Doula and women’s coach Saima Kara @livewildbirthfree is on a mission to help women experience empowered, transcendent, and natural births.

Episode Notes: 

Saima’s background and love of childbirth from a small age

Issues with hospital births

The mainstream narrative of birth

Menstrual cycles as the beginning of birth preparation

Acknowledging fears and limiting beliefs before moving past them

Medical intervention

Why ultrasounds are harmful, and, unnecessary

Emily’s birth experience in a cast

Conscious leadership tools and radical responsibility

Infantilizing of women

Practicing "no"

Spirit Hacking by Shaman Durek

Stepping into our power through the birth experience

Herstory by Jane Hardwicke Collings

Accessibility to a doula with limited or no resources

Homebirth reservations + solutions

Vaginal tears heal themselves

Maidens transforming into mothers

Nutrition tips

Placenta benefits, encapsulation, rituals

The First Forty Days by Heung Ho

Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering by Sarah Buckely

Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth Ina May Gaskin

Freebirth Society podcast

Search “Unassisted birth” videos on YouTube

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Where to find Saima:

livewildbirthfree.com

@livewildbirthfree on Instagram

Book a free 30 min consultation with Saima

10% off any 1:1 session with code “healingcorner”

Radical Birth Education Course starts July 13th 2021

Coaching and workshops (Menstrual Magic, Birth Coaching, Home Birth Doula, Postnatal Support)

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Where to find me:

healingcorner.net

@healing_corner on Instagram

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From healing her own autoimmune diseases through diet, coaching individuals within her health coaching programs, and serving 4 million visitors per year on the autoimmunewellness.com website, Angie Alt discusses her healing journey, her perspective on privilege and activism within the wellness world, and why she's over the term "self-care."

Where to find Angie: 

@angie.alt Instagram

SAD to AIP in 6

@autoimmunepaleo

Autoimmunewellness.com

The Autoimmune Wellness Podcast

Where to find me:

healingcorner.net

Episode notes: 

Being misdiagnosed

Privilege

Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

Unlearning and addressing systemic racism

Leader vs. influencer

Platform as privilege

Calling in the white community to become antiracist

North and the South mini-series on Amazon Prime

Situations where white people are the minority

What does it mean to be well within a community? 

Rob Wolf: The Paleo Solution

Dr. Sarah Ballantyne’s website The Paleo Mom

Angie’s celiac diagnosis to becoming a coach

Dr. Tee Williams website + Instagram @imdrtee

Chakita Sharnis @unitedstreettours and @ChakitaSharnise 

A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zen

Nicole Charles Heal Me Delicious and @healunited

"Pray with Our Feet" Emelda De Coteau podcast + Instagram @praywithourfeet

Danielle Coke @ohhappydani

Rachel Cargle @rachelcargle and @lovelandfoundation

In this episode, Emily reflects on health, privilege, and inspiration for becoming more aware and unlearning.

Find me @healing_corner on Instagram

email: [email protected]

Notes

Chani Nicholas in Rolling Stone interview

Austin Channing Brown I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness

Ibram X. Kendi How to Be an Antiracist

Ibram X. Kendi Antiracist Reading List for NYtimes

Dr. Yaba Blay One Drop: Shifting the Lens on Race

@melissau founder of Whole30 + video on inclusivity (her newsletter is great too)

@glennondoyle author of Untamed

Debbie Millman podcast episode with Glennon Doyle and Abby Wambach

Glennon and Dr. Yaba Blay: Can Black women and White women be friends? The whole interview is great but 27:47 is where the question starts

Chani Nicholas in Nailed magazine interview

Vishal Verma, MS, EAMP reflects on his career as an acupuncture & Eastern medicine practitioner and Ayurvedic medicine practitioner, remarkable patient stories, and his favorite kitchari recipe for detoxifying and replenishing.

Find me over @healing_corner on Instagram

Vishal Verma MS, EAMP

Omshen Eastern Medicine

[email protected]

https://www.facebook.com/Omshenclinic/

https://www.instagram.com/omshen_eastern_medicine/

Acupuncture + musculoskeletal pain

Stress variables

Meridians or Jing Wei

Nervous system mapping

Vishal's background

Qi definition (h/t Vitamin Qi blog)

Vital air

Remarkable recovery stories

Eastern and Western medicine together

Herbs

COVID, acupuncture, and immunity

Ayurveda

5 elements

Recipe for Kitchari (Ayurvedic rice porridge): excellent for detoxifying and replenishing

The Yoga of Herbs by Dr. David Frawley

Prakriti: Your Ayurvedic Constitution by Dr. Robert Svoboda 

The Web That Has No Weaver by Ted Kaptchuk

A solo episode series highlighting woman or minority-owned food & beverage companies that deliver on taste, social impact or environmental stewardship, and the ability to ship within the U.S. This week: BLK & Bold Specialty Coffee + Tea

Find me @healing_corner on Instagram

BLK&Bold.com to shop and sign up for their newsletter

@blkandbold on Instagram

facebook.com/blkandbold

Fortune article June 2020: Coffee startup BLK & Bold’s cofounders on incorporating social impact into the business model

Sister.is and proposals for the feminine economy

Find them at Target, Whole Foods, Hyvee and BLK&Bold.com 

A solo episode series highlighting woman or minority-owned food & beverage companies that deliver on taste, nutrient density, social impact and/or environmental stewardship. A Dozen Cousins makes "soulfully seasoned beans." 

A Dozen Cousins (free U.S. shipping) 

Also on amazon.com and Whole Foods

@adozencousins on Instagram

Project Potluck

Nutritionist and colon hydrotherapist Alison Leighton explains why colonics are so good at kick-starting our health.

Find me @healing_corner on Instagram

Episode notes:

Notes

Julie O'Brien, NTP makes the world a more delicious and nutritious place - on this episode, she reflects on falling in love with fermented sauerkraut, starting and running her business, and the healing power of fermented foods. 

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Notes:

fireflykitchens.com

@fireflykitchensseattle on Instagram

@julieboltonobrien on Instagram

Getting started at home

Celtic Sea Salt (France)

High vibe workplace

Ideal gut acid pH 

Easing the digestive load

Easing constipation

Kimchi #1 seller: Vegan, Green vs napa cabbage

Fresh & Fermented cookbook

Recipe ideas

Probiotic poops

Fennel asparagus soup

Tacos

Ingredient sourcing and farmer partners

Envirostars certification

Cooking classes

Probiotic hot sauce

Use code "healingcorner" at fireflykitchens.com for 10% off any purchase (free U.S. shipping too!)

A solo episode series highlighting small-batch, woman or minority-owned food & beverage companies that deliver on taste, nutrient density, sustainability, and environmental stewardship. Yolélé supports West African smallholder farming communities and regenerative agricultural practices through the cultivation of fonio, a gluten-free ancient African grain.

@healing_corner on Instagram

Notes:

Yolélé website

@Yoléléfoods on Instagram

Pierre Thiam 2017 TedTalk: A forgotten ancient grain that could help Africa prosper

Pierre's cookbooks

Astrologer, Usui Holy Fire III Reiki Master, and human design specialist Clarinda Mann walks us through astrocartography and why where we live or travel affects our health and wellbeing.