The Wild Mother Podcast

By Jessica Hodgens

What's The Wild Mother Podcast about?

The Wild Mother Podcast is for women who want to reclaim the wisdom of our bodies, our babies and the earth. Join me, Dr. Jessica Hodgens, for evidence-based and soul-centred conversations about physiologic birth, natural parenting, and conscious mothering. Let's rewrite the narrative of what motherhood, and life on earth, can be.

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The Wild Mother Podcast episodes:

03.01.2022
Honouring the Sanctity of Childhood: Simplicity Parenting with Kim John Payne M.Ed.
My guest today is none other than Kim John Payne, a child and family counsellor, consultant, educator, researcher and the author of the number one bestseller, ‘Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Happier, Calmer, More Secure...
02.15.2022
Real Food and Mother-Baby Health: Eating for our Physiologic Design, with Lily Nichols RDN
Like many of our beliefs around pregnancy, birth and mothering, much of what we believe about food is grounded not in evidence or physiology, but in emotion, misinformation and dogma. Today's guest is the brilliant Lily Nichols - Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist, researcher,...
09.19.2021
Tara's birth story: Alchemising pain and remembering that we are nature, with Tara Bliss
In today’s episode, I have the great privilege of speaking with the divine Tara Bliss, as she shares the story of her pregnancy journey, and the birth of her little boy. This is a story about motherhood, sacrifice, loss, love...
09.12.2021
Herbalism, birth rights and faith, with Julie Bell
Today, I’m in conversation with mother, doula, herbalist and activist, Julie Bell. Julie is the heart behind Blissful Herbs, and if you’re a homebirthing mama in Australia, chances are you already know exactly who Julie is, and you’ve probably even...
09.05.2021
Shamanic dimensions of pregnancy + birth as a rite of passage, with Jane Hardwicke Collings
Today’s episode is with a woman whose work & wisdom has quite literally changed my life. It’s my absolute privilege today to bring to you one of my great teachers, Jane Hardwicke Collings. Jane is a grandmother, former homebirth midwife for...
08.29.2021
Dropping back into our bodies and connecting with our inner wisdom, with Rachel Hodgens
Today’s episode is about something I’ve come to see as one of THE most important influences on a woman’s experience of birth and motherhood. I’m talking about connecting with our inner wisdom, living IN our bodies (instead of in our...
08.22.2021
Birth Outside the System, with Dr. Melanie Jackson
This is the second half of my conversation with the incredible Dr. Melanie Jackson. In this episode, Mel and I talk about her research into why women choose to birth outside the system. We get pretty raw and real in this...
08.15.2021
Homebirth 101: What it’s like to birth at home with a private midwife, with Dr Melanie Jackson
If you’ve ever toyed with the idea of having a homebirth but you’ve wondered 1) where on earth to begin and 2) what it’s really like to birth at home with the support of a privately practicing midwife, then this...
08.01.2021
Reclaiming ownership of our bodies + connecting with our innate wisdom in motherhood, with Briony Goodsell
Briony Goodsell is a doula, yoga teacher, intuitive bodyworker, women’s circle facilitator, photographer and mama. She is a weaver of the womens’ mysteries, gatherer of ancient feminine wisdom, holder of sacred spaces and a guide for reconnecting women with their...
07.18.2021
Childbirth is a sacred gateway to personal and ancestral healing, with Maha Al Musa.
Maha Al Musa is a true elder and wise-woman of birth and women’s rites of passage. Of Palestinian and Lebanese origin, Maha is an independent childbirth educator of twenty-five years. She is the author of Dance of the Womb: The...
05.23.2021
Five gentle ways to support your baby’s evolutionary design.
One of the hardest things about being a mama in the modern world is the feeling that you’re doing it “wrong”. There’s so much advice about what our babies “should” be doing. They “should” be sleeping through the night, they...
05.10.2021
What is physiologic (“natural”) birth and how to have one
What is a physiologic birth, and how is it different from other descriptions like “natural” or “vaginal” birth? Why might you want to have a physiologic birth? And how can you maximise your chances of having a safe physiologic birth...
05.04.2021
Welcome to the Wild Mother Podcast!
Welcome, wild woman, to the very first episode of the Wild Mother podcast! In this welcome episode, I'm introducing my vision for the podcast, a little about what you can expect to hear in this space, and a bit about the...

What's The Wild Mother Podcast about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

The Wild Mother Podcast episodes:

Honouring the Sanctity of Childhood: Simplicity Parenting with Kim John Payne M.Ed.

Real Food and Mother-Baby Health: Eating for our Physiologic Design, with Lily Nichols RDN

Tara's birth story: Alchemising pain and remembering that we are nature, with Tara Bliss

Herbalism, birth rights and faith, with Julie Bell

Shamanic dimensions of pregnancy + birth as a rite of passage, with Jane Hardwicke Collings

Dropping back into our bodies and connecting with our inner wisdom, with Rachel Hodgens

Birth Outside the System, with Dr. Melanie Jackson

Homebirth 101: What it’s like to birth at home with a private midwife, with Dr Melanie Jackson

Reclaiming ownership of our bodies + connecting with our innate wisdom in motherhood, with Briony Goodsell

Childbirth is a sacred gateway to personal and ancestral healing, with Maha Al Musa.

Five gentle ways to support your baby’s evolutionary design.

What is physiologic (“natural”) birth and how to have one

Welcome to the Wild Mother Podcast!

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