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Be Well by Kelly Leveque350: The Truth About Midwifery and Why Women Deserve Better Birth Options| Lindsey MeehleisIn this episode, I’m joined by Lindsey Meehleis, a birth worker with over 20 years of experience supporting women through one of life’s most powerful rites of passage. Lindsey blends her traditional medical training with what she calls “Great Grandma Wisdom,” honoring the mystery of birth, life, and death in ways that modern medicine often overlooks.We cover women’s empowerment, the “her’story” of birth work, and how we can reconnect with our nervous systems to feel safe, calm, and supported during pregnancy and postpartum. Lindsey shares her personal journey into midwifery, the lessons she’s learned from tho...
2025-09-041h 13Healthy As A Mother#121: Pregnancy + Homebirth with Type 1 Diabetes with Dr. Gina CumminsBeing pregnant and giving birth with Type 1 Diabetes takes specific intention, energy, and management of health. In this episode, Dr. Morgan has Dr. Gina Cummins on to tell us how she managed her blood sugar throughout her two pregnancies and homebirths. They discuss how the conventional route of prenatal care and birth for women with Type 1 is different for those that don't have it - including the risk factors and reasoning for why it is this way, and then Dr. Gina goes on to explain how she advocated for herself to walk an alternative path outside the system. She...
2025-07-161h 02
RealfoodologyNatural Birth, Epidurals, + The Real Risks of Formula | Lindsey Meehleis244: This week, I’m joined by Lindsey Meehleis, a certified midwife, doula, lactation consultant, EMT, CPR instructor, and neonatal resuscitation provider. Lindsey brings a truly holistic approach to birth, and our conversation dives deep into the importance of honoring the natural physiology of labor. As someone on my own fertility journey, I asked all the questions I’ve been curious about — from how to find a midwife to what real support during birth looks like.We explore the over-medicalization of birth in the Western world, how to prepare for a more empowered and informed birthi...
2025-04-151h 15
Grounded Wellness by Primally PureEp. 21: The Rise of Infertility + How to Thrive in Pregnancy with Midwife Lindsey MeehleisIn this episode of Grounded Wellness, Bethany and Courtney had the chance to speak with renowned midwife Lindsey Meehleis. With over twenty years of experience in the natural birth space, Lindsey shares profound wisdom and guidance on pregnancy, nutrition, hormone health, and protecting your birthing space. She believes that pregnancy and birth are a rite of passage that changes you for the better. This conversation will deeply empower you to appreciate a woman’s intuition and forever change how you think about birth. Let’s dig in.Episode Resources:Lindsey Meehleis:Follo...
2025-02-2653 min
Grounded Wellness by Primally Pure#21: The Rise of Infertility + How to Thrive in Pregnancy with Midwife Lindsey MeehleisIn this episode of Grounded Wellness, Bethany and Courtney had the chance to speak with renowned midwife Lindsey Meehleis. With over twenty years of experience in the natural birth space, Lindsey shares profound wisdom and guidance on pregnancy, nutrition, hormone health, and protecting your birthing space. She believes that pregnancy and birth are a rite of passage that changes you for the better. This conversation will deeply empower you to appreciate a woman’s intuition and forever change how you think about birth. Let’s dig in.Episode Resources:Lindsey Meehleis:Follo...
2025-02-2653 min
The Mark Groves Podcast#436: The Medicalization of Birth and the Rise of Midwifery with Lindsey MeehleisBecoming a parent is a profound transformation, filled with both awe and responsibility. Midwife Lindsay Meehleis, with over two decades of experience, joins the conversation to reveal the deeper wisdom of birth, the power of intuition, and the ways medical intervention has shaped modern childbirth. Through personal reflections and expert insights, we uncover how birth is not just a medical event but a sacred rite of passage — one that requires trust, advocacy, and a return to natural wisdom. From the role of fathers in the birthing process to the cultural fears surrounding childbirth, this episode is a call to reclaim bi...
2025-02-171h 16
Triumphant BirthSolocast: Showing Up and How Listeners Can Impact National Birth OutcomesWhat do teething babies, MAHA, and the American maternal mortality rate have in common? This episode.Listen in for a brief personal update from Jamie and an invitation to vote two of our very own birth superstars into federal positions alongside RFK, Jr. This is an incredible opportunity for our listeners (YOU!) to have a tangible impact on the systems that hold and direct birthing families in this country. How do we get the medical and midwifery models to play nice? How can we lower the primary C-section rate? How can we reduce obstetrical violence? How can we...
2024-11-1917 min
Down to Birth#290 | Another Off-The-Record Birth Rant with Midwife Lindsey MeehleisSend us a textYou may remember midwife Lindsey Meehleis from episode #187 in our first off-the-record-style conversation. When we decide to interview Lindsay, we do so without a plan, knowing that whatever is on our minds will be a worthwhile and impactful conversation. In today's conversation, we chat about the problems with modern medicine, how midwifery has evolved over the years, what breech babies can teach us about our emotions, how Lindsey handles pregnancies that go beyond forty-two weeks, how to get your partner or family members on board with choosing home birth the first time, and...
2024-11-0648 min
The Natural Birth PodcastLindsey Meehleis Own Birth Stories & Journey to MidwiferyToday on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Lindsey Meehleis.
Lindsey is a fellow spiritual midwife, medicine woman and storyteller who I absolutely adore and I am so excited to have her on the podcast.
It feels like talking to myself.
I am certain you’ll all love the beautiful storytelling and wisdom that pours through Lindsey.
In today’s episode we dive on into Lindsey’s own two birth stories.
Her first induction turned c/s at a very young...
2024-06-231h 17
Birthing Instincts#365 A Neonatal Doctor Making A DifferenceAt a time of great anxiety, Neonatologist and NICU specialist Priyush Patel, MD shares his humanistic approach to care.While Blyss is busy birthing, Midwife Lindsey Meehleis shares a birth story leading to the Serendipitous meeting in the NICU.But don’t worry, there is still plenty of wobbly healthcare systems and dumb doctor dogma going around as Dr. Stu explains.About Dr Piyush (pronounced pee-yoush) Patel:Dr. Patel graduated medical school in 2004 and has prided himself as an outside-the-box thinker and his ability to connect with families on a deeper le...
2024-06-121h 27
Pain Free Birth#22 | Finding Twins At 32 Weeks & A Successful Home Birth Story Despite Baby Being Breech with Amanda JohnsonIn this episode, Karen is joined by Amanda Johnson, a mama of 4 beautiful babies. Despite all odds and one baby even being breeched up until delivery, Amanda had a successful home birth with her twins for her most recent pregnancy. Today we’ll get into all the nitty gritty of Amanda’s experience with hospital versus home births, how her pregnancies varied, and how her most recent pregnancy was a massive surprise up until the very last minute of delivery! After Amanda’s first labor and delivery experience that was less than ideal in the hospital, she knew she didn’t...
2024-06-1152 min
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark“Your Birth Experience Is Your Baby’s Too.” - Home Birth w/ Midwife Lindsey MeehleisThe downsides of epidurals are rarely discussed and midwife, Lindsey Meehleis, wants you to know what they are and that you have options even if you opt to get one. Alex and Lindsey discuss why mothers might have trouble breastfeeding and listener-submitted questions about ultrasounds, dieting, Group B Strep and the cost comparisons of home vs hospital birth.
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2024-05-031h 44Birthing Instincts#358 Homebirth Safety: What to Believe?The two authors who despise home birth are at it again with a new pre-print on the "Enduring Safety Concerns" of community birthing. Does their evidence hold water? The disconnect of priorities by organized medicine continues. Dr. Stu is joined by guest co-host Lindsey Meehleis, to break down the data.Together, Dr. Stu and Lindsey dissect this paper that scrutinizes the safety of out-of-hospital births, and discuss the complexities surrounding breech births, twin pregnancies, and the sacred moments of life and death, advocating for the wisdom of traditional midwifery in today's polarized birth setting debates....
2024-04-241h 36
Guided Home PodcastRemembering Your Divine Birthright with Lindsey MeehleisThis first episode of Guided Home Podcast is so incredibly exciting as I sit with my beautiful friend and birth shaman/midwife, Lindsey Meehleis!
We delve right in and talk about her sacred initiation into becoming a midwife through her very own first birth experience, how throughout history (or rather, "her"story) women have been eliminated as a central figure in the community as the medicine women, midwives, and wisdom keepers. And, there is a plot twist....Lindsey has a couple babies that were deciding whether or not to make their way earthside during our conversation! You don't want...
2024-04-0346 minBirthing Instincts#349 Home Birth with Type 1 DiabetesThinking out of the box and individualizing care should not be rare. Join our conversation as Blyss & Dr. Stu host midwife Lindsey Meehleis & Home Birth x 2, Diabetic Mom and Naturopathic Physician, Gina Cummins.We unfold the layers of managing diabetes during pregnancy, where technology and personal determination intersect to create successful birth stories at home. Hear firsthand from Gina about her experiences with blood sugar control during the intensity of childbirth and the crucial role of cortisol in this process. Lindsey provides a professional backdrop, highlighting the evolution of diabetes management tools and the power of informed...
2024-02-211h 35
Nikki Bostwick UnfilteredWomen Deserve Better Care with Lindsey MeehleisSpiritual midwife Lindsey Meehleis empowers women to question, consent, and approach the passage of life with deep reverence.
Unlock the wealth of insights within this episode as we encourage you to embrace the following: Home birth is not only attainable, but also empowering! Inquire with confidence! Grant consent to medical procedures! Above all, place unwavering trust in your body! Join us on this journey while we celebrate the timeless act of naturally bringing life into the world!
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2024-01-3057 min
Awakened LoveMidwives: The Original Witches - Home Births with Lindsey Meehleis | Awakened Love S2 EP34In this episode of Awakened Love, Angel is joined by Lindsey Meehleis: Spiritual Midwife. For the past 20 years, Lindsey Meehlies has worked in healthcare, helping women discover their own strength through psychedelic, transcendent experiences while they birth their babies in power at home. As well as serving in the shadows of death as a Midwife who helps people cross the rainbow bridge. She serves families from womb to tomb, like many medicine women have done throughout time, with a deep remembering that many of these witches were burned at the stake for their threat to the standard industrialized complex. ...
2023-11-091h 08
The Medicin211. KEEP BIRTH SPIRITUAL: Medical augmentation is robbing Mothers and babies of sacred, ecstatic births, with spiritual midwife, Lindsey Meehleis.Contrary to the conventional, intervention heavy approach, birth is not a medicalized pathology. It's a spiritual portal. Every mother's body contains innate wisdom and magic necessary to transition from the maiden to the mother archetype. Unfortunately, many mothers don't describe their birth experiences as "magical." Our guest today takes us on a journey of remembering as we dive into her world of spiritual birth.For the past 20 years, Lindsey Meehleis has worked in healthcare but found herself often in the shadows. In the shadows of the night helping women discover their own strength through psychedelic, transcendent experiences...
2023-11-061h 31
Did We Just Say That?GIRL'S GIRL SERIES: THE OLIVE OIL QUEEN On Her Gut Healing Journey & Preparing For Wild Pregnancy (& A BIG Announcement!)In this episode I sit down with Mia aka The Olive Oil Queen. We dive into her 6 year struggle with gut issues and how she eventually healed herself through nutrition. We also talk about the importance of natural fiber clothing, how to find likeminded friends, how Mia is preparing for pregnancy, and her thoughts on free birthing/ wild pregnancies. Links to things mentioned in this episode: Follow Mia on Instagram @theoliveoilqueenNourishing Traditions BookEna May's Guide to Child BirthFree Birth SocietyHoly Wild Birth PodcastBirthing Instincts Podcast...
2023-09-2550 min
Life Coaching with Christine HasslerCC: The Power and Empowerment of Birth with Lindsey MeehleisFor the past 20 years, Lindsey Meehleis has worked in healthcare but found herself often in the shadows. In the shadows of the night helping women discover their own strength through psychedelic, transcendent experiences while they birth their babies in power at home. As well in the shadows of death as a Midwife who helps people cross the rainbow bridge. Her hands have touched the lives of many as they take their first and last breath. She has woven the stories of thousands of births throughout these 20 years. Trained traditionally and licensed through the Medical Board, she quickly learned that...
2023-09-161h 06
Danica Patrick Pretty Intense PodcastLindsey MeehleisFor the past 20 years, Lindsey Meehleis has worked in healthcare but found herself often in the shadows. In the shadows of the night helping women discover their own strength through psychedelic, transcendent experiences while they birth their babies in power at home. As well in the shadows of death as a Midwife who helps people cross the rainbow bridge. Her hands have touched the lives of many as they take their first and last breath. She has woven the stories of thousands of births throughout these 20 years. Trained traditionally and licensed through the Medical Board, she quickly learned that...
2023-05-111h 29
Wise TraditionsTrue MidwiferyWhat is the history of midwifery? Why has this profession been villainized in the past and how is it seen today? Is it legal in all states? What is transcendent about birth...and death? And how does it help to have someone present to assist? Lindsey Meehleis addresses all of the above. Lindsey is a board-certified midwife who was recently featured in the Heart & Soil movie "Nourished." She addresses the controversy of the way the movie starts: with two contrasting placentas. One from a mother who was well nourished, and another who was not. She also describes...
2023-05-0843 minWise TraditionsTrue MidwiferyWhat is the history of midwifery? Why has this profession been villainized in the past and how is it seen today? Is it legal in all states? What is transcendent about birth...and death? And how does it help to have someone present to assist? Lindsey Meehleis addresses all of the above. Lindsey is a board-certified midwife who was recently featured in the Heart & Soil movie "Nourished." She addresses the controversy of the way the movie starts: with two contrasting placentas. One from a mother who was well nourished, and another who was not. She also describes...
2023-05-0843 min
Wise Traditions419: True MidwiferyWhat is the history of midwifery? Why has this profession been villainized in the past and how is it seen today? Is it legal in all states? What is transcendent about birth...and death? And how does it help to have someone present to assist? Lindsey Meehleis addresses all of the above. Lindsey is a board-certified midwife who was recently featured in the Heart & Soil movie "Nourished." She addresses the controversy of the way the movie starts: with two contrasting placentas. One from a mother who was well nourished, and another who was not. She also describes her commitment to...
2023-05-0843 min
Wake The Fake Up#26 Reclaim Your Birthright with Lindsey MeehleisJoin Chervin and Lindsey as they journey into a deep and illuminating conversation around birth as a right of passage for women, and how the modern birthing system can often interrupt that process with unnecessary and sometimes harmful interventions.
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For the past 20 years, Lindsey Meehleis has worked in healthcare but found herself often in the shadows. In the shadows of the night helping women discover their own strength through psychedelic, transcendent experiences while they birth their babies in power at home. As well in the shadows of death as a Midwife who helps people cross the rainbow br...
2023-05-0355 min
Rooted in ResilienceHome Births, Preconception Prep, C-Section, Circumcision & More with Lindsey MeehleisA deep dive into home births, preconception prep, c-sections, the practice of circumcision, and more with Lindsey Meehleis, a traditional midwife whose been practicing midwifery for nearly 2 decades.
Lindsey focuses on intuition, nutrition, and listening to mom’s and families in her midwifery practice. She has a refreshing approach on birth and shares her wisdom with us today to help provide a new perspective on birth.
This was such a wonderful, enlightening conversation for us, and we can't wait to have Lindsey back on the podcast in a few months. Be sure to comment any questions you may have fo...
2023-04-031h 17Down to Birth#187 | Carrying the Torch of the Midwives Before Us: An Off-The-Record Kind of Conversation with Home Birth Midwife Lindsey MeehleisSend us a textLindsey Meehleis is a midwife in Southern California who practices traditional midwifery and has supported women in home birth over the last nineteen years. We invited her on the podcast today without a specific agenda (a rather unusual twist on our style) and let the conversation take on a life of its own. We discussed what is happening with midwifery today as we pondered, "Where have all the traditional midwives gone, how has midwifery changed with the advent of nurse-midwifery, and who will carry the torch for the ancient wisdom of birth going fo...
2022-11-1650 min
Future Generations Podcast with Dr. Stanton Hom117: Lindsey Meehleis: Birth in the Post-2020 World: A Powerful MessageGet the Heart of Freedom III Replay here: https://hof3replay.thefuturegen.com/hof3recording Join the Future Generations Community here: https://community.thefuturegen.com Remember to Rate, Review and Subscribe on iTunes and Follow us on Spotify Follow us on Instagram: @futuregenpodcast San Diego area residents, take advantage of our special New Patient offer exclusively for podcast listeners here. We can't wait to experience miracles with you! In this episode, fierce yet loving midwife Lindsey Meehleis speaks with Dr. Stan about birth, hos...
2022-10-1057 min
Liz TalksLiz Talks #40: Home Birth Midwife Lindsey MeehleisMidwife Lindsey Meehleis stops by to chat “great grandma wisdom,” informed consent, processing birth experiences (including Liz’s), breech birth, birth work, midwifery, and the women's healthcare experience!This was SUCH a dense, juicy conversation and I'm forever grateful that Lindsey stopped by to chat.
2022-09-0155 minBirthing Instincts#268 Against All Odds: A Birth Worker’s Journey with Lindsey MeehleisAcclaimed birth worker, Lindsey Meehleis, joins Dr. Stu and Blyss for a passionate conversation about their profession. Lindsey is a mom and traditional spiritual midwife who has been serving childbearing women through birth, lactation and emotionally through trauma release work since 2004. She works in Southern California and has had the pure honor of witnessing over 1300 births. She believes that “great grandma wisdom” is one of the most essential rememberings to tap back into during each rite of passage that we weave through as women in our lifetimes.Today on the show, Dr. Stu, Blyss and Lindsey talk abou...
2022-07-201h 05
Paul Saladino MD podcast161. Using an Animal Based diet to optimize fertility and pregnancy with Lindsey MeehleisLindsey Meehleis, LM, CPM offers wisdom that has been passed down through many different lineages of midwives. Midwifery is not a job to Lindsey, it is her passion. She trusts & has deep reverence for the pregnancy & birth process. Everything else she offers are different modalities of things that help with the process of pregnancy, birth and parenthood. In addition to being a midwife and graduating from the only California State accredited midwifery school, Nizhoni Institute of Midwifery, Lindsey is a Doula, Lactation Consultant, Prenatal Yoga Instructor, CPR Instructor and a Emergency Medical Technician who is a provider in Neonatal Resuscitation.
2022-05-031h 35
bbhugme's podcastHaving a home birthA question pregnant women all over the world ask themselves. We don't have the answer, but we like to talk about it. In this episode of the bbhugme podcast we talk to Midwife Lindsey Meehleis about the choice, the risk, the beauty and the stories about home births.
2020-09-0424 min
Convos With Con"Homebirths.. Why? Who? What? My midwife Lindsey Meehleis shares it all"Send us a textI had no intention of doing a home birth with my first baby. My sister had 5 of her babies at home and we had conversations about it and I started to ask more questions. She told us to take a Bradley class to just start learning about the actual birthing process. Wow. That opened our eyes to so much. We prayed about it and did more research and that's when we found Lindsey.We had interviewed other birthing centers and midwives and we knew Lindsey was our girl. She's got such a di...
2020-03-2439 min
Mom Genes The Podcast19: Your Birth StoryThe Mom Bod Series In this episode we explore how body positivity and your birth story can align in a beautiful way that supports your journey of trusting your body. We interview midwife Lindsey Meehleis about how she coaches moms to find body trust and harmony in her midwifery practice. Lindsey offers encouragement to Moms on healing their relationship with their body whether it’s due to diet culture messages or an unexpected birth experience and she gives tips on how to advocate for yourself at your providers office if weight concerns become a point in your vi...
2020-03-1746 min
The Essential Oil Revolution - Health, Purpose, and Aromatherapy154: Cypress Essential Oils w/ Midwife Lindsey MeehleisToday we devote our show to Cypress Essential Oil. We talk with Lindsey Meeleis, a Licensed Midwife in the State of California. Lindsey shares with us her best uses of Cypress oil both in and out of the birth room. See full show notes for this episode HERE. (You can also leave a comment there on the site)Connect with Lindsey on Instagram @lindseymeeleis and @mindful_mama_tribe New to essential oils? Master the basics with our FREE Essential Oils Course.Our website is www.RevolutionOilsPodcast.com
2018-12-1826 min