, Diastasis Recti, and Tearing with Rebecca CohenWatch this episode HEREI’ve got Dr. Rebecca Cohen back on the show this week in celebration of our newest collaboration. One of the most common requests I’ve gotten from you all is to create a pelvic health course, that covers all the problems, so to speak, of the postpartum pelvis and pelvic floor, or bowl, as Rebecca calls it. Well, we did it, we’ve been working hard all fall behind the scenes to create the most info p...2023-11-2456 min
Free Birth SocietyThe Sovereign Sparrow: Flying Free After Wrongful SurgeryThe Sovereign Sparrow: Flying Free After Wrongful Surgery
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This week I have my sweet sister, Sparrow, back on the show to tell her redemption story. You may remember her from an earlier season, when she told us about her first birth, in which she transferred herself. She had felt confident in the transfer, thinking she could just go into the hospital as a seasoned birth-worker and get a catheter to empty her bladder. Instead, she was wrongfully diagnosed with HIV and forced into a c-section. It’s a brutal story, and so...2023-11-171h 22
Free Birth SocietyWhen Your Husband Doesn’t Support Freebirth: Mikiah’s LessonsEpisode #239
When Your Husband Doesn’t Support Freebirth: Mikiah’s Lessons
Mikiah admits she betrayed herself in letting her husband lead on where she should birth her first child. She brilliantly and painfully articulates the horrors of the birth center and the medical midwifery practices that she endured. She learned what she needed to learn to choose differently when she became pregnant again. Mikiah shares the perfect birth story of her second, attended by her darling husband and toddler.
Here’s what you’ll hear:
The domination strategies that nurses and doctors use and th...2023-11-101h 27
Free Birth SocietyLeaving the System as a Medical Midwife to Experience the Ecstasy of Freebirthing Twins with BibiEpisode #238
Leaving the System as a Medical Midwife to Experience the Ecstasy of Freebirthing Twins with Bibi
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Bibi became a licensed medical midwife at 19 years old. She had never heard of freebirth, but when she became pregnant with her first child it was an obvious no that she’d expose herself and her baby to ...well, where she worked. This is an important episode, enjoy.
Here’s what you’ll hear:
-How Bibi freebirthed her first baby super fast with no pain or pushing, and the real...2023-11-0357 min
Free Birth SocietyFrom Anxious People Pleaser to Embodied Powerhouse: Heather’s Freebirth JourneyEpisode # 237
From Anxious People Pleaser to Embodied Powerhouse: Heather’s Freebirth Journey
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Heather discovered her unplanned pregnancy amidst a hectic trade show circuit, and she realized her life was about to take an unexpected twist. She navigated debilitating pregnancy sickness as she worked in corporate America. She had her first birth in a hospital, supported by a doula.
But Heather wanted more, she wanted better. The gaslighting she encountered from her medical midwife during her labor proved to be a pivotal moment in her journey, enabling her to...2023-10-271h 17
Free Birth SocietyHonoring the First Mother - The Power & Mystery of the Placenta with Sister MorningStarEpisode #236
Honoring the First Mother - The Power & Mystery of the Placenta with Sister MorningStar
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Have you ever considered the importance and sacred journey of the placenta, our first mother, in the birthing process?
This often overlooked yet crucial part of childbirth takes center stage in our conversation with the wise and insightful Sister Morningstar. We venture deep into the mysterious and powerful process of childbirth, exploring not only the birth of the baby but also the birth of the placenta.
From understanding the signs of...2023-10-201h 48
Free Birth SocietyChoosing a Drama-Free Birth with NyaEpisode #235
Choosing a Drama-Free Birth with Nya
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In this episode Nya and I cover navigating a journey of spontaneity, vulnerability, and primal strength, Nya's path to motherhood reveals the profound challenges and beauty of embracing one's instincts in the face of societal pressures.
Here’s what you’ll hear:
Nya’s spontaneous choice to get pregnant the first time (& the absurd thing the doctor said to her when she confirmed her pregnancy).
The deep shadow work she and her partner did to prepare for baby and motherhoo...2023-10-131h 27
Free Birth SocietyInto the Portal with Yoga Girl’s Rachel BrathenEpisode #234
Into the Portal with Yoga Girl's Rachel Brathen
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We’re starting the season on a high note with a soulful conversation with Rachel Brathen, lovingly known to many of us as YogaGirl.
Here’s what you’ll hear:
Rachel’s story of having no role models for a healthy marriage or healthy birth, yet her first birth dreams were of unassisted birth.
The adorable story of how she and her husband met (Hint: imagine a surf shop, a short getaway, and a small isla...2023-10-062h 23
Free Birth SocietyIn New Waters of Awe: Host Emilee Saldaya’s First 40 Days of PostpartumWelcome back to Part 2 of my recent birth story. This week’s episode is all about my postpartum. We’ll pick up right where we left off and carry through the first 40 days. I cover topics ranging from beginning elimination communication on day 1, co-sleeping, our first outing, traveling internationally, free-bleeding, sibling integration, birth certificates, body image, and boundaries. I’ll also share a bit about my closing of the bones and placenta burial ceremony, how I accidentally closed the postpartum portal too soon, and how I learned to open it again. Join me for th...2023-05-2657 min
Free Birth SocietyA Psychedelic Bitch Slap: Host Emilee Saldaya’s Recent FreebirthThis week on the show I am finally bringing you the birth story of my son, Sawyer. I share the psychedelic journey that quite honestly, kicked my ass. This episode takes you from the start of my labor, which began with the pulsing of gorgeous mandalas in my third eye and takes you through the rather funny and oh-so-intense six hours of my mind-bending excruciating birth that left me flopped over some pillows like a dead fish begging god to just take me. The story ends with us happily snuggled in bed as a...2023-05-1940 min
Free Birth SocietyThe Truth About Birth: An Honest Conversation with Emilee & YolandeToday, I’m sharing with you all a conversation I recently recorded with Yolande Norris-Clark, the co-creator of the Radical Birth Keeper School and the Complete Guide to Freebirth. We discuss vaginal exams, rape culture, the romanticization of indigenous and traditional midwifery, radical birth keeping, freebirth, and the power dynamics of industrial obstetrics. What we know of birth has been inevitably filtered through the medical industry. But what is the TRUTH about birth? Join us as we hop RIGHT into it. And if you want to learn *authentic* midwifery the way we practice it, The Radical Birth Keeper School is...2022-10-281h 07
Free Birth SocietyThe 40-Week Wild Pregnancy Wrap Up with Emilee & Jonny (Round 2)The 40-week wild pregnancy wrap up episode (round 2) is here! My best friend, partner, and beloved husband Jonny and I did this in my first pregnancy and here we are again, recording on my actual 40th week date. We’ll walk through the year of my wild pregnancy, I’ll share the highs and lows, and then we’ll tackle a bunch of questions you all sent in to us. Please enjoy our giggly attempt to have a real conversation while I’m floating away into laborland. I’ll see you all on the other side!
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Free Birth SocietyFrom Trauma to Triumph: Molly's Freebirth in FranceWe’re closing out an incredible Season 5 with Molly from France. After an unexpected pregnancy at a young age, Molly describes her traumatic birth with her first daughter as a "a second rape".
She suffered physically, mentally, and emotionally, and promised herself she'd never give birth in a hospital again. With her second pregnancy, she dreamed of a freebirth, and with her third, she brought her dream to fruition-after removing herself from the spiral of medical pathology, and choosing a peaceful pregnancy. She gave her family the biggest gift- and birthed her daughter in full freedom.
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Free Birth SocietyExpanding in Pleasure through Pregnancy and FreebirthFrom the jungles of Costa Rica, Luba tells us the stories of expanding and surrendering through her pregnancies and births. We discuss birth as authentic self-expression, pleasure and orgasm in pregnancy and labor, and committing to bringing the birth of her dreams to fruition.
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Free Birth SocietyThe Roar of the Wild Woman: Shayoon's Freebirth in BaliToday, Shayoon tells us the stories of the births of her two sons: her first in Ibiza, Spain, with a male doctor in her home, and her second, a freebirth in Bali. In this episode, Shayoon speaks of her experiences with typhoid during pregnancy, the healing powers of plant medicine, consistently clearing fear and stress from her birthing space- and how she experienced complete healing in her maternal lineage through remaining true to trusting in her body.
Watch this interview on Youtube: https://youtu.be/0KLsYELV-oU
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Free Birth SocietyA Los Angeles Family’s FreebirthAfter a sabotaged first birth with medical midwives, Madison began her mothering journey feeling depleted. When she fired her medical midwife in her second pregnancy, Madison fully embraced the idea of a normal, peaceful pregnancy and an undisturbed birth. Today, we discuss the normalcy and wildness of birth, the importance of finding community who really "get it", and what it means to put your life (and your needs) first.
Watch this interview on Youtube: https://youtu.be/uvdafLItEIM
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Free Birth SocietySurprised by the Light: Anna's RBK-Attended First BirthAnna, a Radical Birth Keeper School graduate, shares with us all today the simple beauty of her RBK-attended first birth. Surrounded by song, sisters, and silence, Anna talks about being surprised by how easy the whole birth process was, the psychedelic postpartum phase, navigating tongue ties and lip ties, and experiencing breastfeeding grief.
Watch this interview on Youtube: https://youtu.be/I0Ue0IlEGuw
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Free Birth SocietyBreech Is a Variation of Normal: Emily's FreebirthThis week, we have Emily, a former Labor & Delivery nurse turned freebirthing-mother! After starting nursing school when she was pregnant with her first daughter, Emily quickly realized that licensure and hospital policies trump all else, and advocating for your patients can only go so far. After her birth with her second son, she removed herself from the medical system altogether, and went on to have a wild pregnancy and a (surprise breech!) freebirth with her third.
Watch this interview on Youtube: https://youtu.be/Kjv8f2bH3UA
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Free Birth SocietyA Finnish FreebirthThis week on the show, we have Maria from Finland. She tells us about her conscious conception journeys, beginning with meeting her husband in ceremony after a spiritual awakening, and then a near-death accident that solidified her journey of following her heart and her gut instincts in wild pregnancy and freebirth. We also discuss lotus birth, the necessary social aspect of postpartum care, and remembering the ancient ways of sacred birth.
Watch this interview on Youtube: https://youtu.be/ZgC6AHzgW9Y
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Free Birth SocietyFreebirthing in Sweden as an RH-Negative MomToday, I'm talking with Anna from Sweden. As an RH negative, first-time mom, Anna was swept up in the fearmongering and control of the hospital system. Despite having what she thought at the time was a "natural" hospital birth, she entered motherhood feeling alone.
As she started questioning everything that had happened during her birth, she found freebirth! With her second daughter, Anna went from questioning everything, to knowing what to do as she brought her into the world, surrounded by family and love.
Watch this interview on Youtube: https://youtu.be/0_akxkVEqqQ
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Free Birth SocietyLetting It Be Easy: Anna's Freebirth With Her First BabyToday on the show we have Anna, who shares her story of saying "yes" to a wild pregnancy and freebirth as a first-time mom. Her deep-rooted trust in the innate intelligence of her body allowed her to experience nearly *zero* fear, as she brought her baby earthside in love, patience, and ease.
Watch this interview on Youtube: https://youtu.be/M0VyaBxrzT0
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Free Birth SocietyTrusting Placental Birth: Sylvie's StoryToday on the show, I'm talking with my friend, Sylvie. Sylvie's first birth with medical midwives left her unpacking the dynamic for months, and questioning her capacity as a mother.
Supported by The Free Birth Society Community Membership, she committed to her own healing. Sylvie joyfully welcomed in a wild pregnancy and freebirth with her second baby. In this episode, we discuss physiological placental birth, intuition, and how birth has the capacity to leave us feeling deeply renewed and reborn.
Watch this interview on Youtube: https://youtu.be/QZzQ1CAQ5jo
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Free Birth Society'I've Given Birth Thousands of Times': The Radiant Life of Estonia ElizabethFrom the fertile land of Costa Rica, today Estonia shares the glorious stories of her two births. In this episode, we discuss Estonia’s spiritual conscious conceptions, the divine initiations of pregnancy as deep shadow work, and embracing the ebb and flow of life as a resilient, powerful, and autonomous single mom.
Watch this interview on Youtube: https://youtu.be/jZR67CuOnuI
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Free Birth SocietyTrusting the Emergence: Christine's FreebirthAfter a fiery and fast initiation into motherhood, Christine dove into everything "birth" and enrolls in the first round of The Radical Birth Keeper School. Today, she tells us her story of a lifetime of manifesting her motherhood, practicing living in trust, and having the peaceful, casual Friday afternoon freebirth with her second son, that was everything she wanted.
Watch this interview on Youtube: https://youtu.be/x-SjbqqTjiY
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Free Birth SocietyGerman New Medicine and Your Healing Body with Dr. Melissa SellOn this very special episode today, Dr. Melissa Sell breaks down the 5 Biological Laws of German New Medicine. We go beyond the body/mind connection, and enter into layers of healing that are completely paradigm-shifting.
German New Medicine returns us to a simple truth- the body is ALWAYS healing, and is our wisest teacher. We discuss how to understand your individual symptoms, how healthcare can never be a "one size fits all", and how radical responsibility comes into play when rethinking sickness and healing.
You can find Dr. Melissa Sell at www.drmelissasell.com.
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Free Birth SocietyChoosing Herself After Midwifery Abandonment: Chelsea’s StoryOn the podcast today, Chelsea tells us the story of her transition into autonomous, powerful motherhood after a hospital birth, pregnancy loss, and midwifery abandonment.
Her journey is one of animal medicine, spirit babies, radical birth keeping, & finding and claiming her center. She shares with us what it was like being on the road with her family for her last pregnancy and of her experience being attended in birth by a fellow Radical Birth Keeper School graduate.
There are THREE days left to register for The Radical Birth Keeper School, beginning March 1st! We are...2022-09-041h 17
Free Birth SocietyMoney, Midwifery, and the Origins of The Radical Birth Keeper School with Yolande Norris-ClarkToday I'm bringing you a very special episode, with the infamous and highly esteemed guest (and my best friend), Yolande Norris-Clark.
Together, we share our origin story of becoming friends over the internet, and how we chose, from two different countries, to join forces to change the world. We share about the early stages of dreaming up the Radical Birth Keeper School and the lessons we've learned along the way. We get into our thoughts about making money, our numerous collective and individual supposed public scandals and how they've been entirely "for us", and we talk about...2022-09-041h 41
Free Birth SocietyCaitlyn's Departure from Medical Midwifery and Her Return to WholenessCaitlyn is a midwife from South Africa who long dreamt of attending birthing women in integrity, but kept coming up against the hypocrisy of the medicalized midwifery world. She brings to us today her story of unraveling herself from the regulations and culture of licensed midwifery, how she navigated being investigated by the Department of Health, and how she found her way forward in authentic midwifery through taking The Radical Birth Keeper School.
Watch this interview on Youtube: https://youtu.be/BjHTgKYeexk
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Free Birth SocietyThe Lessons of Jaundice: Vivian's 3 SonsToday on the show, I'm talking with my friend Vivian about birth as a catalyst for deep maturation. With her first baby, Vivian had a medicalized birth, and although she freebirthed her second son, she brought him into the hospital two days postpartum. She left (eleven days later) with a commitment to do things differently the next time around. Vivian's third birth was powerful and glorious, and she speaks about how it even healed her relationship with her own mother.
Watch this interview on Youtube: https://youtu.be/TbxYY6yVL9E
ENROLL IN THE RADICAL B...2022-09-0452 min
Free Birth SocietyTaking All Of Her Power Back: Davana's Redemptive VBAC StoryDavana's pregnancy with her first son was a wake up call to the consequences of trusting in a system that doesn't serve women. After a traumatizing and unnecessary surgical birth, she found the fire within her to say "never again" and chose the guidance of her inner voice above all.
Today, Davana shares with us her beautiful journey of moving from confusion to courage, her process of learning how robbed she was in her first birth, and how she took all of her power back in the ecstatic, dream birth of her second son, attended by one...2022-09-041h 00
Free Birth SocietyLaying Down the License to Truly Serve Women with Kemi BirthJoy JohnsonToday, I'm talking with licensed midwife turned radical birth keeper, Kemi "BirthJoy" Johnson.
After two traumatic hospital births of her own, and nearly four decades of pursuing medical midwifery, Kemi was faced with the harsh realities of the medical system over and over again, and decided to remove herself from it- for her sake, and the sake of the women that she served.
In this episode, we talk about the modern day witch-hunt of traditional midwives by the medical industry, what it looks like to serve women in integrity, and how women like Kemi are...2022-09-041h 06
Free Birth SocietyReclaiming the Ritual of Ceremonial BirthToday on the show, we have my friend Angeli, from Canada. Angeli was pregnant during the Radical Birth Keeper School, and over the twelve weeks, her pregnancy and her business transformed in many ways. Angeli tells the story of her life as a rugged, woodland goddess living with her lover in a yurt with her two dogs- birthing and living in alignment with life.
Her journey of placing absolute trust in her body resulted in a ritualistic and ceremonial freebirth. Now a radical birth keeper, Angeli has the embodied experience of a powerful birth that she brings...2022-09-0440 min
Free Birth SocietyLeaving Behind Doula Culture with Radical Birth Keeper, SaimaOn the show today, we have the wonderful Saima from the UK!
After she left her marriage and her doula career at the same time, Saima was ready to make some big changes...and so, she did. Now, a successful graduate of the first round of the Radical Birth Keeper School, she is living her dream life in Portugal with a thriving coaching practice.
Saima shares what her life has shaped into beyond the school, as she stepped fully into integrity-based birth work, and left birth in the system behind.
Watch this interview...2022-09-0456 min
Free Birth SocietySingle Mom By Choice: Alexandra's Journey from IVF to FreebirthOn the show today, we have Alexandra, a solo parent by choice. After finding a sperm donor, and just one round of IVF, Alexandra decided to opt out of the medical system despite a highly managed start to her conception and gestation journey. Alexandra shares her story of balancing surrender with control, staying true to her mothering choices, and transitioning into postpartum as a single mom.
Watch this interview on Youtube: https://youtu.be/emTetPc-IOQ
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Free Birth SocietyThe Blood Mysteries School with Kristin Hauser and Nancy LucinaThis week on the show, I’m talking with two dear friends of mine: medicine women Nancy Lucina and Kristin Hauser.
We are so excited to bring you the wise woman education you probably never received.
Were you, like most women, taught that your period was a burden?
Have you suffered with pain in your pelvis or womb?
Or held shame around your sexuality?
You’re not alone, sister.
Today we finally launch our long-awaited Blood Mysteries School!
The Blood Mysteries School is not just anoth...2022-08-291h 09
Free Birth SocietyHeld By A Circle of Ancestors: Esmé's StoryEsmé was taken deep into the underworld after her first birth ended in painful sabotage, which resulted in a long struggle with nursing.
After she consciously conceived her second baby, Esmé healed so much of her story with the freebirth of her daughter.
Esmé talks about trusting Spirit to hold her, ancestral healing, and the importance of a connected group of women to lean on when the struggles of life arise.
Watch this interview on Youtube: https://youtu.be/QzSq2nDX7e0
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Free Birth SocietyReturn To Trust: Wild Pregnancy, Freebirth & Radical Birth KeepingToday on the show, we have Emily from Melbourne, Australia. Emily is a graduate of the Radical Birth Keeper School, and her freebirth journey began with a beautiful conscious conception.
Emily shares with us how her wild pregnancy decimated her and what taking 100% responsibility for her birth looked like. She offers the simple yet powerful practice of consistently returning to trust.
Emily's story reminds us of the magic of birth when a mother is surrounded by love, and reminded of her power.
Watch this interview on Youtube: https://youtu.be/vHbdf_QXg1U
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Free Birth SocietyTwins from the Start: Kirah's Freebirth in the MountainsKirah's twin freebirth journey started with the birth of her own twin sisters when she was a kid. Today, she shares with us her experiences of contending with her fertility, and leaning into trusting that her body that made these babies could birth these babies. She shows us what is possible when a mother stakes her claim on what she wants for herself and her lineage.
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Free Birth SocietyThe Wild Vortex of BirthToday we have Natalie from Australia sharing her story of the journey to freebirth with her second son. After finding the Free Birth Society Podcast in her early postpartum days with her first baby, Natalie vowed to set herself up to embody her prayer of freebirthing her next baby. When the time came, Natalie had a truly WILD pregnancy, and shares with us how she faced the fears that were surrounding her, protected her energy and birth space fiercely, and entered the vortex of birth to roar her son into the world.
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Free Birth SocietyBack In Her Body: Kelly's Chrysalis FreebirthKelly had a unfortunate and classic first time hospital birth, with all of the interventions. Following her sabatoged first birth experience, she had a hard time breastfeeding, and therefore, an insecure and disconnected start to motherhood. In her postpartum, she realized that she was done listening to everyone else besides herself, and when she saw raw footage of her friend's unassisted birth, her evolution began to unfold.
Kelly shares her experience of coming home to herself after sexual abuse, embodying her power in freebirth, and how birth is more than just birth- it's everything.
Birthing...2022-08-291h 01
Free Birth Society'Womancraft: A Witch's Awakening' with Kate VarsavaIn this episode, we discuss the witch as the wise woman, birth as a catalyst for remembering, and debunking so many patriarchal lies that have been fed to us about our history as powerful women. If you want to reclaim your intuition, and connect to your lineage, this episode, and our new course, are the perfect entry points to open the portal of the witch inside us all.***The course mentioned in this episode, Womancraft: A Witch's Awakening, is no longer available.Enjoy, and happy Samhain!Birthing a...2022-08-291h 05
Free Birth SocietyEnding Generational Trauma Cycles with FreebirthThis week on the show we have Sasha, who tells us the story of how she paved the way for the rest of her lineage, how she learned to trust herself, and checked herself out of the hospital, in labor, to have her baby at home.
We discuss figuring out breastfeeding, the difficulties that can arise during those early postpartum weeks, and how birthing in power has the ability to end cycles of generational trauma, and set a new precedent for all of our sons and daughters.
Birthing at home? The Complete Guide to Freebirth...2022-08-291h 12
Free Birth Society'If You Know Grief, You Will Know Love': Celia's Surprise Twin FreebirthWe are kicking off Season 5 of the Free Birth Society Podcast with an incredible SURPRISE TWINS story!
With her first birth, Celia was put through the conveyer belt of industrial obstetrics, but as she reflected on her birth experience postpartum, she came to the quick conclusion that there must be another way forward.
With her second pregnancy, Celia found freebirth, and after connecting with like-minded sisters in our very own Free Birth Society private membership, she committed to the path of undisturbed birth for her next baby.
Celia and her husband had a t...2022-08-281h 12
We Are Already FreeHow & why to free your birth - Free Birth Society's Emilee SaldayaThere's a problem with mainstream medicalised birth. Whether you didn't know that, or even if you already know you want to birth your children outside of the mainstream birth system, today’s episode is for you.It’s a confronting, challenging and ultimately empowering look at medical birth and the alternative known as free birth. Emilee Saldaya is a founder of the Free Birth Society, which helps tens of thousands of women around the world to birth the way humans have done forever. They also train women in the radical birth keeper school, run an amazing podcast and...2022-08-111h 18
The Fifth Element Podcast76. What Can't Women Do?: Conscious Leadership & Living Matriarchy ft. Emilee SaldayaWhat would happen if you were willing to have what you want? Free Birth Society’s Emilee Saldaya joins us to share how she’s built a life that centers women, and why her family and the world are better for it. Through her study of global female oppression and conscious leadership practices, she broke out of the victim consciousness of activism, and learned to work for rather than against. If you want to live an expansive life, be affirmed in your radicality, give birth in Hawaii, or even join the circus, Emilee is here to tell you how you...2022-05-191h 04
Free Birth SocietyInto the Eyes of a Warrior: Eliza’s Family FreebirthToday on the show, we have the wild and wise Eliza, a Hungarian born woman, living in France with her beloved. This is a romantic tale of a new love, a surprise pregnancy, and a young woman hiring a midwife, and then firing a midwife when her true stripes are revealed. It was the news that her midwife didn’t actually support Eliza bringing her dear mother and sister into her birthing space, that she knew it was time to cut the ties, take the dive, and create the epic family freebirth she knew she deserved. Birthing in the he...2021-05-281h 02
Free Birth SocietyFinding Freebirth with Four DaughtersToday, Jessica brings us the beautiful story of a mother reckoning with her inner authority as she navigates her way through multiple births. From her first baby being born at a hospital, to a “party birth” with her second daughter, Jessica shares how she learned each time to surrender more to the wild unknowing-ness of birth. With her third and fourth daughters, Jessica birthed freely and unhindered- with her most recent birth being attended by her two eldest daughters. Jessica’s story offers a vision of how powerful, mother-led, matriarchal birth can be the model for all of our daught...2021-05-141h 16
Free Birth SocietyFreebirthing with Shoulder Dystocia, Regretting the NICU, and FlourishingOn today’s show, Sarah shares a common and familiar story of women who trade in their pregnancy and birth desires in order to make other people comfortable. With her first child, Sarah had a homebirth, but many of the decisions she made were for her partner- and even for her midwife. Sarah shares how it wasn’t until she freebirthed her second baby, that she realized what went wrong with her first birth. In her third and most recent birth, Sarah shares the riveting and heartbreaking story of her baby spending his first hour of life between the flui...2021-05-071h 20
Free Birth SocietyMy Redemption Birth: Najma’s FBAC in EgyptFBAC: Free Birth After Cesarean.
After being deemed high-risk in her first pregnancy- despite feeling great and not presenting with any issues- Najma was taken down the conveyor belt of industrial birth.
After hours of tortuous induced labor, she ended up with a surgical birth.
The reason? “Failure to descend”.
After meeting a woman who shared her powerful, physiological birth story, Najma felt inspired to redeem her birth experience.
She learned all that she could about undisturbed birth, reclaimed her authority, and centered herself as the author of her birt...2021-04-301h 08
Free Birth SocietyThe Triple Freebirth: IUD, Baby, LossRebecca left her first hospital birth thinking that the doctors saved her life. She went on to become a doula in the system, but all that did was normalize her traumatic birth experience. After removing her IUD unassisted, Rebecca discovered a newfound trust for her body. When she found out she was pregnant again, she asked for two things from her partner: total trust, and total support to birth unassisted at home. Rebecca herself remained in total trust throughout her pregnancy, despite bleeding often. She birthed her baby in her bathroom, with her family present, and in total power...2021-04-1057 min
Free Birth SocietyTackling Patriarchy through the Pelvis: An Exploration in Female Bodily Liberation through Resilience Practice and Self ResponsibilityOn today’s episode, we have Maura Sternberg: a healer dedicated to pelvic integrity, and the radical self-responsibility of the women she serves. We dive deep into the lineages of mainstream self-care practices, and their roots in patriarchy. Maura shares with us the wisdom of the cervix being the base of the vagus nerve, and the importance of somatic healing as a way to dismantle embodied patriarchy.
Connect with Maura: www.blossomingdaughters.com
@blossomingdaughters/@callmeawitch
Connect with Rachelle Garcia Seliga: https://www.innatetraditions.com/
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Free Birth SocietyWhere Does Your Loyalty Lie? With Attorney Kara Dansky (Part 2 of our 3 Part Emergency Series)Kara Dansky is a feminist and attorney, here to talk with us today about Executive Order 13988. In this EO, the definition of sex is rewritten to include gender identity throughout all federally funded agencies.
Kara brings us a message of hope-filled action as she informs us of what our future will look like if we don’t protect sex-segregated spaces for women and girls.
How many women are we going to sacrifice at the altar of this ideology?
Please support the resistance. You can donate and give signatures to help fight this bill at w...2021-02-241h 10
Free Birth SocietySurviving to Thriving with Qiddist AshéQiddist Ashé is a birth doula-turned-radical birth keeper who, after years of witnessing hospital birth, made the switch to supporting women outside of the system.
It was in following the lead of her womb intuition, that she was able to go from surviving to thriving both in birth work and the world.
From a Black feminist lens, Qiddist centers the experiences of the women of her community, knowing that liberation is ours, and our wombs are home to our deepest power.
Connect with Ashé: @asheservices/ https://www.asheservices.com
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Free Birth SocietyWritten in the Stars: Mallory’s 4 BirthsAfter a standard, routine experience in the industrial birth system, Mallory knew there had to be more to birth than the hospital had to offer. Just before the birth of her fourth baby, Mallory broke up with her midwife, and felt a weight off her shoulders as she began to truly enjoy woman-centered pregnancy. Her decision to take full responsibility for her birth experience led to a deeper connection and communication with her baby as they co-created their birth experience together. Mallory’s story is a beautiful example of the peace and clarity that can come as you shift mor...2021-02-1157 min
Free Birth SocietyKeeping the Field Clean with Layla VerbanceLayla Verbance is a free-birthing mama who is well versed in walking the road from confusion to clarity in pregnancy, birth, and mothering. She counsels & guides mothers on a daily basis through her personalized ‘Motherhood Coaching Series,’ into permanent peace of mind and remembrance of one’s own authority, power, and ability to create.
Her passion is to make readily available beneficial tools and information that encourage mothering as a spiritual path of awakening and evolution. Today, Layla speaks of the journey that brought her from a wild, “jungle-y” pregnancy, to a fierce, protective mother at the center...2021-01-291h 02
The Renegade MamaEmilee Saldaya - The Free Birth Society, feminism and a birth revolutionToday on the show I speak with Free Birth Society’s Emilee Saldaya. We chat about Emilee's journey to now, her 13 years of doula work and how she got to where she is today with her Radical Birth Keeper School. We also chat about her epic 52 hour birth, feminism and birth, the backlash she has received and how she deals with it. We end talking about walking your talk, having integrity and the hope for the future. A birth revolution is happening and it starts with you!Bio:Emilee Saldaya is the trail blazing leader and founder of Free Birth So...2020-08-0247 min
Free Birth Society'What You Wish A Big Sister Would've Told You': Emilee's Appearance on the Honey Talks PodcastI have something a little different for you this week, I’m sharing an interview I did with Katya Nova from her podcast, Honey Talks. I’ve gotten pretty comfortable being the one interviewing so it’s always fun to be on someone else podcast and switch it up! So this time - I’m the one interviewed. Katya and I’s conversation turned into something VERY powerful that I am proud to share here with our listeners. We get deep into some of my favorite topics, conscious conception, sexuality after childbirth, matriarchy, and some pretty personal stuff about me and my...2019-01-261h 11
Free Birth SocietyHow I Untransferred Myself While Pushing: Host Emilee Saldaya Tells Her Tale (Part 2)How I Untransferred Myself While Pushing: Host Emilee Saldaya Tells Her Tale (Part 2) by Free Birth Society
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Free Birth SocietyBirth & Her Many Lessons: Host Emilee Saldaya Tells Her Tale (Part 1)Part 1 of my birth story is up!
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Free Birth SocietyThe 40 Week Wrap Up: Host Emilee & Her Husband Share Their JourneyWe have a special episode this week with an insider look at Emilee's journey with pregnancy. She is joined by her husband, Jonny, who offers his perspective of supporting an autonomous pregnancy and Free Birth. Together, they share the story of their conscious conception, the challenges of the different trimesters, their decision to move to Hawaii, and how they are both feeling so close to the birth.
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