Podcast appearances and mentions of emilee saldaya

In 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

Today 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 through TODAY February 28th at 11:59pm! - https://www.freebirthsociety.com/membership✨ Enrollment is open for MatriBirth Family, our signature Sovereign Childbirth Education program. This is a 6 week *live* series taught by Emilee Saldaya and Yolande Norris-Clark. We only run it once a year and limit it to 20 spots - https://www.freebirthsociety.com/matribirthfamily✨ Matriarch Rising Festival tickets are now LIVE! Join us for our annual women's gathering -  https://www.matriarchrisingfestival.com/✨Connect with Free Birth Society on Instagram at - https://www.instagram.com/freebirthsociety✨Check out our best-selling course, The Complete Guide to Freebirth - https://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com/cgtf✨ Join the waitlist for The MatriBirth Midwifery Institute - https://www.freebirthsociety.com/mmiwaitlist✨Get our FREE Freebirth starter kit here! - https://www.freebirthsociety.com/start-here✨Are you a sovereign birth professional? Get listed on the MatriBirth Directory here - https://Matribirthdirectory.com✨Join the MatriBirth Directory and connect with sovereign birth professionals near you! -  https://matribirthdirectory.com/✨ Get on the waitlist for REIGN ~ Emilee Saldaya's action-oriented coaching container that is guaranteed to elevate you into your next phase of life for 2025 - https://www.freebirthsociety.com/reign✨Donate to the podcast - https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=2YJBSCNYXT52Y✨Subscribe to our Youtube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@FreeBirthSociety✨Learn about everything we do at  - https://www.freebirthsociety.com~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Dr. Jennifer Tice, ND - Naturopathic Pediatrician + Homeopathic Expert

Funeral 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-waitlist✨ Enrollment is open for MatriBirth Family, our signature Sovereign Childbirth Education program. This is a 6 week *live* series taught by Emilee Saldaya and Yolande Norris-Clark. We only run it once a year and limit it to 20 spots - https://www.freebirthsociety.com/matribirthfamily✨ Matriarch Rising Festival tickets are now LIVE! Join us for our annual women's gathering -  https://www.matriarchrisingfestival.com/✨Connect with Free Birth Society on Instagram at - https://www.instagram.com/freebirthsociety✨Check out our best-selling course, The Complete Guide to Freebirth - https://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com/cgtf✨ Join the waitlist for the MatriBirth Midwifery Institute - https://www.freebirthsociety.com/mmiwaitlist✨Get our FREE Freebirth starter kit here! - https://www.freebirthsociety.com/start-here✨Are you a sovereign birth professional? Get listed on the MatriBirth Directory here - https://Matribirthdirectory.com✨Join the MatriBirth Directory and connect with sovereign birth professionals near you! -  https://matribirthdirectory.com/✨ Get on the waitlist for REIGN ~ Emilee Saldaya's action-oriented coaching container that is guaranteed to elevate you into your next phase of life for 2025 - https://www.freebirthsociety.com/reign✨Donate to the podcast - https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=2YJBSCNYXT52Y✨Subscribe to our Youtube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@FreeBirthSociety✨Learn about everything we do at  - https://www.freebirthsociety.com~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Dr. Jennifer Tice, ND - Naturopathic Pediatrician + Homeopathic Expert

Funeral 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-waitlist✨ Enrollment is open for MatriBirth Family, our signature Sovereign Childbirth Education program. This is a 6 week *live* series taught by Emilee Saldaya and Yolande Norris-Clark. We only run it once a year and limit it to 20 spots - https://www.freebirthsociety.com/matribirthfamily✨ Matriarch Rising Festival tickets are now LIVE! Join us for our annual women's gathering -  https://www.matriarchrisingfestival.com/✨Connect with Free Birth Society on Instagram at - https://www.instagram.com/freebirthsociety✨Check out our best-selling course, The Complete Guide to Freebirth - https://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com/cgtf✨ Join the waitlist for the MatriBirth Midwifery Institute - https://www.freebirthsociety.com/mmiwaitlist✨Get our FREE Freebirth starter kit here! - https://www.freebirthsociety.com/start-here✨Are you a sovereign birth professional? Get listed on the MatriBirth Directory here - https://Matribirthdirectory.com✨Join the MatriBirth Directory and connect with sovereign birth professionals near you! -  https://matribirthdirectory.com/✨ Get on the waitlist for REIGN ~ Emilee Saldaya's action-oriented coaching container that is guaranteed to elevate you into your next phase of life for 2025 - https://www.freebirthsociety.com/reign✨Donate to the podcast - https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=2YJBSCNYXT52Y✨Subscribe to our Youtube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@FreeBirthSociety✨Learn about everything we do at  - https://www.freebirthsociety.com~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Dr. Jennifer Tice, ND - Naturopathic Pediatrician + Homeopathic Expert

Nancy 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 MatriBirth Family, our signature Sovereign Childbirth Education program. This is a 6 week *live* series taught by Emilee Saldaya and Yolande Norris-Clark. We only run it once a year and limit it to 20 spots! -https://www.freebirthsociety.com/matribirthfamily✨ MRF tickets are now LIVE! Join us for our annual women's gathering - https://www.matriarchrisingfestival.com/✨Connect with Free Birth Society on Instagram at -https://www.instagram.com/freebirthsociety✨Check out our best-selling course, The Complete Guide to Freebirth -https://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com/cgtf✨ Join the waitlist for the Matribirth Midwifery Institute -https://www.freebirthsociety.com/mmiwaitlist✨Get our FREE Freebirth starter kit here! -https://www.freebirthsociety.com/start-here✨Are you a sovereign birth professional? Get listed on the Matribirth Directory here -https://Matribirthdirectory.com✨Join the MatriBirth Directory and connect with sovereign birth professionals near you! -  https://matribirthdirectory.com/✨ Get on the waitlist for REIGN ~ Emilee Saldaya's action-oriented coaching container that is guaranteed to elevate you into your next phase of life for 2025 -https://www.freebirthsociety.com/reign✨Donate to the podcast -https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=2YJBSCNYXT52Y✨Subscribe to our Youtube channel -https://www.youtube.com/@FreeBirthSociety✨Learn about everything we do at  -https://www.freebirthsociety.com~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Dr. Jennifer Tice, ND - Naturopathic Pediatrician + Homeopathic Expert

Sally 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.   Follow Sally on Instagram @sallypatti ✨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 opens February 14th for MatriBirth Family, our signature Sovereign Childbirth Education program. This is a 6 week *live* series taught by Emilee Saldaya and Yolande Norris-Clark. We only run it once a year and limit it to 20 spots so get on the waitlist! - https://www.freebirthsociety.com/matribirth-family-waitinglist ✨The Radical Birthkeeper School opens for enrollment through March 3rd! Welcome to the new paradigm of birth-work. Get on the waitlist! - https://www.freebirthsociety.com/rbkwaitlist  ✨ MRF tickets are now LIVE! Join us for our annual women's gathering -  https://www.matriarchrisingfestival.com/ ✨Connect with Free Birth Society on Instagram at - https://www.instagram.com/freebirthsociety ✨Check out our best-selling course, The Complete Guide to Freebirth - https://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com/cgtf ✨ Join the waitlist for the Matribirth Midwifery Institute - https://www.freebirthsociety.com/mmiwaitlist ✨Get our FREE Freebirth starter kit here! - https://www.freebirthsociety.com/start-here ✨Are you a sovereign birth professional? Get listed on the Matribirth Directory here - https://Matribirthdirectory.com ✨Join the Matribirth Directory and connect with sovereign birth professionals near you! -  https://matribirthdirectory.com/ ✨ Get on the waitlist for REIGN ~ Emilee Saldaya's action-oriented coaching container that is guaranteed to elevate you into your next phase of life for 2025 - https://www.freebirthsociety.com/reign ✨Donate to the podcast - https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=2YJBSCNYXT52Y ✨Subscribe to our Youtube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@FreeBirthSociety ✨Learn about everything we do at  - https://www.freebirthsociety.com ~~~~~ This episode is brought to you by Dr. Jennifer Tice, ND - Naturopathic Pediatrician + Homeopathic Expert

In this episode, Emilee Saldaya shares her journey from leaving the medical system to leading the Free Birth Society. She explores the myths of freebirth, the challenges of hospital births, and how women can reconnect with their bodies to embrace birth as a natural, empowering process. Discover what freebirth entails, the limitations of licensed midwifery, and the positive stories of women who chose freebirth. For more details, links, and resources mentioned in this episode, visit our website: https://thewayfwrd.com/podcast/freebirth-for-peace-on-earth-with-emilee-saldaya The Way Forward podcast is sponsored by:  NEW BIOLOGY CLINIC: Experience individually tailored terrain-based health services with virtual consults, practitioner livestreams, movement classes, and more. The New Biology Clinic's motivation is to make you healthy and keep you that way. Visit https://NewBiologyClinic.com and enter code TheWayForward for $50 off your activation fee. Members of The Way Forward get the full activation fee waived. Become a member of The Way Forward here: https://thewayfwrd.com/membership-sign-up/

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Watch 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 educate mothers, fathers, and families on true sovereign birth is something we truly need more of in this world, which is why birth education is one of the core elements we teach on in our newest year-long program, The Matribirth Midwifery Institute. We are unlike any other midwifery school and bring together the study of independent midwifery, holistic health & healing, a full childbirth education curriculum, birth-coaching and trauma debrief training, a transformational self-mastery program, and how to build your lighthouse birth business! Here's what you'll hear in this episode: ✨ The role of the birth partner and how to act from a space of respect and trust. ✨What normal birth is as well as some variations of normal. ✨The physiology of undisturbed birth. ✨Mothers don't *need* anything, but what she might *want* in the birth process. ✨What the phases of labor often look like, and how to offer support during each. ✨The birth of the placenta and immediate postpartum. ✨How to navigate the big “what if” question. ✨How to “Be the oak tree,” and protect her space. ⭐ Don't miss the MatriBirth Midwifery Institute, Enrollment is open NOW ⭐ Matriarch Rising Festival: Get your tickets NOW! Connect with Free Birth Society

Listen to this episode HERE Matriarchy, if you couldn't already tell, is a very inspiring, intriguing, and critical topic that is incredibly important to me and all that 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 on the podcast today to blow all our minds on exploring matriarchy! Can you imagine a society where mothers are centered, where the highest currency of all is a mother's love? A culture with no rape, no domestic violence, no fear of death, and where relationships aren't based in top down hierarchy? This is matriarchy and this rich conversation is full of concepts that are quite honestly very challenging for us living in our current patriarchal capitalist society. Jessica touches on gifting economies, nature as nourishment, and the spiritual commonalities that appear across the planet within matriarchal societies. Jessica has devoted her life's work to not only studying these concepts but also finding ways in which we can plug back into and rewild ourselves into centering mothers. She stresses the importance of creativity and imagination as key ingredients to creating matriarchy because none of us have been modeled what it is! We all must do the deep internal work and deprogramming to break the spell of patriarchy and find comfort, rather than fear in centering women and mothers. And of course, you know what I have to say next - if you want to dip your toe in, or dive headfirst, then you simply must come to my women only life changing gorgeous and sacred gathering, Matriarch Rising Festival. It will change your life, it will blast your heart open, and you will return home renewed and full of deep aliveness. Go to matriarchrisingfestival.com and grab your ticket, and I'll see you in June! Here's what you'll hear in this episode: ✨How Jessica couldn't look away from the questions she had about mothering today and what the future of mothering holds ✨Her own journey of domestic violence and being a single mother ✨Understanding matriarchy, through critiquing patriarchy ✨How insignificant fathers are within matriarchal societies that is sometimes unknown who a child's father is ✨Why our society has a knee jerk reaction of fear towards matriarchy ✨How capitalism is a perversion of a gift giving economy ✨How our current economy is dependent on the free labor of mothers ✨How our court system is rooted in matricide and takes no consideration of human development ✨How care ethics should be based off mother/child imprinting and how this informs Jessica's research and work ✨How essential creativity, and imagination is required for creating matriarchy in our modern lives ⭐ Matriarch Rising Festival: Get your tickets NOW! - https://www.matriarchrisingfestival.com ⭐ Don't miss the MatriBirth Midwifery Institute, Enrollment opens May 20th!! Connect with Free Birth Society

Watch this episode HERE Today on the show I welcome one of my closest friends and favorite people, Julia. Julia lives here in community with us, and so I'm extra excited to have her on to share her story. Julia is a truly wild mother of 3, turns out - soon to be 4, a homesteader, a gorgeous and insanely talented homemaker, and really just the embodiment of strength, fortitude, and integrity. Can you tell I adore her? She has freebirthed twice, and the second time she *literally* labored right here on my land, the Matriarch Rising Festival grounds! How magical is that? Julia began her mothering journey quite young, having found her sweetheart at age 17. When Julia found herself unexpectedly pregnant she was already living outside mainstream culture and knew she didn't want to birth in the hospital. Sadly though, the medical midwife she hired found ways to create drama throughout her pregnancy and birth. A huge awakening, followed by a move from L.A. to North Carolina to figure out this homestead life, brought Julia's and my family together in organic friendship. It's all very cute, she invited me to be her birth attendant, our husbands met and fell in love, and the rest is herstory. Though she and her family have certainly faced challenges living this rural farm lifestyle, Julia consistently devotes herself to her family, community, and the fullness of her family's vision. Julia's two freebirths were very different experiences. The birth of her son although powerful and sweet, hit her very hard, so for the birth of her daughter she *chose* pleasure and presence. Julia's story is such a powerful reminder that we can make big choices in our lives and really manifest our dream reality. Come see the beautiful land Julia fell in love with too, at Matriarch Rising Festival this summer! Go to Matriarchrisingfestival.com to get your tickets today. Once you experience community here, you may just have to return home and create it for yourself! Julia will be leading the toddler yoga and mother meet ups at MRF, so come join in and say hi to my bestie. Here's what you'll hear in Julia's story: ✨How she loved being pregnant for the first time, but was constantly fear mongered by her medical midwife. ✨Her first drama filled first birth with a licensed midwife. ✨Covid in L.A. and her family's big leap relocating to North Carolina. ✨Homesteading while pregnant and the fast and really rocking freebirth of her son. ✨Rural living and her family's various moves to find their farm land here in WNC. ✨The intensity of the end of her pregnancy. ✨The fast but dreamy and pain-free freebirth of her daughter. ✨Her community supported postpartum. ✨Experiencing three generations of women at MRF. ⭐ Matriarch Rising Festival: Get your tickets NOW! - https://www.matriarchrisingfestival.com ⭐ Don't miss the MatriBirth Midwifery Institute, Enrollment opens May 20th!! Connect with Free Birth Society

Watch this episode HERE Jalynn was aware that the medical system was dangerous for her, as a woman, and a black mother. Thankfully, her first birth was fairly straight forward. She left the birth center clear that she would not go back, not because it was traumatic, but because it simply wasn't worth leaving her house for. With her second, Jalynn stepped into full responsibility with a wild pregnancy and the freebirth of her dreams surrounded by sisterhood and support in a community ashram. She fully actualized her dream birth. We're talking about an epic birth space decorated by a dear sister, friends chanting and vocalizing with her during birth, live flute music, and plants infused with affirmations by Toni Jones herself. It was no fear, all flow, with Jalynn completely centered and held by her community, which transitioned into a brilliantly supported postpartum as well. Jaylnn goes on to fully integrate this huge uplevel and leave nursing school to pursue a truly holistic path, which is unfolding and gaining power as she does the work to shine her light and show women the way out of the system and into sovereign birth-work. Here's what you'll hear in Jalynn's Story: ✨Her weariness of the hospital, the racist roots of obstetrics, and the high maternal death rate of black moms. ✨Her desire to find a black woman to support her, but the difficulty she experienced finding midwives of any race to respect and honor her choices. ✨How her first birth sparked an insatiable desire to step into her authentic self. ✨The spiritual confirmation she experienced learning about freebirth and the dangers of ultrasound. ✨Her intuitive self care during her wild pregnancy. ✨Her magical birth surrounded by sisters and fully supported postpartum. ✨Choosing authentic birth education over certified nursing or doula work in the system. ⭐ Matriarch Rising Festival: Get your tickets NOW! - https://www.matriarchrisingfestival.com ⭐ Don't miss the MatriBirth Midwifery Institute, Enrollment opens May 20th!! Connect with Free Birth Society

Watch this episode HERE We have a really inspiring episode today, as I welcome Zainab, from Saudi Arabia, now living in Michigan. Zainab is a brilliant maiden who has blazed a path of autonomy, teaching Fertility Awareness Method and body literacy to Arab women in her mother tongue of Arabic. Zainab grew up without initiation into her first bleed, and didn't even have a word to use for her vagina. She experienced intergenerational shame. Her awakening began when she discovered FAM along with a calling to share this knowledge with her sisters, particularly those in her home country, where she found women hungry to tune into their bodies and claim their freedom. Zainab came to Matriarch Rising Festival and experienced it as a touchpoint of what's possible when women in their power come together. She witnessed the centering of mothers, the normalization of freebirth and embodied womanhood, and, of course, the pure, delicious magic. She took these lessons home with her, forever changed. This year we're hyped to have Zainab back at MRF offering her workshop The Cycle Wisdom Map, an exploration of body literacy through the lens of the natural cycles around us. Come and experience the uplevel Zainab did! Go to matriarchrisingfestival.com to get your ticket. Join us sisters - it'll be the highlight of your year - and it may just change your life. Here's what you'll hear: ✨The body disconnection and shame she was taught as a young woman. ✨Her passion for FAM and joy of translating teachings into her mother tongue. ✨Her leap teaching in Arabic, and the incredible response from women ready to step into their power. ✨Teaching from the “daughter” stage of life. ✨The importance of centering mothers. ✨Cultural amnesia and how her grandmother birthed at home, yet her mother birthed in the hospital. ✨The life altering power of MRF and how it changed her. ⭐ Matriarch Rising Festival: Get your tickets NOW! - https://www.matriarchrisingfestival.com ⭐ Don't miss the MatriBirth Midwifery Institute, Join the waitlist and receive all the details late spring Connect with Free Birth Society

Watch this episode HERE Today I have the great pleasure of welcoming to the show Dr. Elderberry, and yes, that *is* her legal name. Elderberry is a naturopath, a vitalist herbalist, a homeopath, and a wild mother. I'm so excited for her to share her wisdom of homeopathy, minerals, practicing herbalism energetically, and tuning into mother nature. This is an especially fun episode as Elderberry is one of our headliners at Matriarch Rising Festival (@matriarchrisingfestivalnc) this summer, where she will be offering her teachings on homeopathy and supporting your wellbeing beyond the physical. Elderberry's practice is truly womb to tomb, and she is deeply passionate about the power of sovereign healing. If our conversation today lights you up, you won't want to miss the chance to learn from Elderberry, and our pantheon of wise woman headliners, at MRF this June. Go to matriarchrisingfestival.com to claim your ticket, and get ready for a life changing 5 days; grab your ticket now! Here's what you'll hear in our conversation: ✨How she grew up in the allopathic model, identified it as quackery, and moved beyond. ✨Why she differs from other naturopathic doctors and their frequent “prescribing.” ✨What homeopathy is. ✨What vitalist herbalism is. ✨The magic of minerals. ✨The playful relationship mothers and children can have with homeopathy. ✨The importance of tapping into the energetics of plants. ✨Her shift from importing herbs to local foraging, and building a free apothecary. ✨The natural and free childhood she is supporting her son to experience. ✨How this healing framework goes beyond the physical. ⭐ Don't miss the MatriBirth Midwifery Institute, Join the waitlist and receive all the details late spring Connect with Free Birth Society

Watch this episode HERE This may be the most important episode of the season, so I'm glad you're tuning in this week. Today's story is from Mina, a freebirthing mother, and RBK graduate in Serbia. Though Mina dreamt of birthing at home, she knew of no other women around her making that choice, so she birthed her first two babies in a very old school, very dark hospital. Mina faced obstetric violence and abuse and did not want to return. And so she didn't. She freebirthed her third. When she found herself pregnant as a newly single mother, Mina of course chose freebirth again, for her breech baby, born at 44 weeks surrounded by her sweet children. Mina credits The Radical Birth Keeper School for her deep understanding of sisterhood, through which she has cultivated a blossoming community of women in her country also creating change. These women are choosing sovereign birth; they are stepping out of the system and into their full power, just as Mina did. Obviously Mina's choice to freebirth is huge, but I was struck by the real ripple effect that happens after a woman freebirths in her community, and then devotes herself to sovereign birth-work. Mina is truly changing birth culture in Serbia, and it's a really, really big deal. As Sister MorningStar says, “What one woman can do, all women can do.”. If Mina can do it, you can, too. There are just a few short days left to enroll in our only round of The Radical Birth Keeper School this year. Don't wait, your time is now. Join us, for The Radical Birth Keeper School Spring 2024 cohort. Wherever you are, there are women around you hungry for wise sisters to support them in their sovereign birth choices. Go to radicalbirthkeeperschool.com and become the lighthouse in your community. Here's what you'll hear in Mina's story: ✨Her first birth in the hospital and subsequent separation from her baby. ✨The sickening state of maternal care (or lack thereof) in Serbian hospitals. ✨How she tried to strategically use the hospital during her second birth, but still faced abuse. ✨The culture of silence and corruption surrounding homebirth and midwives in Serbia. ✨Her first freebirth and the powerful shift it initiated. ✨The mentorship, sisterhood, and profound growth she experienced in The RBK School. ✨How she chose a fourth pregnancy, single motherhood, and a true family supported freebirth. ✨The importance of finding like minded women and embodying the change in birth culture you wish to see. ⭐ Join the Radical Birth Keeper School! Enrollment is open NOW! ⭐ Don't miss the MatriBirth Midwifery Institute, Join the waitlist and receive all the details late spring Connect with Free Birth Society

Today on the show we have Savannah, a graduate of The Radical Birth Keeper School, and she's here to tell her big and important story of birth, single motherhood, loss, and claiming her freedom as a woman. Savannah's first birth resulted in heartbreaking, but so common, midwifery sabotage and betrayal, with a totally unnecessary transfer to the hospital. Many years later, Savannah re-partners, and finds herself pregnant again. Tragically, she lost that baby on her 40 week date. Savannah tells us the gutting story of birthing her stillborn son in the hospital. She shares how in her mourning, she was guided to this very podcast, and then to our Radical Birth Keeper School, where she found deep healing and support. In navigating her first birth outside the system and contending with fear, Savannah steps fully into her power and freebirths her next baby, just 11 months after the loss of her last baby. These are the kinds of real and difficult conversations we do not shy away from in The Radical Birth Keeper School. Birth work is death work. If you're ready to lean into the depth of this work, this is our last call for this year's session of The Radical Birth Keeper School. Go to radicalbirthkeeperschool.com and grab one of our last spots now. Grab some tissues and settle in for Savannah's story. Here's what you'll hear in Savannah's story: ✨How a vision during her unexpected pregnancy solidified her decision to bring her son to earth ✨The sabotage by medical midwives of her home birth and the unnecessary hospital transfer ✨How she intuited during her second pregnancy that something was wrong ✨Her joy of experiencing birth, but also the grief that her baby had left his body ✨The wisdom and guidance received through her loss ✨How she found The RBK School, enrolled, and allowed it to blow her world wide open ✨Her third pregnancy and the magic of attending Matriarch Rising Festival at 35 weeks pregnant ✨Her fast and intense freebirth witnessed by her husband and son ✨The deep work of integrating grief with a new baby ⭐ Join the Radical Birth Keeper School! Enrollment is open NOW! ⭐ Don't miss the MatriBirth Midwifery Institute, Join the waitlist and receive all the details late spring Connect with Free Birth Society

Wellness + Wisdom | Episode 626 What can you do to boost your fertility + optimize your genetics pre-pregnancy? Dr. Katherine Zagone, Naturopathic Doctor and Co-Founder of Clockwize, joins Josh Trent on the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast, episode 626, to shed light on infertility; how infertility can be reversed, what role your biological age plays in conception, and why it's essential to optimize your health if you're planning to have a baby. "Women are waiting longer to conceive and it's not necessarily that they have more chronological years, they've just had more years on the planet of high stress and toxin exposure. 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Conception is an act of creation. How bringing science and spirituality together can improve fertility. [07:35] Fertility Fallacies The human body is designed to procreate. Having struggles conceiving can be an opportunity for us to have more time to heal. Not conceiving is a signal from nature. The most common causes of fertility issues. [12:35] Mind-Body Healing for Fertility Stress and toxins affect women's fertility. How Katherine helped a woman conceive at 42 after being diagnosed infertile. The mind-body connection can be more important than biomarkers. The healing techniques she uses on her patients. [19:50] The Truth About Male Fertility It's easier to conceive when a man also desires to become a father. Sara Mintzer How they help men when they have fertility. Sacred plant medicine can cause harm if it's abused. [25:10] Biological Age Affects Fertility How Katherine found out biological age played a major role in fertility. Why she didn't want to use hormone supplements to improve her biological age. How knowing she had more time to have children took the pressure off of her. [30:00] Natural Healing The mind-body component is the first thing you should focus on if you want to have a child. God complex in medical workers. 624 Teal Swan | Ancestral Healing: Multidimensional Genetics, Conscious Parenting + The Impossible Task of Single Mothers 628 Eric Clopper | The Truth About Circumcision: Ending Male Genital Mutilation + Protecting Infant Innocence  How the Rockefellers shut down the natural healing realm. Why birthing is creating dysfunction in the society. [39:05] Empowering Women The Flexner Report Power doesn't come from force. Each woman gets to choose what feels best to her. Why Katherine doesn't want a free birth. She wanted a 'freebirth' with no doctors. Online groups convinced her it would be OK. 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Today I am joined by Arie, a Radical Birth Keeper School Grad who freebirthed her first baby after the school, supported by her partner and mother. Since RBK doors are open right now, we gotta highlight these epic women who experienced major transformation during and after the program! When Arie got pregnant she knew she would stay home. She didn't want to hire a professional, and *did* deeply want to have her mom there, despite the fact that they weren't on speaking terms. Arie consciously took steps to repair their relationship. In the end, her mother held perfect space, so much healing took place, and Arie freebirths a perfect little boy. Here's what you'll hear in Arie's story: ✨How Arie accepted her mother for who she is, set boundaries, and learned to be in healthy relationship ✨The freedom in dropping the story that having kids precludes doing all you want in life ✨The power of feeling emotions fully without attaching thoughts (especially in the huge experience of pregnancy). ✨The fears (and racism) propagated in the only doctor visit Arie attended ✨How Arie uninvited her sisters to her birth at the last minute and why this "no" was so clear to her ✨The importance of being internally resourced to flow with the intensity of pregnancy and birth ✨Why we women require witnessing, especially in postpartum Enjoy! ⭐ Join the Radical Birth Keeper School! Enrollment is open NOW! ⭐ Don't miss the MatriBirth Midwifery Institute, Join the waitlist and receive all the details late spring Connect with Free Birth Society

Watch 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, 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 how we can demystify and therefore be unafraid of postpartum bleeding both as freebirthing mothers and as sovereign birth keepers. Here's what you'll hear in our conversation: ✨The cultural stories of hemorrhage and the spell that the word is used to cast ✨The problem with hemorrhage statistics: they are all from inside the system ✨How completely normal postpartum bleeding, lightheadedness, dizziness is, and how to regulate at home ✨What third stage management looks like in the system and why it is so dangerous ✨Why licensed midwives *love* the drama of hemorrhage ✨The myth that women were dying in birth before the rule of the medical industrial complex ✨The scarcity of this issue in sovereign birth ✨Hemorrhage from the German New Medicine framework; self devaluation conflict and fear ✨The societally instilled lack of connection we have to our bodies ✨How to tend to the atmosphere of immediate postpartum ✨Yolande's own immediate postpartum experiences Follow @bauhauswife ⭐ Join the Radical Birth Keeper School! Enrollment is open NOW! ⭐ Don't miss the Matribirth Midwifery Institute, Join the waitlist and receive all the details late spring Connect with Free Birth Society

Watch this episode HERE RBK Grad, and a brave, brilliant woman, Amelia is on the show today to share her big stories. Amelia has moved the needle bigtime in her life, from being initiated into motherhood with two entirely unnecessary, traumatic c-sections, to moving beyond the medical paradigm entirely, in her subsequent births. It's a painful story, full of trauma, medical midwifery betrayal, a desired VBAC turned repeat surgery, and then, Amelia has a spontaneous undisturbed early birth, a miscarriage, completed at home. This is when she realized the stories she was told were lies, and that she was in fact, entirely whole, and capable of birth. Amelia stepped into who she really was, and chose freebirth, and chose herself. Here's what you'll hear in Amelia's story: ✨How Amelia excitedly called the OB with her first pregnancy and was shocked when they didn't care ✨The lie of “low fluid” and how her doctor bullied her into an induction and ultimately a C-section ✨VBAC sabotage by a licensed midwife ✨How the Free Birth Society Podcast guided her to unpack her abuse and trauma, and enroll in the Radical Birth Keeper School ✨The conception of her third baby during school and her first freebirth: an early birth outside the system ✨The ease & peace of wild pregnancy and her trip to Matriarch Rising Festival ✨Her redemptive births and how incredible it is to feel the totality of undisturbed birth Follow - @circeandsage ⭐ Join the Radical Birth Keeper School! Enrollment is open NOW! ⭐ Don't miss the Matribirth Midwifery Institute, Join the waitlist and receive all the details late spring Connect with Free Birth Society

You can watch this episode HERE Today on the show, I am welcoming Nina, a graduate of The Radical Birth Keeper School. Nina lives out in northern california, and was transferred to the hospital in her first pregnancy after a planned home birth with a midwife, because her blood pressure was higher than what the midwives were willing to support. She was induced and kept in the hospital for days on end, and was imprinted with the story that she was broken and could not birth naturally. Nina tells the beautiful story of her intentionally re-writing her internal stories throughout her second pregnancy, leaning more and more into trust, self-discovery, and intuition, as she prepares for her sovereign birth at home. Her freebirth story is a simple, inspiring example of how easefully birth works when we don't complicate it, and when we do the real work of really learning to trust ourselves. This is the work that choosing sovereignty primes us for, and what Nina showcases in her powerful growth. She also shares about her amazing postpartum, and how being initiated into this redemptive birth showed her that she really can do anything - that she is the catalyst for her own power. Here's what you'll hear in Nina's story: ✨️Nina planned a home birth with her first because her mother and community all home birthed ✨️Up until 8 months pregnant, there were no signs of complications, and then the high blood pressure readings began ✨️Her midwife transferred her over the phone, and Nina got put into the induction pipeline, birthing her baby 12 hours later ✨️She was kept in the hospital for 4 days until her dizziness and blood pressure dropped, never once being offered blood pressure medication ✨️It took years for her to heal from the trauma and internalized messages of being broken and faulty ✨️How the RBK School blew her mind open, and she learned that women can do whatever they want in pregnancy and birth! ✨️How she got pregnant again and decided to have a wild pregnancy, but still monitors her blood pressure ✨️How self monitoring was so stress-inducing that she decided to stop, and just fully trust her body and intuition ✨️How her son was born at home, and how sweet and healing her postpartum time was ✨️How Nina's blood pressure readings remained “high” throughout pregnancy, birth, and postpartum, but she feels vital and healthy ✨️How Nina knows her body is wise and that her two perfect children are proof of it! ⭐ Join the Radical Birth Keeper School Waitlist! Enrollment opens March11th! - ⭐ Don't miss the Matribirth Midwifery Institute, Join the waitlist NOW! Connect with Free Birth Society

Watch this episode HERE Marion joins me on the show today to share her sweet undisturbed birthing stories of her three children. Each of her stories is incredibly unique, and a beautiful example of where intuition can guide a woman when she refuses to be influenced by the industrial obstetrics complex. Marion birthed her first baby, who was transverse until the very end, completely outside of the system in an 1800s cabin in the woods, with an unexpected and beautifully sweet new friend supporting her in birth. Marion's second birth took place in a teepee outside of the schoolbus she was living in, with women from her community singing to her from outside in the rain, with just her partner and son to witness. Her most recent birth is a powerful story of passionate love and how being with a partner that you are in true, genuine union with can deeply change the experience of birth. Marion is a trailblazer of her own life, following her own compass in every step of the way - from choosing to skip birth certificates for her babies, taking one year to name her baby, and claiming radical responsibility in all circumstances of her life… It was such a joy to hear her perspective on the world through her birth stories. Here's what you'll hear in Marion's story: ✨️How finding freebirth Facebook groups became her primary resource for research and support, and gave her the confidence she needed ✨️How her first baby was transverse until the very end, and how she knew he would turn during labor, and he did! ✨️How Marion's friend came over to deliver a mattress and ended up staying for her entire labor, supporting her with encouraging words and singing medicine songs ✨️How she lived in a school bus during her 2nd pregnancy and her community put up a teepee for her to birth in, complete with a little bell she would ring if she needed something ✨️The sweet image of her pacing the birth teepee while in labor, being sung to by her community of women from outside, and the rain coming down ✨️How her third birth she was supported by a partner she was in love with and the uplevel this offered even though all her previous births were peaceful and undisturbed ✨️Her blissful postpartums that were fully supported by community, food, and love! ✨️How Marion has never put her children in diapers by practicing elimination communication and presence through attachment parenting ✨️How Marion didn't get birth certificates for her first two children, but has since changed her mind and is now going through the process ✨️How she has taken 6 months up to a year to name each of her children, waiting for a name to drop in! ✨️How women can't get out of the responsibility of their births regardless of where it happens, and who is in charge Check out Marion's 13 week container for women here - https://www.marionhearth.com/ ⭐ Join the Radical Birth Keeper School Waitlist! Enrollment opens March11th! - ⭐ Don't miss the Matribirth Midwifery Institute, Join the waitlist NOW! Connect with Free Birth Society

Leading by Example with Radical Birth Keeper and Freebirther Jess Owen You can watch this episode HERE Today, Radical Birth Keeper School graduate and sovereign birth attendant, Jess Owens, joins me on the show sharing her two birth stories. Jess started her mothering journey with a seemingly acceptable midwife-attended homebirth in England, and although there were things that left a bad taste in her mouth, she felt lucky to birth at home without complications. After a few international moves, and learning more about physiological birth, she and her family moved to Canada and Jess began attending births outside of the system. Jess became pregnant again, and enrolled in the RBK school, all while building community and a flourishing birthkeeping business, entirely by word of mouth. She goes on to birth her son in total power, as did so many other women from her cohort! Jess offers a beautiful story of trust and the incredible ripple effect that taking birth back into the hands of women creates. Here's what you'll hear in Jess's story: ✨️How during her first pregnancy, she never met her assigned midwife, but instead a different person for every single appointment. ✨️How at 6 months pregnant she decided to have a homebirth, hired a doula, thinking that this was the most holistic plan available to her. ✨️How the medical midwives who showed up at her home were complete strangers she'd never met before. ✨️How she was forced into vaginal exams, pressured and annoyed by the midwives, and how she wanted to just swat them away. ✨️How her views on motherhood and birth begin to shift as she heard the call to work with birthing women outside the system. ✨️How she and her family move back to Canada and she was offered an opportunity to be a backup for a local woman attending sovereign births. ✨️How she attended her first birth outside of the system and then, through word of mouth, women just kept coming, and her community truly called her into this work. ✨️How she continued to attend births while pregnant with her son, and the easy wild pregnancy she experienced. ✨️Her debate between getting an ultrasound or not, and what she resolved to do. ✨️The simple and sweet freebirth story of her son, free of annoyance or external pressure. ENJOY! We're *so close* to hitting our goal of videos for our Sovereign Birth collection on Youtube! Help us get there by submitting your video here. Get our *FREE* Freebirth Starter Kit here! Connect with Free Birth Society

When Cord Prolapse and Footling Breech Births Are Normal with Carlee Moon Watch this episode HERE Today we will hear the 3 incredible freebirth stories of the absolutely divine Carlee Moon, who truly moved the needle of what mainstream birth culture would define as even possible, really, in each one of her births. From a first freebirth in her teepee in Oregon, to a footling breech birth with a whole lot of meconium, to a 45-minute long cord prolapse with even more meconium, all experienced entirely intuitively, at home, without medical supervision… Carlee has truly pushed the limits of what even many freebirthers would be comfortable with, and she did so guided by the strong, in-tact intuition of an embodied mother. Carlee is one of those epic women who chose freebirth without ever having heard the term beforehand, or knowing anyone else on that path. She speaks about never feeling fear around her pregnancies or births, despite being a self-proclaimed “anxious person”. Here's what you'll hear from Carlee… How Carlee had never even heard of freebirth when she first became pregnant - it was her partner's idea, and she knew it was right. How Carlee went to a local birth clinic when she first became pregnant and was sent home with plan B and condoms The straightforward and simple story of her first birth, with an entirely sovereign 23-hour labor Her second freebirth story, where her daughter was born footling breech, and how she intuitively hooked her other foot out without prior education around breech birth How it took her daughter 6 minutes to fully land in her body, and 10 minutes to get noisy Her spiritual and health revolution after her second postpartum, including her incredible experience at Matriarch Rising Festival How she managed an infection at 40 weeks pregnant with her third baby entirely outside the medical system using garlic! The story of her third freebirth, involving a 45-minute umbilical cord prolapse (literally, 2 feet of umbilical cord hanging out of her!), and the intuitive decisions she made during the process How both her second and third births involved lots of meconium but she never worried for her babies' safety How her births would have been deemed medically high risk, undeliverable, and ended in surgery if she had engaged in the system This is your LAST CHANCE to enroll for the Blood Mysteries School - Learn how to properly initiate women and girls into their sacred blood mysteries through ceremony and sovereign well women's care. Enrollment closes Sunday February 18th. We're *so close* to hitting our goal of videos for our Sovereign Birth collection on Youtube! Help us get there by submitting your video here. Connect with Free Birth Society

This week I have return guest, filmmaker, and whistleblower, Jennifer Lahl. Jennifer was on the show a few seasons back tackling the harmful nature of surrogacy, and today we get into the shadow side of IVF that no one is talking about. We discuss the incredibly low success rates of IVF, the high risks to both the mother and the baby, and how much of this information is suppressed. Watch this episode HERE Here's what you'll hear: What IVF is, and the various A.R.T. add-ons sold to people in the fertility industry The physical, mental, and financial harm that comes to women who chose IVF, and how these outcomes aren't being properly studied or warned about The super low success rate of the IVF procedures and the high rate of birth defects, and genetic abnormalities of IVF babies How IVF pregnancies involve higher rates of complications and surgery How cancer rates are higher in women who have undergone IVF How women's health is being compromised for huge profit by Big Fertility The questionable ethics of frozen embryos, and how parents can decide how they are stored, donated, or left to die The subjective nature of sperm, egg, and embryo “grading”, and using technology to bypass nature How Jennifer believes in keeping the sperm and egg within the body and helping couples make conception happen without artificial technology Listen to Jennifer's surrogacy episode on the podcast HERE Enrollment is open NOW for the Blood Mysteries School - Learn how to properly initiate women and girls into their sacred blood mysteries through ceremony and sovereign well women's care. We're *so close* to hitting our goal of videos for our Sovereign Birth collection on Youtube! Help us get there by submitting your video here. Connect with Free Birth Society

Preeclampsia and Freebirth with Minerals Expert Margaret Barry Watch this episode HERE Today on the show I have the radiant mineral expert, and freebirther of course, Margaret Barry, who shares her birth stories and her vast knowledge of minerals, including how that links to pre-eclampsia. After being diagnosed with “pre” pre-eclampsia, yes I said pre-pre, Margaret goes on to have a 4 day hospital induction with her first baby. Margaret dove into self study to understand what happened, and now has a self appointed PHD in pre-eclampsia. She lays out practical and simple advice on what to eat and how far off it is from mainstream advice. What you'll hear: ✨️At 37 weeks pregnant, after one blood pressure reading, Margaret was diagnosed with pre-preeclampsia and spent 4 days in the hospital ✨️How she was completely numb and immobile from the epidural when her baby was born, and how her primal need to be with her baby was fractured ✨️How this experience woke her up to the lies and evil of obstetrics, and set her onto a path of discovery and healing ✨️How she found freebirth and immediately knew a sovereign birth was what she would do with her next baby ✨️How easy and peaceful her 2nd pregnancy was because she focused on nutrition and stress reduction ✨️The prevalence and inaccuracy of the preeclampsia diagnosis and how to avoid it ✨️How integral sodium is for pregnant women, and how often we're told to eat a low sodium diet from doctors and media ✨️Animal foods are packed with bioavailable minerals and are the most nutrient dense and nourishing foods for pregnant and postpartum women Enjoy the show! Enrollment is open NOW for the Blood Mysteries School - Learn how to properly initiate women and girls into their sacred blood mysteries through ceremony and sovereign well women's care. We're *so close* to hitting our goal of videos for our Sovereign Birth collection on Youtube! Help us get there by submitting your video here. Connect with Free Birth Society

I'm joined today by Kristin and Nancy and we get into it. We have a very candid conversation all about our blood mystery initiations as girls and women, and how the majority of us were conditioned with shame, and mistrust during these rights of passage, and how that then grooms us for medicalized pregnancy, highly managed traumatic birth, and a pharmaceutically dependant menopause. Honoring your Blood Mysteries School acts as a way to disrupt this cycle and reorient yourself to the path of true embodiment by relearning the foundational wisdom of our bodies. Both Kristin and Nancy speak about what being a modern day priestess looks like, including all the unique places they put their menstrual blood. They both beautifully articulate the critical knowledge of the blood mysteries for women to truly thrive, and come back to our essence of self love, where all is possible. Let's break those toxic cycles women, enjoy this episode, get inspired, and then go grab your spot in the blood mysteries school! Watch this episode HERE Here's what you'll hear: What the Blood Mysteries are and the mainstream narratives around them How this programming sets us up for the pipeline of drugs, surgery, and violence from gynecology and obstetrics Why and how to reorient yourself to a more natural path, regardless of age How this work is full of simple, yet foundational shifts around your relationship to time, rest, and productivity How Nancy and Kristin use their menstrual blood for face masks, watering plants, paint, and even a mouthwash, because it's loaded with stem cells! Our own natural design of self love and abundance, and how we continually spiral towards that essence with each cycle, and year of life More details about the school's format and all the incredible offerings women have created for themselves and their communities after the school Enrollment is open NOW for the Blood Mysteries School - Learn how to properly initiate women and girls into their sacred blood mysteries through ceremony and sovereign well women's care. We're *so close* to hitting our goal of videos for our Sovereign Birth collection on Youtube! Help us get there by submitting your video here. Connect with Free Birth Society

Stella's Sovereign Birth Within a Family of Nigerian Doctors You can watch this episode HERE Today on the show I have my friend, Stella. Stella comes from a large family of Nigerian doctors, and after she gave up the idea of med school, she found herself in The Radical Birth Keeper School. Stella experienced huge paradigm shifts and deconditioned herself from her medical upbringing to become the woman and mother she wanted to be. While navigating the grief of losing her mother, and the joy of meeting her spirit daughter prior to pregnancy, Stella chooses a wild pregnancy and a birth outside the medical system. Here's what you'll hear in this episode: • How Stella grew up in the waiting room of her mother's doctor's office • How she assumed that in order to work with mothers and babies, she would have to go down the medical path like everyone else • How meeting her spirit daughter in a plant ceremony changed her orientation to motherhood • Just before Stella joins RBK School her mother passes away, and simultaneously Stella opens the conscious conception portal with her partner • How she navigated a wild pregnancy and her birth plans within a tight knit, medically mainstream family • What she learned from her pregnancy and birth and what she will do different next time • How Stella leaned into her intuition and made each of her choices from an embodied and informed perspective • How she can be triggering and inspiring to her family and community and hopes more women can see that they have a choice ENJOY! Connect with Free Birth Society -Matriarch Rising Festival: Tickets are on sale NOW! Apply here to be a work trade volunteer at next year's women-only festival in the Blue ridge Mountains. -The Blood Mysteries School: Learn how to properly initiate women and girls into their sacred blood mysteries through ceremony and sovereign well women's care. -The Podcast: Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and let us know your biggest takeaway – whether it's inspired you to freebirth or to dive deeper into sovereign living. Submit your own sovereign birth story here! Want your product or brand featured on a podcast with 5M+ downloads? Request to become a podcast sponsor by emailing us at podcast@freebirthsociety.com -COMPASS: a groundbreaking self-study program to help you anchor yourself firmly in the realm of sovereign birth, and to gain the confidence you need to leave the system. -The Complete Guide to Freebirth: a self-guided online intensive course that will teach you everything you need to know about how to birth freely and in your power.-The Midwife Within: Our 5-Day Intensive Retreat in May 2024 led by Elder Midwife Sister MorningStar and Emilee Saldaya for budding birthworkers to learn the skills of village midwifery from real experts. -Follow us on Instagram @freebirthsociety for more daily inspiration on freebirth, the sovereign birth paradigm, authentic midwifery and so much more. -The Lighthouse: our exclusive membership for radical, curious, wild women. We only welcome new women to our private sanctuary a few times per year. -The Radical Birth Keeper School: the school that's leading the transformation of birth and midwifery across the planet, for women who know that birthwork is their calling, and want to do it with integrity. -Feature Emilee: If you want Emilee Saldaya, the trailblazer of the free birth movement with 20+ years of experience, on your podcast, send an invite to podcast@freebirthsociety.com -And, of course, we couldn't do what we do without your support, so if you feel called to make a donation to the podcast, it would be greatly appreciated. Click here to donate.

The RH Negative Freebirthing Sisters from New Zealand: Sophie & Julia Watch this episode HERE 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 insights of shedding fears, the power of words, and how freebirth has influenced their music. Be sure and listen all the way to the end, as they bless us with their sweet voices in a beautiful song, inspired by the transformation of freebirth and the profound impact it had on their lives. This is such a fun episode, enjoy! Here's what you'll hear: ✨️How Julia got pregnant first and wanted to freebirth, but to appease others she chose to birth with a homebirth midwife ✨️How both sisters are RH negative and how after an abortion, a doctor told Julia she was an alien and would need to get the rhogam shot in order for her body to not kill her next baby ✨️How they both declined the shot for their freebirths, trusting deeply in themselves, knowing the medical system couldn't keep them safe ✨️How Sophie's life changed when she met her nephew and she immediately knew that freebirth was the way ✨️How Sophie was supported by her sister and partner during her birth and how welcoming her daughter into the world was a complete dimensional shift for her family ✨️How her baby's emergence was the most fun moment of her life ✨️How Julia conceives again and embarks on a healing journey by understanding the power of her words ✨️How she chose replace the word “labor” with “sacred birth ceremony” in order to envision and actualize a pain free and totally orgasmic birth ✨️How the sisters music was intertwined with their journey into motherhood and how their music and births influenced each other ✨️A live impromptu performance of their song “In my mind” off their latest EP “Portal” Follow @dr.reknaw CONNECT WITH FREE BIRTH SOCIETY -The Midwife Within: Our 5-Day Intensive Retreat in May 2024 led by Elder Midwife Sister MorningStar and Emilee Saldaya for budding birthworkers to learn the skills of village midwifery from real experts. -The Podcast: Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and let us know your biggest takeaway – whether it's inspired you to freebirth or to dive deeper into sovereign living. Submit your own sovereign birth story here! Want your product or brand featured on a podcast with 5M+ downloads? Request to become a podcast sponsor by emailing us at podcast@freebirthsociety.com -COMPASS: a groundbreaking self-study program to help you anchor yourself firmly in the realm of sovereign birth, and to gain the confidence you need to leave the system. -The Complete Guide to Freebirth: a self-guided online intensive course that will teach you everything you need to know about how to birth freely and in your power. -Matriarch Rising Festival: Apply here to be a work trade volunteer at next year's women-only festival in the Blue ridge Mountains. -Follow us on Instagram @freebirthsociety for more daily inspiration on freebirth, the sovereign birth paradigm, authentic midwifery and so much more. -The Lighthouse: our exclusive membership for radical, curious, wild women. We only welcome new women to our private sanctuary a few times per year. -The Radical Birth Keeper School: the school that's leading the transformation of birth and midwifery across the planet, for women who know that birthwork is their calling, and want to do it with integrity. -The Blood Mysteries School: Learn how to properly initiate women and girls into their sacred blood mysteries through ceremony and sovereign well women's care. -Feature Emilee: If you want Emilee Saldaya, the trailblazer of the free birth movement on your podcast, send an invite to podcast@freebirthsociety.com -And, of course, we couldn't do what we do without your support, so if you feel called to make a donation to the podcast, it would be greatly appreciated. Click here to donate.

Happy 2024 Beloved Soul Sisters! May this be a year of abundance, wealth & nurturing for us all! This episode was recorded on January 1st 2024 Watch this Episode on ⁠Earthing Nova Youtube  Decks I use in this 2024 card pull: https://schoolishness.com/market/rfp-a-practice-deck/ https://animamundiherbals.com/products/herbal-astrology-oracle-deck Women mentors I mention: Danielle Searancke: https://www.squamishmedium.com/ Emilee Saldaya: https://www.freebirthsociety.com/ Kimberly Ann Johnson: https://kimberlyannjohnson.com/ Rachel Brathen: https://www.yogagirl.com/ Mother Night by Clarissa Pinkola Estès: https://www.clarissapinkolaestes.com/new_audio_spoken_word_release__mother_night__myths__stories__and_teachings_for_le_101252.htm Connect with me Amana ⁠Sign up for Mother Circle⁠ ⁠Listen to a former client share about her experience of Sistership Support ⁠ Check out my Sistership Offerings for Women: ⁠www.BirthingNova.Love⁠ ⁠Book your Free Connection Call with me⁠  ⁠Schedule Your Mediumship Reading with me⁠ Listen to/watch me guesting on other Podcasts: ⁠Free Birth Society⁠, ⁠Where the Wild Women Grow⁠, ⁠Wild Sacred Journey⁠, ⁠Healing Birth⁠, ⁠The Renegade Mama⁠, ⁠Born Wild⁠ Watch this conversation & More on ⁠YouTube⁠  I am committed to keeping this podcast Uninterrupted & Ad free Please Support me by donating through  Venmo ⁠@AmanaBeLove⁠ Until next time, remember  Be brave, be wild, be love, be you & be the change that you seek for yourself & for the generations to come --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/amana-be-love/message

Watch 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 experience with the birth of his son, and let's be real - I kind of blow these men's minds. They, like most others, were totally unaware of the trauma, abuse, and lies that modern obstetrics are steeped in and how a medwife-attended homebirth is *totally* inviting the system into your home, despite being sold as the best choice for “freedom fighters”. We touch on instinct injury, why I don't use the word empowerment, and how important women-only gatherings are. Here's what you'll hear: ✨️My own story of dropping out of high school, moving to LA, diving headfirst into infant massage, and bereavement support for parents whose babies were terminally ill ✨️How I thought I could reform birth-work in the system, and the gaslighting and deep programming I was up against that kept me in the system for 10 years ✨️How a particularly traumatic set of births led me to understanding there was no way to ethically continue birth-work in the system ✨️The nuance and importance of language and what is a midwife, a medwife, a freebirth, and what it isn't. ✨️I unpack a bit of Ben's son's birth and the unnecessary drama their medwife created by her own fear and allegiances to the state ✨️How engaging in the system is entirely voluntary and we explore women's healing potential without it CONNECT WITH FREE BIRTH SOCIETY: -The Podcast: Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and let us know your biggest takeaway – whether it's inspired you to freebirth or to dive deeper into sovereign living. Submit your own sovereign birth story here! Want your product or brand featured on a podcast with 5M+ downloads? Request to become a podcast sponsor by emailing us at podcast@freebirthsociety.com -COMPASS: a groundbreaking self-study program to help you anchor yourself firmly in the realm of sovereign birth, and to gain the confidence you need to leave the system. -The Complete Guide to Freebirth: a self-guided online intensive course that will teach you everything you need to know about how to birth freely and in your power.-The Midwife Within: Our 5-Day Intensive Retreat in May 2024 led by Elder Midwife Sister MorningStar and Emilee Saldaya for budding birthworkers to learn the skills of village midwifery from real experts. -Matriarch Rising Festival: Apply here to be a work trade volunteer at next year's women-only festival in the Blue ridge Mountains. -Follow us on Instagram @freebirthsociety for more daily inspiration on freebirth, the sovereign birth paradigm, authentic midwifery and so much more. -The Lighthouse: our exclusive membership for radical, curious, wild women. We only welcome new women to our private sanctuary a few times per year. -The Radical Birth Keeper School: the school that's leading the transformation of birth and midwifery across the planet, for women who know that birthwork is their calling, and want to do it with integrity. -The Blood Mysteries School: Learn how to properly initiate women and girls into their sacred blood mysteries through ceremony and sovereign well women's care. -Feature Emilee: If you want Emilee Saldaya, the trailblazer of the free birth movement on your podcast, send an invite to podcast@freebirthsociety.com -And, of course, we couldn't do what we do without your support, so if you feel called to make a donation to the podcast, it would be greatly appreciated. Click here to donate.

As we move into 2024 we take a look back at some memorable moments with guests of the 2023 season as they answer our favorite question: "what are your non-negotiables, the daily habits you do to tend to your terrain?" Past guests highlighted:Sam & Mark BaileyMarcy CravatMike StoneEugenie KrugerAlec ZeckDr. Mari ArceEmilee SaldayaTerrain Theory episodes are not to be taken as medical advice. You are your own primary healthcare provider.If you have a Terrain Transformation story you would like to share, email us at ben@terraintheory.net.Learn more at www.terraintheory.net.Music by Chris Merenda

From Medwives, ECV, and GBS to Family Births with Rachel Kirk Watch this episode HERE 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. Fully supported by her family, she went on to freebirth her second and third sons at home. With her mother supporting her, and her father as photographer, she gave birth to her perfect baby boys. Here's what you'll hear: How Rachel wanted to be a compliant patient in order to have a “natural” birth center birth How she found out at 37 weeks that her baby was breech and was coerced into an ECV to maintain her care with the birth center How she went into labor and called the birth center for hours, and after them never answering she reluctantly went to the hospital to give birth How when she got pregnant with her 2nd she knew she couldn't trust the birth center, so she decided she would just do it herself How her decision was supported by her whole family, including her sister who later went on to freebirth How easy and incredible giving birth to her 2nd son was when she was left alone to do whatever she wanted How different this labor was to her first two and the pain she endured to birth her baby How special, and unique it is to have birth be a normal family event, that even her little brother called into work to have the day free The Freebirth Starter Kit is HERE! This is a completely free, highly-curated collection of educational and inspiring resources from Emilee Saldaya, that is sure to change your life. THE INITIATED WOMAN Welcoming You Into the Sacred Secrets of Womanhood Our FREE 3-part live event with Nancy Lucina & Kristin Hauser Join us on a transformative journey, an immersion into the heart and soul of independent midwifery. The Midwife Within: Our 5-Day Intensive Retreat Led by Elder Midwife Sister MorningStar and Emilee Saldaya. Get your tickets now! Our newest program COMPASS is a groundbreaking self-study program for women embarking on the path of sovereign birth reclamation and authentic midwifery. It's everything you need to anchor yourself firmly in the realm of sovereign birth, and to gain the confidence you need to leave the system. If this episode inspires you somehow, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and let us know your biggest takeaway–whether it's inspired you to freebirth or dive deeper into the sovereign birth paradigm. And while you're here, follow us on Instagram @freebirthsociety for more daily inspiration on freebirth, the sovereign birth paradigm, authentic midwifery and so much more. Ready to share your freebirth story with us? We'd love to hear it! Click here to submit it. The Complete Guide to Freebirth is a self-guided online intensive course that will teach you everything you need to know about how to birth freely and in your power. Click here to get instant access now.

Claiming the Creative Power of Sovereign Motherhood with Winona Watch this episode HERE 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 within herself was formed as a mother. Winona's story is a perfect example of the creative spark that is ignited through an intact, physiological birth and the true potential all women have when they are respected and honored during these sacred passages. . Here's what you'll hear: How before motherhood Winona always felt like something was lacking or missing within herself How the serendipitous choice to join a sovereign birth session in her first trimester led to meeting her radical birth keeper and learning about unassisted birth How she honed in on her “why” and how this fortified her decision and helped build her confidence to birth at home How the lesson in her labor was to surrender and not try to escape the intensity How her baby was born with a very short cord, how she thought for a moment it was a boy and the relief when she found out it was in fact the baby girl she had been connecting with all along Her fond memories of postpartum, the wild ride of hormones, and cultivating deep trust that her baby was perfect and no one else needed to validate that The creativity that was sparked through giving birth and the endless ideas and abundance that's come to her and her partner The realization that she can truly do anything, now that she's given birth and claimed her power as a mother THE INITIATED WOMAN Welcoming You Into the Sacred Secrets of Womanhood Our FREE 3-part live event with Nancy Lucina & Kristin Hauser Join us on a transformative journey, an immersion into the heart and soul of independent midwifery. The Midwife Within: Our 5-Day Intensive Retreat Led by Elder Midwife Sister MorningStar and Emilee Saldaya. Get your tickets now! Our newest program COMPASS is a groundbreaking self-study program for women embarking on the path of sovereign birth reclamation and authentic midwifery. It's everything you need to anchor yourself firmly in the realm of sovereign birth, and to gain the confidence you need to leave the system. If this episode inspires you somehow, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and let us know your biggest takeaway–whether it's inspired you to freebirth or dive deeper into the sovereign birth paradigm. And while you're here, follow us on Instagram @freebirthsociety for more daily inspiration on freebirth, the sovereign birth paradigm, authentic midwifery and so much more. Ready to share your freebirth story with us? We'd love to hear it! Click here to submit it. The Complete Guide to Freebirth is a self-guided online intensive course that will teach you everything you need to know about how to birth freely and in your power. Click here to get instant access now. Seeking a community of like-hearted women? Join Free Birth Society's exclusive membership for sovereign women. We welcome new women to our private sanctuary just a handful of times each year. Click here to join the waitlist.

Choosing Nourishment Over Restrictive Diets with Jessica Ash Watch this episode HERE 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 deprivation. Here's what you'll hear in her episode: Jessica's journey through the trials of PCOS and multiple autoimmune disease diagnoses, and how she tried restrictive diets like veganism, paleo, keto, and carnivore in order to find a solution to her symptoms, yet only found herself in a toxic cycle. Jessica discusses the “undernourished state”, the scarcity mindset it breeds, and how nutritional wealth can be transferred across generations, particularly when you experience a well-nourished and nutrient-dense pregnancy. How nourishing our bodies on a cellular level is the gateway to our full-being wellness, and how it can help us to explore health as a soul-journey. The cultural push to self-harm through extreme dieting and severance from our intuitive and biological indicators trying to tell us how to eat. The importance of progesterone in women's health, specifically metabolic functioning, and how to foster a healthy flow of progesterone through radical self-nourishment. The reason why women have become so disconnected from their intuition when it comes to food and the importance of intuitive eating (yes, women can enjoy carbs, meat, and dairy!)

Softening into Self: Amy's Freebirth Transformation Watch this episode HERE 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. Here's what you'll hear: How Amy realized her first husband was not going to be the father of her children and how this woke her up to her true desires of motherhood How meeting her real life partner felt so in alignment that they conceived their first baby super fast The horrific and totally common abuse Amy experienced from her medwives and the trauma she disassociated from in order to cope How she even played with the idea of becoming a midwife but something always felt off How everything clicked when she found the freebirth society podcast and realized that she could make a different choice if she were to get pregnant again How it took a friend to validate her rage and anger about how her first two births went for her healing to truly start How her most recent pregnancy was a fully conscious conception and was the full circle healing she needed to accept and forgive herself The Midwife Within: Our 5-Day Intensive Retreat Led by Elder Midwife Sister MorningStar and Emilee Saldaya. Get your tickets now! Join the waitlist for the Blood Mysteries School here. Get the Guide to Infant Massage here. Join our newsletter here. Apple for a work trade position at the next Matriarch Rising Festival here. The COMPASS is a groundbreaking self-study program for women embarking on the path of sovereign birth reclamation and authentic midwifery. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and let us know your biggest takeaway–whether it's inspired you to freebirth or dive deeper into the sovereign birth paradigm. Follow us on Instagram @freebirthsociety for more daily inspiration on freebirth, the sovereign birth paradigm, authentic midwifery and so much more. Want your product or brand featured on a podcast with 5M+ downloads? Request to become a podcast sponsor by contacting podcast@freebirthsociety.com Share your freebirth story with us, Click here to submit it. The Complete Guide to Freebirth is a self-guided online intensive course that will teach you everything you need to know about how to birth freely and in your power. Click here to get instant access now. Join Free Birth Society's exclusive membership for sovereign women. Here, you'll find everything you need on your path of radical responsibility and conscious womanhood. We welcome women just a handful of times each year. Click here to join the waitlist.

Healing Prolapse, Diastasis Recti, and Tearing with Rebecca Cohen Watch this episode HERE I'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 packed, helpful, comprehensive course on the postpartum pelvis. It's called, Your Postpartum Pelvis, and it is FOR YOU to have aid you in your healing, to keep you healing at home, outside of the medical system. This episode and our newest course YOUR POSTPARTUM PELVIS is crafted for you. Rebecca has now supported thousands of women over decades helping them come back into embodiment after childbirth, with the very wisdom within this course. You deserve to feel whole again, and I am just so proud to finally have this kind of resource on the free birth society platform. Go to freebirthsociety.com/yourpostpartumpelvis and start healing today. Here's what you'll hear: How Rebecca returned back to her medical residency, 4 weeks to the day after having her first baby, to work 100 plus hours per week. By Rebecca's third pregnancy, her cervix popped out, and she was told to just tuck it back in. At 36, her doctors recommended having a full hysterectomy, and 2 weeks before she was scheduled for surgery, she took the holistic pelvic care course that resulted in her canceling the surgery. Just because a woman gets sutures doesn't mean she needs them, and as an OBGYN, Rebecca was trained just to give them all the time, even if women didn't need them. How psychological tearing is okay and designed to heal an important part of the postpartum process. After learning about holistic pelvic care, Rebecca feels it's a delightful coming home and a continuing decision to honor ourselves and our bodies. How when people have prolapse, they feel broken and how they screwed up somehow. It's never too late to heal because Rebecca started this journey 10 years after having her first baby. And how you're capable of healing. Listen to Rebecca's first time on the podcast HERE Get Rebecca's new course and all our courses at HALF OFF with the code FBSHALFOFF at check out. The COMPASS is a groundbreaking self-study program for women embarking on the path of sovereign birth reclamation and authentic midwifery. The Midwife Within Our 5-Day Intensive Retreat Led by Elder Midwife Sister MorningStar and Emilee Saldaya. Get your tickets now! Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and let us know your biggest takeaway–whether it's inspired you to freebirth or dive deeper into the sovereign birth paradigm. Follow us on Instagram @freebirthsociety for more daily inspiration on freebirth, the sovereign birth paradigm, authentic midwifery and so much more. Share your freebirth story with us, Click here to submit it. The Complete Guide to Freebirth is a self-guided online intensive course that will teach you everything you need to know about how to birth freely and in your power. Click here to get instant access now. Join Free Birth Society's exclusive membership for sovereign women. Here, you'll find everything you need on your path of radical responsibility and conscious womanhood. We welcome women just a handful of times each year. Click here to join the waitlist. Know that birth work is your calling? With over 500 graduates from over 30 countries, the Radical Birth Keeper School is leading the transformation of birth and midwifery across the planet. Join the waitlist to be first in line when we open the doors for enrollment. Learn how to initiate women and girls into our sacred blood mysteries through ceremony and sovereign well women's care. Join the waitlist for the Blood Mysteries School. If you want Emilee Saldaya, the leader of the free birth movement, on your podcast, send an invite to podcast@freebirthsociety.com And, of course, we couldn't do what we do without your support, so if you feel called to make a donation to the podcast, it would be greatly appreciated. Click here to donate.

The Sovereign Sparrow: Flying Free After Wrongful Surgery Watch this episode HERE 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 I'm especially thrilled to have her back on today, sharing this new story. Sparrow tells us all about her new love, her beautiful family, her sovereign birth, and her much deserved blissful postpartum. Listen to her first time on the podcast HERE Here's what you'll hear: Sparrow's wild story about being wrongfully diagnosed with HIV during the labour of her first baby, after going into the hospital because she couldn't release her bladder. How the HIV misdiagnosis resulted in an emergency C-section, and why she chose to have a vaginal birth after this experience. How she was abandoned by her ex-husband at 11 weeks pregnant during her first pregnancy and the physical manifestation it created in her body. How her second pregnancy and birth allowed her to reflect on her first birth and truly heal from it. How our births unfold truly shape us as women and how Sparrow would have loved to rewrite her first birth story. How different her second birth was and how deeply seen, safe and loved that it almost felt enough for the current pregnancy and past pregnancy felt. How she was open to freebirthing but also having wise women attend the birth (& what she ultimately decided to do). Join Free Birth Society's exclusive membership for sovereign women. Here, you'll find everything you need on your path of radical responsibility and conscious womanhood. We welcome women just a handful of times each year, and doors are currently open at 40% off! Apply here. The COMPASS is a groundbreaking self-study program for women embarking on the path of sovereign birth reclamation and authentic midwifery. The Midwife Within: Our 5-Day Intensive Retreat Led by Elder Midwife Sister MorningStar and Emilee Saldaya. Get your tickets now! Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and let us know your biggest takeaway–whether it's inspired you to freebirth or dive deeper into the sovereign birth paradigm. Follow us on Instagram @freebirthsociety for more daily inspiration on freebirth, the sovereign birth paradigm, authentic midwifery and so much more. Share your freebirth story with us, Click here to submit it. The Complete Guide to Freebirth is a self-guided online intensive course that will teach you everything you need to know about how to birth freely and in your power. Click here to get instant access now. Know that birth work is your calling? With over 500 graduates from over 30 countries, the Radical Birth Keeper School is leading the transformation of birth and midwifery across the planet. Join the waitlist to be first in line when we open the doors for enrollment. Learn how to initiate women and girls into our sacred blood mysteries through ceremony and sovereign well women's care. Join the waitlist for the Blood Mysteries School. If you want Emilee Saldaya, the leader of the free birth movement, on your podcast, send an invite here. And, of course, we couldn't do what we do without your support, so if you feel called to make a donation to the podcast, it would be greatly appreciated. Click here to donate.

Episode #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 the horrible things that were said to Mikiah to get her to be subordinate. Her choice not to have an ultrasound and how her doctor's tone changed from “ this could be nothing” to now “your baby could have down syndrome.” Traumatic medwifery practices like nipple stimulation, pushing without contractions and a midwife holding her placenta How her second pregnancy was filled with intentional conscious decisions How to get your partner on board with freebirth (the short answer is don't, it's not their decision), the importance of making decisions independently, and the role of codependency in relationships. The emotional and physical impact of birth trauma The importance of trusting and choosing yourself Watch this episode HERE Our newest program COMPASS is a groundbreaking self-study program for women embarking on the path of sovereign birth reclamation and authentic midwifery. It's everything you need to anchor yourself firmly in the realm of sovereign birth, and to gain the confidence you need to leave the system. Join us on a transformative journey, an immersion into the heart and soul of independent midwifery. The Midwife Within: Our 5-Day Intensive Retreat Led by Elder Midwife Sister MorningStar and Emilee Saldaya. Get your tickets now! If this episode inspires you somehow, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and let us know your biggest takeaway–whether it's inspired you to freebirth or dive deeper into the sovereign birth paradigm. And while you're here, follow us on Instagram @freebirthsociety for more daily inspiration on freebirth, the sovereign birth paradigm, authentic midwifery and so much more. Ready to share your freebirth story with us? We'd love to hear it! Click here to submit it. The Complete Guide to Freebirth is a self-guided online intensive course that will teach you everything you need to know about how to birth freely and in your power. Click here to get instant access now. Seeking a community of like-hearted women? Join Free Birth Society's exclusive membership for sovereign women. Here, you'll find everything you need on your path of radical responsibility and conscious womanhood. We welcome new women to our private sanctuary just a handful of times each year. Click here to join the waitlist. Know that birth work is your calling? With over 500 graduates from over 30 countries, the Radical Birth Keeper School is leading the transformation of birth and midwifery across the planet. Join the waitlist to be first in line when we open the doors for enrollment.

Episode #238 Leaving the System as a Medical Midwife to Experience the Ecstasy of Freebirthing Twins with Bibi Watch this episode HERE 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 realization that babies could be born peacefully without crying, just looking at you. -How she hired (& fired) her private midwife during her first pregnancy after a scan came back with fibroids and she was told she can't birth at home because she'd surely die -The negativity she experience after sharing with her 300,000 followers on TikTok that she planned to freebirth her twins. -The brief sense of fear that she could be having a third baby when she was birthing her twin placentas (it was that huge). -How after the birth of her twins she felt she was reborn as a mother, as a woman, as and as a midwife. -How birthing her children outside the system radically transformed her midwifery Follow @your_holisticmidwife Our newest program COMPASS is a groundbreaking self-study program for women embarking on the path of sovereign birth reclamation and authentic midwifery. It's everything you need to anchor yourself firmly in the realm of sovereign birth, and to gain the confidence you need to leave the system. Join us on a transformative journey, an immersion into the heart and soul of independent midwifery. The Midwife Within: Our 5-Day Intensive Retreat Led by Elder Midwife Sister MorningStar and Emilee Saldaya. Get your tickets now! Apply to be a work trade volunteer at next year's Matriarch Rising Festival! If this episode inspires you somehow, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and let us know your biggest takeaway–whether it's inspired you to freebirth or dive deeper into the sovereign birth paradigm. And while you're here, follow us on Instagram @freebirthsociety for more daily inspiration on freebirth, the sovereign birth paradigm, authentic midwifery and so much more. Want your product or brand featured on a podcast with 5M+ downloads? Request to become a podcast sponsor by emailing us at podcast@freebirthsociety.com Ready to share your freebirth story with us? We'd love to hear it! Click here to submit it. The Complete Guide to Freebirth is a self-guided online intensive course that will teach you everything you need to know about how to birth freely and in your power. Click here to get instant access now. Seeking a community of like-hearted women? Join Free Birth Society's exclusive membership for sovereign women. Here, you'll find everything you need on your path of radical responsibility and conscious womanhood. We welcome new women to our private sanctuary just a handful of times each year. Click here to join the waitlist. Know that birth work is your calling? With over 500 graduates from over 30 countries, the Radical Birth Keeper School is leading the transformation of birth and midwifery across the planet. Join the waitlist to be first in line when we open the doors for enrollment. Learn how to initiate women and girls into our sacred blood mysteries through ceremony and sovereign well women's care. Join the waitlist for the Blood Mysteries School. If you want Emilee Saldaya, the leader of the free birth movement, on your podcast, send an invite to podcast@freebirthsociety.com And, of course, we couldn't do what we do without your support, so if you feel called to make a donation to the podcast, it would be greatly appreciated. Click here to donate.

Emilee is Founder of the Free Birth Society, an organization changing the world of birth one motherbaby at a time. In this conversation with Emilee we discuss:The traumatic experiences within the birth world that shaped her journeySome of the common lies told to pregnant and birthing womenThe truth about home births with medical midwivesWhy the "health freedom" movement needs to be looking at the world of birthWhat makes a "free birth"...and more!You can learn more about Emilee and the Free Birth Society at her website, her Instagram and by listening to her podcast.Terrain Theory episodes are not to be taken as medical advice. You are your own primary healthcare provider.If you have a Terrain Transformation story you would like to share, email us at ben@terraintheory.net.Learn more at www.terraintheory.net.Music by Chris Merenda

Episode # 237 From Anxious People Pleaser to Embodied Powerhouse: Heather's Freebirth Journey Watch this episode HERE 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 find her voice and claim her life. Here's what you'll hear: ∙How to navigate intense mental states, anxiety, home birth fears, and gaslighting to find your voice and strength. ∙How Heather faced her people-pleasing tendencies, took responsibility, found a homeopath, and tuned into her body to regain health. ∙How she transitioned from corporate life to pregnancy, joined a prenatal circle, and discussed medicalization and nature's role in motherhood. ∙How her husband had been calling in the baby while she was working in corporate marketing, and running a three-acre homestead, tending to goats in her off hours, going and picking up new goats, adding more farm animals, and tending to a big garden. ∙How her connection with Sister MorningStar helped her to trust her intuition and birth her daughter (and her trailing membranes!) without fear. Follow: @happinesssahomestead Join us on a transformative journey, an immersion into the heart and soul of independent midwifery. The Midwife Within: Our 5-Day Intensive Retreat Led by Elder Midwife Sister MorningStar and Emilee Saldaya. Get your tickets now! Our newest program COMPASS is a groundbreaking self-study program for women embarking on the path of sovereign birth reclamation and authentic midwifery. It's everything you need to anchor yourself firmly in the realm of sovereign birth, and to gain the confidence you need to leave the system. Apply to be a work trade volunteer at next year's Matriarch Rising Festival! If this episode inspires you somehow, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and let us know your biggest takeaway–whether it's inspired you to freebirth or dive deeper into the sovereign birth paradigm. And while you're here, follow us on Instagram @freebirthsociety for more daily inspiration on freebirth, the sovereign birth paradigm, authentic midwifery and so much more. Want your product or brand featured on a podcast with 5M+ downloads? Request to become a podcast sponsor by reaching out to podcast@freebirthsociety.com Ready to share your freebirth story with us? We'd love to hear it! Click here to submit it. The Complete Guide to Freebirth is a self-guided online intensive course that will teach you everything you need to know about how to birth freely and in your power. Click here to get instant access now. Seeking a community of like-hearted women? Join Free Birth Society's exclusive membership for sovereign women. Here, you'll find everything you need on your path of radical responsibility and conscious womanhood. We welcome new women to our private sanctuary just a handful of times each year. Click here to join the waitlist. Know that birth work is your calling? With over 500 graduates from over 30 countries, the Radical Birth Keeper School is leading the transformation of birth and midwifery across the planet. Join the waitlist to be first in line when we open the doors for enrollment. Learn how to initiate women and girls into our sacred blood mysteries through ceremony and sovereign well women's care. Join the waitlist for the Blood Mysteries School. If you want Emilee Saldaya, the leader of the freebirth movement, on your podcast, send an invite to podcast@freebirthsociety.com And, of course, we couldn't do what we do without your support, so if you feel called to make a donation to the podcast, it would be greatly appreciated. Click here to donate.

Episode #236 Honoring the First Mother - The Power & Mystery of the Placenta with Sister MorningStar Watch this episode HERE 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 readiness for the placenta's birth to the emotions involved with its release, Sister MorningStar guides us through this extraordinary journey. Here's what you'll hear: How the placenta is a fetal organ and often overlooked in the birthing process. The sacred journey of the placenta through two portal doors, aided by gravity and upright position, with mother guiding the cord using only the wrist. How to reduce fear and anxiety around blood loss during birth (& remind women that birth is bloody, it's messy, it's wet, and it's got mucus). The power of childbirth and how it is a powerful story that deserves to be celebrated (& how our past lineage play a factor in what we believe about birth). How wise women can help counter the fear in birth with their power and experience. Why the uterus must contract to birth the placenta and mention ways to encourage this such as nipple stimulation, massage, and letting the mother rest. The significance of an undisturbed birthing environment and the powerful experience of women using their strength to guide the baby and placenta out. Join us on a transformative journey, an immersion into the heart and soul of independent midwifery. The Midwife Within: Our 5-Day Intensive Retreat Led by Elder Midwife Sister MorningStar and Emilee Saldaya. Get your tickets now! Our newest program COMPASS is a groundbreaking self-study program for women embarking on the path of sovereign birth reclamation and authentic midwifery. It's everything you need to anchor yourself firmly in the realm of sovereign birth, and to gain the confidence you need to leave the system. If this episode inspires you somehow, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and let us know your biggest takeaway–whether it's inspired you to freebirth or dive deeper into the sovereign birth paradigm. And while you're here, follow us on Instagram @freebirthsociety for more daily inspiration on freebirth, the sovereign birth paradigm, authentic midwifery and so much more. Want your product or brand featured on a podcast with 5M+ downloads? Request to become a podcast sponsor. Ready to share your Freebirth story with us? We'd love to hear it! Click here to submit it. The Complete Guide to Freebirth is a self-guided online intensive course that will teach you everything you need to know about how to birth freely and in your power. Click here to get instant access now. Seeking a community of like-hearted women? Join Free Birth Society's exclusive membership for sovereign women. Here, you'll find everything you need on your path of radical responsibility and conscious womanhood. We welcome new women to our private sanctuary just a handful of times each year. Click here to join the waitlist. Know that birth work is your calling? With over 500 graduates from over 30 countries, The Radical Birth Keeper School is leading the transformation of birth and midwifery across the planet. Join the waitlist to be first in line when we open the doors for enrollment. Learn how to initiate women and girls into our sacred blood mysteries through ceremony and sovereign well women's care. Join the waitlist for the Blood Mysteries School. If you want Emilee Saldaya, the leader of the free birth movement, on your podcast, send an invite here. And, of course, we couldn't do what we do without your support, so if you feel called to make a donation to the podcast, it would be greatly appreciated. Click here to donate.

Episode #235 Choosing a Drama-Free Birth with Nya Watch this episode HERE 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 motherhood. How vulnerable women are during birth and how easy it is to say ‘yes' when we really want to say ‘no.' An intervention from her midwife that she was totally unaware of during her birth and how she handled it after. How she had ‘enough' interventions to know she didn't want to hire a midwife again. How the Radical Birth Keeper School was the turning point for completely changing the way she lives her life. How she went from asking her midwife what to do in her first pregnancy to totally embracing a wild pregnancy during her second pregnancy. How she had a nine-moon pregnancy and the witchy way she found she was pregnant in the first place. Nya's website Our newest program COMPASS is a groundbreaking self-study program for women embarking on the path of sovereign birth reclamation and authentic midwifery. It's everything you need to anchor yourself firmly in the realm of sovereign birth, and to gain the confidence you need to leave the system. Join us on a transformative journey, an immersion into the heart and soul of independent midwifery. The Midwife Within: Our 5-Day Intensive Retreat Led by Elder Midwife Sister MorningStar and Emilee Saldaya. Get your tickets now! If this episode inspires you somehow, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and let us know your biggest takeaway–whether it's inspired you to freebirth or dive deeper into the sovereign birth paradigm. And while you're here, follow us on Instagram @freebirthsociety for more daily inspiration on freebirth, the sovereign birth paradigm, authentic midwifery and so much more. Want your product or brand featured on a podcast with 5M+ downloads? Request to become a podcast sponsor. Ready to share your Freebirth story with us? We'd love to hear it! Click here to submit it. The Complete Guide to Freebirth is a self-guided online intensive course that will teach you everything you need to know about how to birth freely and in your power. Click here to get instant access now. Seeking a community of like-hearted women? Join Free Birth Society's exclusive membership for sovereign women. Here, you'll find everything you need on your path of radical responsibility and conscious womanhood. We welcome new women to our private sanctuary just a handful of times each year. Click here to join the waitlist. Know that birth work is your calling? With over 500 graduates from over 30 countries, The Radical Birth Keeper School is leading the transformation of birth and midwifery across the planet. Join the waitlist to be first in line when we open the doors for enrollment. Learn how to initiate women and girls into our sacred blood mysteries through ceremony and sovereign well women's care. Join the waitlist for the Blood Mysteries School. If you want Emilee Saldaya, the leader of the free birth movement, on your podcast, send an invite here. And, of course, we couldn't do what we do without your support, so if you feel called to make a donation to the podcast, it would be greatly appreciated. Click here to donate.

Episode #234 Into the Portal with Yoga Girl's Rachel Brathen Watch this episode HERE 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 island). Both of her conception stories (& how she knew she was ready for motherhood). Having her first child in Aruba, the birth sabotage she experienced with medical midwives and the system, and how she gaslit herself for years about it. How she leveled up in success and self-responsibility. The decision to move her family from Aruba to Sweden, her land of origin. The story of her beautiful and perfect freebirth in the water. Join us, on a transformative journey, an immersion into the heart and soul of independent midwifery. The Midwife Within: Our 5-Day Intensive Retreat Led by Elder Midwife Sister MorningStar and Emilee Saldaya. Get your tickets now! If this episode inspires you somehow, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and let us know your biggest takeaway–whether it's inspired you to freebirth or dive deeper into the sovereign birth paradigm. And while you're here, follow us on Instagram @freebirthsociety for more daily inspiration on freebirth, sovereign birth paradigm, authentic midwifery and so much more. Want your product or brand featured on a podcast with 5M+ downloads? Request to become a podcast sponsor. Ready to share your Freebirth story with us? We'd love to hear it! Click here to submit it. The Complete Guide to Freebirth is a self guided online intensive course that will teach you everything you need to know about how to birth freely and in your power. Click here to get instant access now. Seeking a community of like-hearted women? Join Free Birth Society's exclusive membership for sovereign women. Here you'll find everything you need on your path of radical responsibility and conscious womanhood. We welcome new women to our private sanctuary just a handful of times each year. Click here to join the waitlist. Know that birth work your calling? With over 500 graduates from over 30 countries, The Radical Birth Keeper School is leading the transformation of birth and midwifery across the planet. Join the waitlist to be first in line when we open the doors for enrollment. Learn how to initiate women and girls into our sacred blood mysteries through ceremony and sovereign well women's care. Join the waitlist for the Blood Mysteries School. If you want Emilee Saldaya, the leader of the free birth movement on your podcast, send an invite here.

Welcome 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 the good, the expansive, the funny, and the raw naked bloody joy of welcoming my second child. Pregnant? Enroll now for Matribirth Family™ - Our Live, Interactive Freebirth Education Series for Couples with Emilee Saldaya and Yolande Norris-Clark http://www.matribirthfamily.com/ Sign up to be the first to hear when our Matribirth™ Educator program launches later this fall! www.matribirth.com Watch this episode here: https://youtu.be/xQjE9-Higmc Listen to: A Psychedelic Bitch Slap: Host Emilee Saldaya's Recent Freebirth https://www.freebirthsociety.com/podcasts/free-birth-society/episodes/2147942781 Listen to: Elimination Communication Demystified with Andrea Olson from Go Diaper Free https://www.freebirthsociety.com/podcasts/free-birth-society/episodes/2147610369 GET THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO FREEBIRTH: https://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com/cgtf JOIN THE FREE BIRTH SOCIETY PRIVATE MEMBERSHIP: https://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com/membership JOIN THE WAITLIST FOR THE NEXT ROUND OF THE RADICAL BIRTH KEEPER SCHOOL: https://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com/radicalbirthkeeper VIEW ALL THE FREE BIRTH SOCIETY COURSES: https://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com JOIN THE FREE BIRTH SOCIETY NEWSLETTER: https://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com/opt-in-pregnancy-affirmations-gift FOLLOW FREE BIRTH SOCIETY ON INSTAGRAM:https://www.instagram.com/freebirthsociety/ SUPPORT THE PODCAST: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=2YJBSCNYXT52Y SUBMIT YOUR FREEBIRTH STORY: https://www.freebirthsociety.com/story-submission Tickets for the 3rd Annual Matriarch Rising Festival are LIVE: https://www.matriarchrisingfestival.com/

This 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 family of four, well five — my mom was there, and will pick up next week as I take you through my first 40 days of my postpartum, the highs, the lows, the mistakes and the epic joy. Watch this episode here: https://youtu.be/ZZeEAGMTedw The 40-Week Wild Pregnancy Wrap Up with Emilee & Jonny (Round 2): https://www.freebirthsociety.com/podcasts/free-birth-society/episodes/2147798835 Birth & Her Many Lessons: Host Emilee Saldaya Tells Her Tale (Part 1): https://www.freebirthsociety.com/podcasts/free-birth-society/episodes/2147610394 How I Untransferred Myself While Pushing: Host Emilee Saldaya Tells Her Tale (Part 2): https://www.freebirthsociety.com/podcasts/free-birth-society/episodes/2147610393 GET THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO FREEBIRTH: https://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com/cgtf JOIN THE FREE BIRTH SOCIETY PRIVATE MEMBERSHIP: https://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com/membership JOIN THE WAITLIST FOR THE NEXT ROUND OF THE RADICAL BIRTH KEEPER SCHOOL: https://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com/radicalbirthkeeper VIEW ALL THE FREE BIRTH SOCIETY COURSES: https://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com JOIN THE FREE BIRTH SOCIETY NEWSLETTER: https://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com/opt-in-pregnancy-affirmations-gift FOLLOW FREE BIRTH SOCIETY ON INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/freebirthsociety/ SUPPORT THE PODCAST: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=2YJBSCNYXT52Y SUBMIT YOUR FREEBIRTH STORY! https://www.freebirthsociety.com/story-submission Tickets for the 3rd Annual Matriarch Rising Festival are LIVE: https://www.matriarchrisingfestival.com/

We 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 total surprise when she birthed, not one, but TWO babies! Celia shares with us the sweet story of her late father guiding her through her process, the power of affirmations, and what life is like as a mother of three littles. Watch this episode on Youtube! Want to birth at home? The Complete Guide to Freebirth is a self guided online intensive course that will teach you everything we think you need to know about how to birth freely and in your power. https://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com/cgtf Searching for like-minded sisters to support you on your journey to radical responsibility? Join the Free Birth Society Private membership: http://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com/membership You can find all of our life changing courses here: http://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com Work with Emilee Saldaya 1:1 here: https://www.freebirthsociety.com/collections/coaching Want to become an authentic midwife? Enrollment for the Radical Birth Keeper School opens November 1st! https://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com/radicalbirthkeeper Join us June 19-24th 2022 for the Second Annual Matriarch Rising Festival: https://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com/matriarchrising Stay in touch with all things Free Birth Society by following us on Instagram & joining our newsletter! https://www.instagram.com/freebirthsociety/ https://www.freebirthsociety.com Want to be featured on the Free Birth Society Podcast? Submit your story here! https://www.freebirthsociety.com/pages/podcast-guest-submission-form Follow Celia @celia.conroy

There'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 a whole lot more. Emilee's experience and harrowing stories from working in the mainstream birthing industry give her a deep understanding of how humans are being ‘born into captivity' through mainstream birthing methods. May this podcast episode with Emilee Saldaya educate, inspire and empower your relationship with the miracle of birth. Links: https://www.instagram.com/freebirthsociety/ (Free Birth Society Instagram) https://www.freebirthsociety.com/ (Free Birth Society website) https://podcast.wearealreadyfree.com/radical-birth-keeper-school (Radical Birth Keeper School Course ) https://podcast.wearealreadyfree.com/complete-guide-to-freebirth (Complete Guide To Freebirth Course) https://geni.us/cNMCq (The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership) book recommended by Emilee Note that links may be affiliate links (I make a small amount if you purchase, at no extra cost to you) 

What 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 can have it all. WATCH US ON YOUTUBE SUPPORT THE PODCAST Connect with us! Instagram: @thefifthelementpod Email: thefifthelementpod@gmail.com www.leorisingbirthkeeping.com Hosts: Emily Bruce, @leorisingbirthkeeping & Keighlee Anastasia, @waning.croissant Guest: Emilee Saldaya @freebirthsociety, www.freebirthsociety.com Resources: Free Birth Society Byron Katie Half the Sky by Nicholas Kristof Sheryl WuDunn Conscious Leadership Tools Music: idling around by Diamond Ace | https://soundcloud.com/diamond-ace-musicMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Kelly 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 at home? The Complete Guide to Freebirth is a self guided online intensive course that will teach you everything we think you need to know about how to birth freely and in your power: https://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com/cgtf Searching for like-minded sisters to support you on your journey to radical responsibility? Join the Free Birth Society Private membership: https://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com/membership You can find all of our courses, including The Complete Guide to Freebirth, here: http://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com Emilee Saldaya offers 1-1 coaching for women. You can find her offerings here: https://www.freebirthsociety.com/collections/coaching It's time for a birth revolution. Enrollment for the spring round of the Radical Birth Keeper School is now open! https://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com/radicalbirthkeeper Join us June 19-24th 2022 for the Second Annual Matriarch Rising Festival: https://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com/matriarchrising Stay in touch with all things Free Birth Society by following us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freebirthsociety And joining our newsletter! https://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com/opt-in-pregnancy-affirmations-gift Want to be featured on the Free Birth Society Podcast? Submit your story here! https://www.freebirthsociety.com/pages/podcast-guest-submission-form Follow Kelly: @kellyfried

I'm so excited to bring this conversation to you- it's with my dear friend, Kate Varsava, aka @yourlocalmidwitch- and the announcment that we have today is that her new course, "Womancraft: A Witch's Awakening" is officially available! In 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. You can get this course at https://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com/womancraft  Enjoy, and happy Samhain! Birthing at home? The Complete Guide to Freebirth is a self guided online intensive course that will teach you everything we think you need to know about how to birth freely and in your power: https://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com/cgtf Searching for like-minded sisters to support you on your journey to radical responsibility? Join the Free Birth Society Private membership: http://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com/membership You can find all of our courses, including The Complete Guide to Freebirth, here: http://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com Emilee Saldaya offers 1-1 coaching for women. You can find her offerings here: https://www.freebirthsociety.com/collections/coaching It's time for a birth revolution. Enrollment for the spring round of the Radical Birth Keeper School opens November 1st! https://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com/radicalbirthkeeper Join us June 19-24th 2022 for the Second Annual Matriarch Rising Festival: https://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com/matriarchrising Stay in touch with all things Free Birth Society by following us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freebirthsociety And joining our newsletter! https://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com/opt-in-pregnancy-affirmations-gift Want to be featured on the Free Birth Society Podcast? Submit your story here! https://www.freebirthsociety.com/pages/podcast-guest-submission-form You can watch this interview on video on our Youtube channel: https://youtu.be/jn-8AW2O7FE  Follow Kate: @thelocalmidwitch

This 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 is a self guided online intensive course that will teach you everything we think you need to know about how to birth freely and in your power: https://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com/cgtf Searching for like-minded sisters to support you on your journey to radical responsibility? Join the Free Birth Society Private membership: http://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com/membership You can find all of our courses, including The Complete Guide to Freebirth, here: http://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com Emilee Saldaya offers 1-1 coaching for women. You can find her offerings here: https://www.freebirthsociety.com/collections/coaching It's time for a birth revolution. Enrollment for the spring round of the Radical Birth Keeper School opens November 1st! https://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com/radicalbirthkeeper Join us June 19-24th 2022 for the Second Annual Matriarch Rising Festival: https://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com/matriarchrising Stay in touch with all things Free Birth Society by following us on Instagram & joining our newsletter! https://www.instagram.com/freebirthsociety/ https://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com/opt-in-pregnancy-affirmations-gift Want to be featured on the Free Birth Society Podcast? Submit your story here! https://www.freebirthsociety.com/pages/podcast-guest-submission-form Watch this interview on video on our Youtube channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCW5LVxPY3UnJ3iS5CAaD97A/  Follow Sasha: @sashasunflowr333

We 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 total surprise when she birthed, not one, but TWO babies! Celia shares with us the sweet story of her late father guiding her through her process, the power of affirmations, and what life is like as a mother of three littles. Watch this episode on Youtube! Want to birth at home? The Complete Guide to Freebirth is a self guided online intensive course that will teach you everything we think you need to know about how to birth freely and in your power. https://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com/cgtf Searching for like-minded sisters to support you on your journey to radical responsibility? Join the Free Birth Society Private membership: http://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com/membership You can find all of our life changing courses here: http://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com Work with Emilee Saldaya 1:1 here: https://www.freebirthsociety.com/collections/coaching Want to become an authentic midwife? Enrollment for the Radical Birth Keeper School opens November 1st! https://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com/radicalbirthkeeper Join us June 19-24th 2022 for the Second Annual Matriarch Rising Festival: https://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com/matriarchrising Stay in touch with all things Free Birth Society by following us on Instagram & joining our newsletter! https://www.instagram.com/freebirthsociety/  https://www.freebirthsociety.com Want to be featured on the Free Birth Society Podcast? Submit your story here! https://www.freebirthsociety.com/pages/podcast-guest-submission-form Follow Celia @celia.conroy

Listen and explore:Birth as a rite of passage and a vehicle for transformationHow birth makes or breaks usWhy a woman-centered birth affects everythingThe unexamined risks of birthing in captivityWhat happens at a hospital birthThe problem with licensed midwiferyWhy a natural birth is not possible outside of your homeThe ways we teach woman not to trust their instincts from an early ageWhat kind of elder do you want to be?Mentioned on this episode:The Free Birth Society PodcastRadical Birth Keeper SchoolThe Complete Guide to Free BirthFree Birth Society on InstagramFreebirthsociety.comConnect with us:Website: www.thefarout.lifeEmail us at info@thefarout.lifeAlasdair @ www.alasdairplambeck.comSupport this podcast:Discount link to purchase organic, raw ceremonial-grade cacao locally sourced in Guatemala (a portion of proceeds support this podcast)Become a patron at: https://www.patreon.com/thefaroutcoupleMake one-time donation with PayPal (our account is aplambeck22@gmail.com)Leave a review on iTunes!Share this episode with a friend! :DCredits:Intro music: "Complicate ya" by Otis McDonaldOutro music: "Running with wise fools" written & performed by Krackatoa (www.krackatoa.com)

What is radical birth and how is it different from our cultural birthing norms? In this episode Sex, Love and SuperPowers host Tatiana Berindei interviews Emilee Saldaya, host of the Free Birth Society podcast about creating a new culture of birth. Listen in to hear Emilee's fierce passion as she advocates for creating woman-centered, [...]

What is radical birth and how is it different from our cultural birthing norms? In this episode Sex, Love and SuperPowers host Tatiana Berindei interviews Emilee Saldaya, host of the Free Birth Society podcast about creating a new culture of birth. Listen in to hear Emilee's fierce passion as she advocates for creating woman-centered, [...]

What would the world look like if women, mothers and girls were centered? My dear friend and founder of Free Birth Society Emilee Saldaya takes an authentic focus on the cost of denying physical reality and the critical role of women-only spaces for society and humanity at large. Her approach emphasizes the benefits of having a deep connection with one's self and the telling observation that when women rise everything gets better. Despite the seemingly gradual infiltration of trans ideology into the birth world, its effects are now to the point where women willingly champion men at their own expense - women eager to share a space with men that then limits what they say. Emilee examines the source of this compulsory response while highlighting the importance of realizing that true liberation is found from within. For Emilee and myself, preserving women-only spaces in non-negotiable. Free Birth Society: https://www.freebirthsociety.com/ Half the Sky: https://www.amazon.com/Half-Sky-Oppression-Opportunity-Worldwide/dp/0307387097 ➢➢➢ SUPPORT THE PODCAST | https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/whosebodyisit?locale.x=en_US 1:1 COACHING SOVEREIGN WOMEN | https://www.whosebodyisit.com/coaching-for-sovereign-women HYPNOSIS FOR HEALING & RADICAL CHANGE | https://www.whosebodyisit.com/hypnosis SHOP ACTIVIST STICKERS | https://www.whosebodyisit.com/shop INSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/whosebodyisit/

Listen and explore:Birth as a rite of passage and a vehicle for transformationHow birth makes or breaks usWhy a woman-centered birth affects everythingThe unexamined risks of birthing in captivityWhat happens at a hospital birthThe problem with licensed midwiferyWhy a natural birth is not possible outside of your homeThe ways we teach woman not to trust their instincts from an early ageWhat kind of elder do you want to be?Mentioned on this episode:The Free Birth Society PodcastRadical Birth Keeper SchoolThe Complete Guide to Free BirthFree Birth Society on InstagramFreebirthsociety.comConnect with us:Website: www.thefarout.life Email us at info@thefarout.lifeOn Instagram: @thefaroutcoupleJulie-Roxane on Instagram: @julieroxaneAlasdair @ www.alasdairplambeck.comSupport this podcast:Become a patron at: https://www.patreon.com/thefaroutcoupleLeave a review on iTunes!Share this episode with a friend! :DCredits:Intro music: "Complicate ya" by Otis McDonaldOutro music: "Running with wise fools" written & performed by Krackatoa (www.krackatoa.com)

Today 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 Society. She was a doula for over ten years, until the reality of her complicity with the obstetric system and the harms that it does to women and babies prompted her to find a better way. In aligning with freebirth, Emilee's dharmic path became clear. She quickly evolved into a "Radical Birth Keeper" who serves women birthing outside the system. She founded Free Birth Society prior to the conscious conception of her first child, and went on to give birth to her daughter freely, on Maui, Hawaii. Emilee's acclaimed podcast (“The Free Birth Society Podcast”) quickly became a fan favorite and has reached millions of people. Emilee is an inspiring and inspired coach, with the ability to immediately hone in on the self-sabotage and mental blocks that keep women stuck in unproductive patterns. Her approach is warm, kind, ferocious, and transformational, giving her clients the spacious witnessing that allows them to step into their power. Emilee lives in Colorado, and frequently travels internationally as a speaker, coach, and leader.

Pour ce 4e épisode, j'accueille Élisabeth, créatrice du compte instagram @naitrealamaison qui est également mon amie. Toutes deux passionnées par la naissance libre, nous nous sommes rencontrés sur le groupe américain de Freebirth Society et avons découvert que nous étions voisines ! Nous vivons ensemble la formation de birthkeeper proposée par Yolande Norris Clark et Emilee Saldaya, et si nous espérions en parler, le temps à manquer, ce sera donc pour un prochain épisode. Aujourd'hui, Élisabeth nous raconte le chemin de sa maternité et ce qui l'a conduite à cette confiance qu'elle veut transmettre dans la capacité innée des femmes à enfanter. 5 enfants, 5 enfantements uniques et différents... bonne écoute ! Le site d'Élisabeth : www.naitrealamaison.com La suivre sur Instagram : @naitrealamaison.com Le livre évoqué : Accoucher par soi-même, de Laura Kaplan Shanley S'abonner à ma newsletter : mumscollective.com Me suivre sur Instagram : @mumscollective

Susun weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with guest Emilee Saldaya of Free Birth Society. Emilee Saldaya is the trail blazing leader and founder of Free Birth Society. She was a doula for over ten years, until the reality of her complicity with the obstetric system and the harms that it does to women and babies prompted her to find a better way. In aligning with freebirth, Emilee's dharmic path became clear. She quickly evolved into a "Radical Birth Keeper" who serves women birthing outside the system. She founded Free Birth Society prior to the conscious conception of her first child, and went on to give birth to her daughter freely, on Maui, Hawaii.Emilee’s acclaimed podcast (“The Free Birth Society Podcast”) quickly became a fan favorite and has reached millions of people.The Free Birth Society private membership has become a bastion of birth freedom, truth, and community, in a world in which women’s birth choices are increasingly curtailed. Emilee is an inspiring and inspired coach, with the ability to immediately hone in on the self-sabotage and mental blocks that keep women stuck in unproductive patterns. Her approach is warm, kind, ferocious, and transformational, giving her clients the spacious witnessing that allows them to step into their power.  Q & A topics in this episode include: Lyme disease symptoms in dogsenlarged tonsilsherniasage honeyemerging information on COVID19back pain during menstruationHPV vaccineengorged breasts fungal rasharrhythmia

Emilee Saldaya is the trail blazing leader and founder of Free Birth Society. She was a doula for over ten years, until the reality of her complicity with the obstetric system and the harms that it does to women and babies prompted her to find a better way. In aligning with freebirth, Emilee's dharmic path became clear. She quickly evolved into a "Radical Birth Keeper" who serves women birthing outside the system. Join us this week as we discuss freebirth, intuition vs. fear, taking radical responsibility, transmuting trauma into power (by saying NO MORE), and so much more. Follow Emilee - @freebirthsociety www.freebirthsociety.com

This podcast is an introduction Emilee Saldaya, founder of Free Birth society. Her work in the birth world at a fairly young age began opening her eyes to the importance and meaning of feminism. She felt alone in the midst of an industry that was overall harmful to women, which led her to creating what is now an expansive multi-faceted business entity under the name Free Birth Society (which has way more going on than the name implies). She shares her soulful and empowered life path that led her to the place she is now, which is a radical/revolutionary feminist unlike any that came before. In this episode we touch on the following: The global community portion of FBS, which is like a virtual fire circle for women, what it’s all about and who is involved in it. Entrepreneurship in the Birth World and full-spectrum doulas. The rooted decision to free birth and simultaneously invite the virtual world into that process through FBS podcast, a first of its kind. How she came to terms with how unethical her work in the birth system was. The crossroads she came to upon becoming pregnant with her first baby. How the rite of passage into Motherhood can really make or break us. How she lives a life of integration and vision which pans out in a way that benefits her as a business woman and relatively new mother. A little glimpse into her own free birth experienceWhat her phrase, “We birth how we live” means. What has helped her create healthy boundaries being in a public position, bringing revolutionary feminist viewpoints, which automatically bring some controversy. How she manages being a committed activist, bringing of deep service to women without being swallowed up by the wide range of emotions and realities she must face. Keeping clear energetic boundaries amidst hate. How backlash from her work has highlighted how appressed the female voice is and how she uses her privilege for the women who cannot use theres. The importance of understanding Global oppression of women. How privilege is a responsibility to protect women with less privilege. Details into her most recent Mother-centered, woman-centered retreat. A very unique and beautiful experience. The Radical Birthkeeping School: for women that feel called to serve women and not be behold into the systems that oppress us and keep us separate from each other. Recommendations: “Half the Sky”, Book about Global Oppression - Also a documentary series.

Today on Venus Rising we have the opportunity to shine the spotlight on our founder and president, Jennifer Lahl. A few weeks ago, the wonderful women at The Free Birth Society invited Jennifer to speak on an episode of their show, The Free Birth Podcast. Jennifer sat down with Emilee Saldaya to discuss several different topics including the launch of the CBC, the deeply concerning language in surrogacy contracts, and the challenges she has faced as she tries to protect women. Emilee faced her own criticism when she put together a three-part series on surrogacy and she opens up about that as well. We are grateful for the generosity of the Free Birth Society in allowing us to bring this episode to our listeners at Venus Rising. You can find The Free Birth Podcast here: https://www.freebirthsociety.com/blogs/the-free-birth-podcast You can find each episode of the three part surrogacy series here: Part 1 "To Buy a Baby, You Must First Rent a Woman": https://www.freebirthsociety.com/blogs/the-free-birth-podcast/to-buy-a-baby-you-must-first-rent-a-woman-with-marylou-singleton-surrogacy-series-part-1-of-3 Part 2: “Pain for the Childless Mother”: https://www.freebirthsociety.com/blogs/the-free-birth-podcast/pain-for-the-childless-mother-brianas-story-of-surrogacy-part-2-of-3 Part 3: “Consent Cannot be Purchased”: https://www.freebirthsociety.com/blogs/the-free-birth-podcast/what-makes-a-motherbaby-part-3-of-3-surrogacy-series Watch #BigFertility on Amazon Prime: https://amzn.to/33ytpa3

I chat with Free Birth Society Founder, Emilee Saldaya, to discuss how Birthkeepers, womens circles and authentic sisterhood are all crucial elements in creating a new paradigm and culture of birth. Emilee expands on the key differences between Birthkeepers, Doulas and Midwives; plus the rise of Doulas in the medicalised birth world, the move toward the role of Birthkeeper and what this term actually embodies. Emilee explains her vision of true sisterhood, how we can be in circle with women outside of ritual in our everyday lives, plus all the details on the upcoming Radical Birth Keeper School!

I'm 40 weeks pregnant with our 3rd baby, Aluna, and I have the incredible honour of sitting down with Emilee & Yolande of Free Birth Society. The truth, as we're about to find out, is that women's bodies are brilliantly made, our babies are wise, birth is inherently safe, and, in Yolande's words, birth is not a laborious trial from which we need deliverance, but a glorious, normal, biologically & psychologically important initiation into motherhood. Our PATREON https://www.patreon.com/honeytalks FKNHONEY.COM https://fknhoney.com/ FREEBIRTH COURSE https://freebirthsociety.thinkific.com/ ($50 off coupon here) SOVEREIGN BIRTH MEDITATION SERIES https://freebirthsociety.thinkific.com/courses/the-sovereign-birth-series Yolande's podcast BAUHAUSWIFE ON INSTAGRAM: @freebirthsociety @bauhauswife @honeytalks Discussed in this episode: - interventions you might not have considered - what is mammalian / spontaneous / physiological / “free” birth? - why protecting the hormonal blueprint is so important? - cultural myths we've absorbed - why birthing in power stories are important - Yolande's birth story teaser - pain and ecstasy in birth - what about fear? - why we birth the way we live Mentioned in this episode: - Sarah Buckley - Michel Odent - Sovereign Birth - Yolande's book: “Wild Pregnancy, Free Birth: A Guide to Manifesting Your Ecstatic Homebirth” (out early 2020)

I’m 40 weeks pregnant with our 3rd baby, Aluna, and I have the incredible honour of sitting down with Emilee & Yolande of Free Birth Society.  The truth, as we’re about to find out, is that women’s bodies are brilliantly made, our babies are wise, birth is inherently safe, and, in Yolande’s words, birth is not a laborious trial from which we need deliverance, but a glorious, normal, biologically & psychologically important initiation into motherhood. Our PATREON https://www.patreon.com/honeytalks FKNHONEY.COM https://fknhoney.com/ FREEBIRTH COURSE https://freebirthsociety.thinkific.com/ ($50 off coupon here) SOVEREIGN BIRTH MEDITATION SERIES https://freebirthsociety.thinkific.com/courses/the-sovereign-birth-series Yolande’s podcast BAUHAUSWIFE   ON INSTAGRAM: @freebirthsociety @bauhauswife @honeytalks   Discussed in this episode: - interventions you might not have considered - what is mammalian / spontaneous / physiological / “free” birth? - why protecting the hormonal blueprint is so important? - cultural myths we’ve absorbed - why birthing in power stories are important - Yolande’s birth story teaser - pain and ecstasy in birth - what about fear? - why we birth the way we live     Mentioned in this episode: - Sarah Buckley - Michel Odent - Sovereign Birth - Yolande’s book: “Wild Pregnancy, Free Birth: A Guide to Manifesting Your Ecstatic Homebirth” (out early 2020)

Emilee of Freebirth Society helps Katya unpack some of the reasons for having a completely Wild Pregnancy. They discuss what it means to be a Wild Woman, share menarche stories, and laugh over stories of moon time sex, breastmilk lattes, and Emilee's #1 tip for having an orgasmic birth. https://www.freebirthsociety.com/ @freebirthsociety https://fknhoney.com/ @fknhoney FEB 3-10 2020 WOMEN'S RETREAT DOMINICAN REPUBLIC https://www.motherlovinretreat.com/ *** discussed in this episode: - how to take up your wildness - our menarche stories - walking through rites of passage - sex during moon time - breastmilk lattes - my wild pregnancy - visions of Taino ancestors - how to call on your guides - orgasmic birth - podcast episode Witchy Wellness #24

Emilee of Freebirth Society helps Katya unpack some of the reasons for having a completely Wild Pregnancy. They discuss what it means to be a Wild Woman, share menarche stories, and laugh over stories of moon time sex, breastmilk lattes, and Emilee’s #1 tip for having an orgasmic birth. https://www.freebirthsociety.com/ @freebirthsociety https://fknhoney.com/ @fknhoney FEB 3-10 2020 WOMEN'S RETREAT DOMINICAN REPUBLIC https://www.motherlovinretreat.com/ *** discussed in this episode:  - how to take up your wildness - our menarche stories - walking through rites of passage - sex during moon time - breastmilk lattes - my wild pregnancy - visions of Taino ancestors - how to call on your guides - orgasmic birth - podcast episode Witchy Wellness #24

Birth has been systemically taken from us by the powers that be, but each birthing body holds deep knowledge of how to bring forth life. This conversation is part of a much larger cultural remembering of what our ancestors instinctively knew about giving birth and nurturing our babies. IN THE INTRO: If we're not changing our minds, we're not growing Mammalian birth [mama & mammal & mammary are etymologically related, and there's a reason for that] How the Taoist medicine perspective of how energy moves through the female body explains why everyone wants to be around women  IN THE INTERVIEW: How Emilee’s radical teenage years led to her work now. Supporting mother’s instincts so that the mother-baby conversation can happen. Birth story: Dolphins(!), their potent medicine, and telepathic connection to birth (I cry). The spectrum of birth experience from beautiful and respectful, to dark and scary. How Emilee’s first hospital birth helped align her with her dharma. Our special likeness to all mammals through hormonal sequencing and our need to birth in a safe, familiar space (the choice of birth location changes the hormones flowing through the body during birth). Ultrasound technology safety and what affects our choices to use it. We are culturally trained to fear birth, and be terrified of death. How Patriarchy & Christianity disempowered birthing women. Fear- allying ourselves with it, rather than struggling to “overcome” it. Holding space for all individual birth experiences while still rejecting The System. Surrogacy, the primal wound, the commodification of bodies, and our bodily sovereignty as women. Staying open and nuanced in complex conversations. Meeting your divinity through birth, and the sacred spirituality of pregnancy. We birth the way we live. We are all descendants of women who birthed at home (like 99.999999999% of our female ancestors). Birth is in our bones. Creating a matriarchal household/family. A freebirth is a birth unhindered, undisturbed, in the support of loved ones, and outside the system that oppresses women and especially women of color. When we align with truth, in our power, we are unshakable. LINKS: Emilee’s websites: Free Birth Society, Free Birth Podcast, my interview Matrilineal Love Medicine Stories Patreon (podcast bonuses!) Episode 30, The Innate Intelligence of the Immune System with Cilla Whatcott My website MythicMedicine.love Take my fun Which Healing Herb is Your Spirit Medicine? quiz Medicine Stories Facebook group Mythic Medicine on Instagram Music by Mariee Sioux (from her beautiful song Wild Eyes)

Emilee Saldaya is the founder of Free Birth Society, and the host of the Free Birth Podcast, which shares personal narratives of women birthing in power away from the oppressive medical model that has monopolized childbirth in the past century.She has been a Birth Keeper for 15 years, and after attending hundreds of births in every environment imaginable, she became quite intimate with the many ways in which the medical model of care is failing the vast majority of women and children.As Emilee prepared to consciously conceive her own child, she knew her safest and most powerful option would be to manage her own care during pregnancy and freebirth her baby. She started networking the thousands of women around the world making autonomous birth choices via a private online community designed to offer support to free birthing women. Her daughter was freeborn last year on Maui, Hawaii. Episode Highlights-Emilee’s process of coming to understanding authentic birth-Free birth as birth unhindered, outside the industrial medical system-How patriarchy has sabotaged birth-Centering birth as a natural event that all mammals experience largely complication-free-How we would see a different earth if all women felt empowered and safe-How change can happen quickly and powerfully when women talk and connect-The shadow side and learning curve of stepping forward as a leader and public figure-The power of re-establishing sisterhood in our current society-Creating safe and nurturing community in virtual spaces when we don’t have a road map-Filling up our cups in community so we can return to the world as radical advocates for changeMore from Emilee:Free Birth Society Podcastwww.freebirthsociety.comFree Birth Society Private MembershipEmilee’s private coaching in wild birth education and radical birth keeping@freebirthsociety on InstagramConnect with Lauryn:@laurynmiranda on Instagramwww.laurynmiranda.comhello@laurynmiranda.comAre you receiving nourishment from the Today I Am Podcast?Please honor the energy and resources I pour into this show by offering a loving exchange in one of the following ways:-Subscribe, rate, and review in iTunes/Apple Podcasts-Send me a message on Instagram or at hello@laurynmiranda.com sharing how an episode has touched you.-Take a screenshot of a favorite episode and tag me when you share on social media!

Free Birth Society Online Birth course: freebirthsociety.com $50 off promo code: HONEY FKNHONEY love butter presale: Valentines Day 2019 ... for a discount code, join our free & private Honey Talks Community honeytalkspodcast.com *** Discussed in this episode: - why we need stories of women birthing in power - normalizing being a woman - unlearning doula training & doula culture - birth work: behind the scenes - what is conscious conception - Fertility Awareness Method - a message to those TTC - what intimacy looks like postpartum - a daily kissing ritual - taking pressure off sexual intimacy - powerful insights on pelvic prolapse - the sexual mother & becoming invisible - what is matriarchy & why we need to reclaim it - why women need to gather - what it means to be a witch - why women need to attend women's births - radical birth education Mentioned in the episode: Free Birth Podcast Indie Birth Podcast Jessica Austin breaking down FAM (fertility awareness method) Our birth story Part 1 (Zion) Our birth story Part 2 (Phoenix)

Free Birth Society Online Birth course: freebirthsociety.com $50 off promo code: HONEY FKNHONEY love butter presale: Valentines Day 2019 ... for a discount code, join our free & private Honey Talks Community honeytalkspodcast.com *** Discussed in this episode:  - why we need stories of women birthing in power - normalizing being a woman - unlearning doula training & doula culture - birth work: behind the scenes - what is conscious conception - Fertility Awareness Method - a message to those TTC - what intimacy looks like postpartum - a daily kissing ritual - taking pressure off sexual intimacy - powerful insights on pelvic prolapse - the sexual mother & becoming invisible - what is matriarchy & why we need to reclaim it - why women need to gather - what it means to be a witch - why women need to attend women’s births - radical birth education   Mentioned in the episode: Free Birth Podcast Indie Birth Podcast Jessica Austin breaking down FAM (fertility awareness method)  Our birth story Part 1 (Zion) Our birth story Part 2 (Phoenix)

Emilee Saldaya is the host of The Free Birth Podcast and founder of The Free Birth Society. Emilee is a radical birth keeper, free birth educator, and free birther herself! Emilee works tirelessly to help women find their power and to birth freely and intuitively. Her first priority is trusting women and trusting the process of birth. Listen to The Free Birth Society Podcast here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/free-birth-society/id1231912533?mt=2 Learn more about The Free Birth Society and join this incredible community here: https://www.freebirthsociety.com/

The sluts are joined this week by free birther, Emilee Saldaya, who schools them on how our industrial patriarchal medical model sucks for birth. From a brief history of abusive obstetrics, to exploring what “birth in captivity” means and does, to Emilee’s own free birth story, you’ll learn that birthing out of the system isn’t only for crunchy hippies. (Though there is definitely some crunch hippie stuff in here.) FOLLOW EMILEE Website  Facebook FOLLOW US  Twitter Instagram Facebook Send questions, comments, stories, rants to: SlutsAndScholars@gmail.com Sluts And Scholars is a production of sluts and scholars media.

Emilee Saldaya is the owner and creator of Free Birth Society, an underground movement of people reclaiming their autonomy through pregnancy, childbirth, and parenthood. Here is what Emilee and I spoke about: -Matriarchal households, Emilee and her partner's chosen last name as an act of feminism, and how all of our last names come from patriarchal lineages. -How they chose their last name and where it comes from. -What does it mean to have a free life? -Western marriage, and Emilee's thoughts on traditional, government instituted marriage. -Meaning and origin of the word 'Doula.' -The relationship between violence and lack of mother/baby attachment. 'The Physics Of Love' book: https://www.amazon.com/Physics-Love-Ultimate-Universal-Laws/dp/1572820020 -The importance for children to have a powerful, confident, autonomous mother. -How Emilee became a doula and why she ultimately stopped doing that work. -The foundations of violence and abuse in the obstetrical model of care. -How doulas lack any authority or power with a laboring woman. -Rules and regulations of licensed midwifery. -The maternity model of care stems from how society doesn't trust women to make their own choices about their body/families. -The false idea that a woman can be a "good candidate" or not for a home birth. -Our collective cultural fear of physiological birth. -What is a truly natural (physiological) birth? "The first intervention is leaving your home." -How "we never really know anything," and fear of the unknown is the root of consenting to medicalized care, but it's ultimately counterproductive. - Men traditionally as head of households and the decision makers are choosing how women in their family give birth and the negative impacts of that. -Emilee doesn't participate in the all inclusive birth organizations/groups/rhetoric because, "To stand for something means you stand against things." The Free Birth Society: https://www.freebirthsociety.com/ Free Birth Society Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/freebirthsociety/ Free Birth Podcast: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-754199824 iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/free-birth-exploring-autonomy-in-childbirth/id1231912533?mt=2 Radicle Ruminations Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/radicle Moon Cycle Mastery Course: https://www.radiclewomen.us/mcm/ Enter 'BIRTH' in the coupon code to get 40% off! Radically Empowered Recordings: https://www.radiclewomen.us/radicallyempowered/ Enter 'BIRTH' in the coupon code to get 40% off! Radicle Ruminating Women Facebook Group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/230201384228829/

“Birth is normal and it is biologically meant to work, it can feel incredible and you can have an incredible postpartum; but it takes a level of curiosity, courage and willingness to take responsibility for yourself that we have been hypnotized not to do.” Emilee Saldaya founder of the Free Birth Society boldly challenges the conventional birth process and refers to the ‘amnesia’ modern women embody when it comes to biological natural birth.  She discusses why birth is a feminist issue, why Free Birth has become more popular, her own birth and postpartum process and the reverence it deserves and why it’s a mother’s right to forego choosing a doctor or midwife to preserve her birth experience. What You’ll Hear: -Emilee’s journey attending births, the trauma she witnessed and how it influenced her birth preparation -How abuse, trauma and lack of consent are normalized in birth setting -What does the term ‘birthing in captivity’ mean? -The difference between an unmedicated birth and natural birth -Unnecessary surgical births and doctor’s incentives -The connection between birth and feminism -Emilee’s ethical dilemma with doulas and midwives in the system and her decision to attend and have a Free Birth -How she defines her role in supporting women in a Free Birth as well as more definitions and range of Free Birthing -The connection midwifery has to government and how women worldwide are Free Birthing in secret due to lack of support ie; VBAC -The lack of awareness around the autonomy of our body and the lack of consent we’re accustomed to in medical setting -Women centered humanized birth, maturation process, forgoing the good girl way and taking responsibility for our birth experience -Emilee’s move to Maui for her birth and postpartum period and snippets of her birth story and postpartum time -Birth as a Rite of Passage, being ‘selfish’, planning and prioritizing your birth experience -Emilee challenges current midwifery, discusses licensing and regulation and the traditional birth attendant -How Emilee’s birth outcome would have looked had she been in midwifery or OB care vs what she had -Kimberly’s opinion of midwives -What Emilee wishes everyone would know about birth, resources about Free Birthing and how to advocate to family and friends -Emilee distinguishes between power and empowerment -The amnesia of birthing and working through it collectively

How I Untransferred Myself While Pushing: Host Emilee Saldaya Tells Her Tale (Part 2) by Free Birth Society

How I Untransferred Myself While Pushing: Host Emilee Saldaya Tells Her Tale (Part 2) by Free Birth Society

Yolande Clark is a Canadian writer and birth educator & consultant, and worked as a traditional birth attendant or homebirth witness for many years. She is a passionate advocate for women's autonomy during birth, the protection of mothers' and babies' dignity and for the importance of birth as the foundation for joyful mothering and ultimately, global peace. You can find out more about her at www.freebirth.ca. In this episode we talk about:: -The meaning of Bauhauswife. -What is a freebirth vs. homebirth? -Ultrasounds (You can find Yolande's recent series on Ultrasounds on her Podcast, "Bauhauswife.")Also check out her interview with Emilee Saldaya on Ultrasounds on the "Free Birth Society" Podcast. -Our own personal experiences that led us to birth work. -The limitations of regulated/licensed midwifery. -Does birth ever need medical intervention? -Why the fear and misinformation around birth is so pervasive. -What does Yolande believe it will take for women to take back their autonomy in birth? Also.... *Visit www.radiclewomen.us to sign up for my monthly newsletter! *SUPPORT ME ON PATREON! Go check out my patreon to discover all the sweet offerings for those who become a member! https://www.patreon.com/radicle *Check out my Moon Cycle Mastery Course: https://www.radiclewomen.us/mcm *Also check out my Empowered Health Recordings with Lydia Jarjoura: https://www.radiclewomen.us/radicallyempowered/ *My article on Breastfeeding and how medicalized birthing practices create poor outcomes: http://www.earthbasedmom.com/studies-reveal-medicalized-birth-negatively-affects-breastfeeding-outcomes/ *The book we mention is the podcast is called, 'Heal Your Birth, Heal Your Life,' by Sharon King. *SIDE NOTE* I apologize for the very annoying humming sound and quality of audio on my end in this episode. I was still trying to figure out some technical stuff and later realized my mic wasn't enabled and I was using the computer mic. The next episode I recorded I figured everything out and it will sound much better from now on. I believe you will still find value in this conversation anyway! Enjoy.

Part 1 of my birth story is up!

Part 1 of my birth story is up!

Birth is a normal physiological experience..... it really is no different than having an orgasm. Cosmicsmith Radio Episode 16  Conscious Conception and Free Birth with Emilee Saldaya In this episode we sit down with Emilee Saldaya to discuss the truth behind free birth and the power that we have as conscious humans to create conscious conception. We live our lives intentionally if every way, creating another human is no different. We have choices. Lots of them. It is time to be empowered with knowledge of how to put mom and baby first. This episode is a goody.