Taking Back Birth

Not so many intellectual thoughts here at the end; but lots of feeling, and dreaming and processing my pregnancy experience thus far. This finishes up baby #10’s pregnancy; and on this podcast I share my thoughts and dreams for birth as well as the overall themes of deep spirituality that were gifted to me over […]

Hah, trick question. My answer when people ask me is: I have no idea! What I DO care about if someone asks is that they think about what they want, what they want their ENTIRE experience to feel like (NOT just the birth!) and if they’re ready to get real with themselves about their own […]

In this Mothering podcast, I take the easy way out and answer a bunch of questions from our social network. I ended up blabbing about how it looks in our house with childcare, how we keep our house clean and how I think about relationships and spending time with each of them alone. Enjoy!

On this podcast, I use Danielle LaPorte as inspiration in a few different ways. Join me as I reflect on what it means to connect with your higher consciousness in pregnancy; how the state of the world is requiring more of this from us (like never before), and how some or all of these questions […]

Join me on this continuation of my mothering series. In this episode, I talk about my beliefs around food and kids and how ultimately I have settled on trying to control less and allow more freedom. I also share how food often looks in our house; where it comes from, who makes it and how […]

“Enough of phrases, conceit, and metaphors, I want burning, burning, burning.” -Rumi Here’s the correct quote to this podcast; my newly pregnant brain got it wrong Here’s to hoping that you enjoy this more spiritual dive into the early pregnancy experience. Full of growth and realization and the mystery of these souls that come in! […]

Margo and I chat together on this one after a recent run of first births in our own work. We also compiled some fun stats, looking at the many first births we’ve attended over the years and the percentages of long, fast, etc. We hope you enjoy the close look into the midwife’s perspective on […]

Listen in as two nine-time fathers (my husband Jason and great friend, supporter of Indie Birth and wise elder, Thom Knoles) talk about the magic of birth! Download this Podcast Episode

This sounds really boring, but I promise you that it is quick, and fun! I wanted to record this for all the mamas and students that are constantly wondering about fundal height; and maybe stressing about the measurement or just wanting more information about this in general. Let us know what questions you have, and […]

Who doesn’t love talking about names? Join me in this podcast about baby names! First, a short update from my perspective on some world events…and then time spent on why, how and when people name their babies, as well as how I came to the names of our children. I hope you enjoy this and […]