In this episode, Lacey chats with Maryn and Margo from Indie Birth about transparency, choices, traditional midwifery, and birthing and midwifery inside (and outside) the system as we know it.

About Indie Birth

You can visit the Indie Birth Website here

Visit and follow Indie Birth on Instagram @indiebirth

Find Indie Birth on Facebook

Learn more about the Indie Birth Midwifery School here

Maryn Green and Margo Blackstone from Indie Birth’s book is titled “Indie Birth: A Story of Radical Birth Love” and can be purchased via Ebook or Physical Copy HERE

“Indie Birth: A Story of Radical Birth Love is medicine created to help us collectively heal from the lies we’ve been told about birth. Dive deeply into the minds, hearts, and lives of the women living the Indie Birth revolution. Equal parts history, birth stories, and visioning towards the future, this manifesta will help lead the way towards a brighter vision of birth for decades to come. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, and you’ll recognise yourself if you look closely enough. When you put this book down, you’ll be ready to rise up. You’ll be ready to break the chains of generations past and ready to change the now…ready to take back birth.”

Kate and I discuss marketing; why big brands don’t always showcase birth photography; the complexities behind the photographic industry; and all the things that go on behind branding and marketing.

“Do you want to be right? Or do you want to get what you want?” Can we have both?

Kate Atkins from Atkins ProLab:

Storm and I discuss all things Social Media- why it’s important and why we ABSOLUTELY need to have social media to operate successful businesses. From personal branding to authentic growth and content creation, Storm and I get down to the nitty gritty and discuss the importance of standing for something.

To find Storm you can visit:

Everryyoonnneee always says, "But wedding photographers get $5k for a wedding and they know everything..time, date, venue etc. We don't. We are on call and stick to home and and and and...why can't we charge wedding prices?" Well my friends, Will and I adress this very question in this episode. Will also gives some amazing video, money, and business tips. To work with Will and his partner Anna, you can find them here:

Claire and I explore feminism in a way that you may or may not have thought about as well as covering inclusivity in our language and why it matters to the wider and smaller community.

To find Claire, you can visit her social media here.

https://www.instagram.com/claire.eden.mcilroy/?hl=en

https://www.facebook.com/claireedenmcilroy/

Everryyyooonnneee always says, "But wedding photographers get $5k for a wedding and they know everything..time, date, venue etc. We don't. We are on call and stick to home and and and and...why can't we charge wedding prices?"

Well me friends, Will and I address this very question in this episode. Will also gives some amazing video, money, and business tips. 

To work with Will and his partner Anna you can find him here:

https://www.facebook.com/EuphoriaFilms/

https://www.instagram.com/euphoria_films/

Rowan tells us about her daughter Charlie and what it was like getting into shooting births after her loss. Join us on how we integrate death and life into the birth space.

To learn more about Rowan, you can visit: https://saltcitybirth.com/

Hayley Carr is a life coach in the country side of Australia. In this episode, we dissect hustle and how it is a perception. We explore ways of slowing down to speed up and what vulnerability means in business.

If you'd like to work with Hayley you can visit www.hayleycarr.tv

Play Bigger, Feel Better 4-5 May 2019 in Byron Bay NSW.
https://hayleycarr.tv/play-bigger-feel-better

If you'd like to watch her video you can visit https://www.youtube.com/user/hayleycarrtv

Dasha is a relationship doula and works with couples during their transition into parenthood. In this episode we chat in depth about the changes that birthing people go through and the toll it can take on those dynamics in our relationships.

To work with Dasha or learn more about what she does, you can visit her website at www.dashaclarke.com

Dr Erin is a Perinatal Psychologist and teaches us ways we can help alleviate our responses to triggers, how we as birth photographers play a vital role as emotional first responders in the birth space and more about her job in helping women with their own birth trauma.

https://doctorerin.com.au/