Progressive Parenting

Giving Austin Labor Support (GALS) brings another exciting documentary to the Austin community. BREASTMILK is the latest film from Executive Producers Ricki Lake and Abby Epstein, the creative minds behind The Business of Being Born (2008).

Why do breasts and breastfeeding excite such interest, controversy, rage and passion?

Breastfeeding has made a lot of headlines lately – from the controversial photo on the cover of Time magazine toWhoopi Goldberg’s public bashing of Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative, to military moms being criticized for breastfeeding in uniform.  Our society is enamored with “baby bumps” but what follows the birth is a different, slightly messier story. Lactose intolerance takes on a whole new meaning as it relates to women, their breasts and their milk.  The act of breastfeeding has been immortalized by great artists all over the world, so why are we disturbed by contemporary images of women nurturing children? Why do we have to struggle to normalize this human mammalian behavior? 

Join us as I speak with Karli Heatherington of Gals and Krisdee & Gail of

"Even though recovery is a major part of, most women just do not plan for it. It is, therefore, no coincidence that post-pregnancy disorders are the most common complication after childbirth. Thus, the well being and healthy recovery of a woman after childbirth should be just as important of a priority, as taking care of a newborn child."

These words are from Valerie Lynn's book The Mommy Plan. Tonight we will discuss natural ways to care for oneself post partum. What happens when we don't and why as a cuture we really haven't/do not.

Haunted Mamas: Healing the Heartbreak of a Traumatic Birth?

Tonight my guest will be Christy Diane Farr.

Traumatic births leave wounds -- some more subtle than others -- that leave new moms feeling disconnected from themselves and the people they love. Broken hearts need the courage and resources to heal in preparation for, and also through, childbirth. Recognizing and honoring previous birth trauma nurtures a woman's trust and confidence in you, and perhaps most importantly, within herself. Christy Farr of Seeds and Weeds Coaching and I will spend this hour exploring ways that moms and those who support them can work together to cultivate the healing they need and desire.

Everyone’s Nightmare: The Dark Side of Sports

 News reports uncovering more than 10 alleged sexual abuse or assault cases per month involving athletes or coaches highlight the fact that the story of sexual aggression in sports is far from over.  These alarming incidents raise questions about underlying causes and other types of sexually deviant and aggressive behaviors that silently thrive within insulated athletic teams beginning in high school.

  While this information is certain to shock, raise awareness, and provide a wake-up call for those in and outside of the sports world, Dr. Pappas also discusses a course of action for preventing these harmful behaviors while promoting personal and team excellence in

the process.

Agh! We cringe when we hear these words, yet what do they mean and how can the power dynamic shift? In this radio show, we'll have a relationship focused counselor, Elly Taylor, wax eloquent on this topic all the way from Sydney, Australia. She authored a book called Becoming Us, and together we'll explore what is going on for a dad and mom when "He won't let me do it" applies to birth choices.

Tonight my guest is Michelle Gober, she is a midwife and birth activist. She attended the 2nd Annual Birth Activist Retreat in Utah, and is a volunteer for the U.S. Human Rights in Childbirth Legal Defense Network.  She received her midwifery training in the controversial birth states of Arizona and North Carolina.She initiated fundraising efforts for Rowan Bailey's bail and legal defense.   Later in the program we will be joined by Hermine Hayes-Klein an Attorney and the director of the Bynkershoek Research Center for Reproductive Rights (RCRR) at the Bynkershoek Institute in The Hague.

In 2012 she organized a conference on Human Rights in Childbirth in The Hague, along with a team of volunteers. The conference and the issues it addressed were memorialized in the documentary Freedom for Birth.  

We will be discussing the ultimate responsibility of the parents, the rights of the birthing mother and the persecution of midwives and more. Please join us live or in the chat room.&n

Unless you've been hiding out on hiatus from the media you will most likely have heard about Miley Cyrus recent choices. Recently Be a Man University recently wrote a story on this entitled: WHO IS LOOKING OUT FOR MILEY CYRUS.

There were lots of people on both sides of this topic. I am looking forward to talk to the BAM group Rob Tremp, Dae Sheridan and Scott Merrit. Join us live at 7pm pst

Tonight our Show starts off with 3 Dads and a Doc from BE A MAN UNIVERSITY they are writing a book and creating a MOVEMENT for fathers who want more positive and meaningful interactions with their daughters! Their mission: To become the greatest Dad generation in history!

After wards I get to chat with Brian Salmon! He's a dude-la in San Antonio Texas Helping mamas and their families during an exciting and sometimes scary part of life, BIRTH!

Losing a child is traumatic, tragic and earth shattering. What happens when you become pregnant again? 

My guests grappling this topic will be Heidi Faith of Stillbirthday.com  and Franchesca Cox author of Celebrating Pregnancy Again, she started an online magazine for contributors to write pieces about their journeys. It's called Still Standing Magazine.

Join me as I speak with Courtney Jarecki of Home Birth Cesarean. While the percentage of women who go from having a homebirth to a cesarean is small, their stories are nonetheless powerful, meaningful and important. Until now, no one has gathered and shared these stories, leaving many HBC moms to feel as their birth experiences don’t matter, and creating a vacuum their stories would otherwise fill.

Just as HBC mothers often find themselves estranged from the homebirth community, many midwives and birth workers are at a loss as to how best support these women and their families.

The name Homebirth Cesarean originated as a way for women to distinguish their birth from the existing categories that didn’t apply. These women spent nine-months preparing for a homebirth and the spirit and homebirth philosophies still apply to their birth.HBC mothers quickly understood the name distinction, and the ways that language can both empower and set limits