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The Holistic OBGYN Podcast Nathan Riley, MD
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- Health & Fitness
The institutions and individuals who run the world would like you to believe that you are powerless. That there's nothing you can do to improve the wellbeing of your family. That you aren't smart enough to understand shmancy science stuff. That eating and living well is too hard for most...so why try? That exercising your rights to informed consent and refusal is irresponsible. That having a birth on you terms, in your own home would be incorrigible. That pregnancy is a disease and childbirth is a medical procedure. That your symptoms are "all in your head". That cervical cancer is an inevitable consequence of HPV infection.
They're wrong. Welcome to your revolution.
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On the Possibilities of Helping Your Baby Navigate the Pelvis with Nicole Morales and Gail Tully
The Episode was made possible by Immune Intel AHCC® & WeNatal
My guests today are some of the more important voices in birthwork in the United States today. Gail Tully is the founder of Spinning Babies®. Nicole Morales is a Spinning Babies® instructor and author of several books. Both of these women attend home births, and both fully embody informed consent and an individualized approach to maternity care. In this conversation, we get into positioning, movement, and breath to have a more easy birth, methods for getting your baby situated in the pelvis appropriately, and we even get into a soft debate around dogmatic concepts like “cardinal movements” and breech being a “variation of normal”. I love both Gail and Nicole so dearly, and I’m so excited that they’re going to be educated at the upcoming 2024 Born Free Twins-Breech. Grab your ticket before we fill up!
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Connect with Gail:
WebsiteLinkedInInstagram
Connect with Nicole:
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Reference from the show:
Dynamic Body Balancing by Dr. Carol PhillipsForward Leaning Inversion to help baby turn from breech to cephalicA Manual of Midwifery, 1886 textbookLevels of the PelvisS.A.F.E. technique for breech (Adrienne Caldwell)Side-lying release to help with asynclitismBreath and the pelvic floor with Julie Wiebe, PTBIRTHFIT online programs (code BORNFREE for 10% off)
2024 Born Free Twins-Breech Conference:Join 150 birth workers and 20+ amazing presenters in Louisville, August 8-11, to learn some new skills, make some new friends, and show up holistically for your birthing clients!
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Roots, Race, Colonization, and African Spirituality of Childbirth with Dr. Mmatshilo Motsei, PhD
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Dr. Motsei was one of my guides during a recent trip to South Africa to sit in a ceremony with Indigenous midwives through a program offered by my friend Sevonna Brown, National Director of Restore Forward. Sevonna has also been on the podcast. Mmatshilo is a prolific author, healer, and educator, and she will be a keynote speaker at the upcoming Born Free Twins-Breech Conference in Louisville. I am enrolled in her online program “African Spirituality of Childbirth”. In this flowing conversation, we talk about racism, colonization, and spirituality on her continent, using these themes to explore issues within maternal health and birthwork. This was one of my favorite interviews so far…
Come, see, and hear from Dr. Motsei and a range of other educators at the 2024 Born Free Twins-Breech. Grab your ticket before we fill up!
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Connect with Mmatshilo:
Websites: Afrika Ikalafe Pluriversity & Afrika IkalafeLinkedInInstagram
Reference from the show:
Dr. Motsei’s booksFind out more about Dr. Motsei’s online course on the Afrikan Spirituality of ChildbirthGod is Not a Man interview with Aubrey Matshiqi (MOYA Podcast)The Power of Myth, by Joseph Campbell
2024 Born Free Twins-Breech Conference:
Join 150 birth workers and 20+ amazing presenters in Louisville, August 8-11, to learn some new skills, make some new friends, and show up holistically for your birthing clients!
Visit the website and register
Connect with Nathan:
Instagram | Youtube | TiktokMidwife in need of collaboration?Want to consult with Nathan?
My Online Courses:
Born Free Method: Pregnancy and Postpartum SupportClear + Free: Your Holistic Solution to Persistent HPV
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Birthwork: The Intersection of Birth, Death, and Ceremony with Sevonna Brown and Haize Hawke
The Episode was made possible by Immune Intel AHCC® & WeNatal
Guests:
Sevonna Brown is a doula and national director of Restore Forward
Haize Hawke is a midwife in southern California and co-founder of The Victoria Project and The Bridge Midwives
This conversation is exactly what the birth community needs to hear. Birthwork is the ultimate expression of some of human life's scariest yet most rapturous moments. One becomes the other, and, as such, birthwork itself is an initiation to sitting with the rite of passage of childbirth. In this wide-ranging conversation, we discuss initiation rites, ancestral lineages, and steps toward resolving horizontal violence in birthwork. A part of this requires we seek a definition of “expertise” beyond labels and credentials alone. Remember: death is on the line in any true rite of passage. What is the role of discomfort as we sit with birth? For us? For the families whom we serve?
Sevonna and Haize will be MCing ("weavers of resonance") the upcoming Born Free Twins-Breech Conference in Louisville this August. Come meet them in person! Visit the website and register
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Connect with Sevonna:
WebsiteLinkedInInstagramX
Connect with Haize:
WebsiteLinkedInInstagram
Reference from the show:
Film: The Business of Birth ControlFilm: The Business of Being Born
Learn more about Sevonna and Haize’s work:
The Bridge MidwivesRooted BirthRestore ForwardThe Victoria ProjectAfrika Ikalafe online training in African spirituality in childbirth
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New fathers need community, with Mike Salemi, one of the sweetest (and toughest) dudes I know
The Episode was made possible by Immune Intel AHCC® & WeNatal
You will absolutely love this one! Mike and I have known each other for several years now. I helped him in his journey from boy to father, providing remote support to Mike and his wife through the birth of their little man Luca, and, in the process, I fell in love with this guy. Mike is a former world champion athlete turned conscious father. In this conversation, we go deep into the needs of men in a world that provides few tools for showing up presently and consciously.
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Connect with Mike:
WebsitePodcast: The Path with Mike SalemiInstagram
Reference from the show:
Sacred HuntingFrom the Core, by John WinelandFather-child play: A systematic review of its frequency, characteristics and potential impact on children’s development
Use code BORNFREE20 to get 20% of either of Mike’s online exercise programs (Kettlebell Lifestyle & Athleticism 4 Life), which are good for everyone, from beginners through enthusiasts. (link → www.mikesalemi.io)
2024 Born Free Twins-Breech Conference:
Join 150 birth workers and 20+ amazing presenters in Louisville, August 8-11, to learn some new skills, make some new friends, and show up holistically for your birthing clients!
Visit the website and register
Connect with Nathan:
Instagram | YoutubeMidwife in need of collaboration?Want to consult with Nathan?
My Online Courses:
Born Free Method: Pregnancy and Postpartum SupportClear + Free: Your Holistic Solution to Persistent HPV
This episode was made possible by:
Immune Intel AHCC® - code BELOVED10 for 10% offWeNatal - Free bottle of fish oil with purchase of Him + Her prenatals
Medical Disclaimer: The Holistic OBGYN Podcast is an educational program. No information conveyed through this podcast should be construed as medical advice. These conversations are available to the public for educational and entertainment purposes only.
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Mothering the mother holistically, with authors Heather Harvey and Karina Krepp
The Episode was made possible by Immune Intel AHCC® & WeNatal
Heather and Karina are both parents, and their age gap has provided them sufficient life experience to see the glowing gap in care provided to new mothers in our society. Meeting this need is unlikely to come through allopathic medicine and its myriad of resources because they argue - as do I - that a holistic approach is required. After working for years with women utilizing skills they have picked up in the life and health coaching industry, they then turned their attention to writing a book, “The Way Holistic”, to help new moms (and dads) work with their own stories to become better parents and raise charismatic, healthy kiddos. If you are a mother (or plan to be a parent in the future!) there is a lot of wisdom shared in this conversation!
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Connect with Heather and Karina:
Websites: Burn360holistichealth.com & Thewayholistic.com Instagram:
- Burn360 Holistic Health, Heather Harvey
-Chakraholisic, Karina Krepp
-The Way Holistic
Reference from the show:
Caroline Myss, archetypesWork of Leonard Sax, MD, parentingCHEK Institute (to expand your education to include holistic lifestyle principles)
2024 Born Free Twins-Breech Conference:
Join 150 birth workers and 20+ amazing presenters in Louisville, August 8-11, to learn some new skills, make some new friends, and show up holistically for your birthing clients!
Visit the website and register
Connect with Nathan:
Instagram | YoutubeMidwife in need of collaboration?Want to consult with Nathan?
My Online Courses:
Born Free Method: Pregnancy and Postpartum SupportClear + Free: Your Holistic Solution to Persistent HPV
This episode was made possible by:
Immune Intel AHCC® - code BELOVED10 for 10% offa... -
Midwives can get more sh*t done by bucking the “norm” with Fadwah Halaby, CNM
The Episode was made possible by Immune Intel AHCC® & WeNatal
Fadwah is a midwife practicing in Florida. She has attended countless births and has served in numerous local and national leadership committees to improve clients' births. As a result, she has been supporting the upcoming Born Free Twins-Breech Conference in Louisville, specifically by maximizing CEUs for attendees. In this episode, we discuss horizontal violence in birthwork, the miserable state of birth worker autonomy in the state of Florida, insurance versus direct-pay as an equitable solution for birthing families, and getting shit on within and without the “system”.
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Connect with Fadwah:
LinkedInFacebook Instagram
Reference from the show:
Birthing Models on the Human Rights Frontier: Speaking Truth to Power (Social Science Perspectives on Childbirth and Reproduction), edited by Betty-Anne Daviss and Robbie Davis-FloydEMTALA actACOG’s committee opinion on Planned Home BirthAverage costs of childbirth
Learn more about Fadwah’s work:
www.midwife360.comwww.birthequityresource.org
2024 Born Free Twins-Breech Conference:
Join 150 birth workers and 20+ amazing presenters in Louisville, August 8-11, to learn some new skills, make some new friends, and show up holistically for your birthing clients!
Visit the website and register
Connect with Nathan:
Instagram | YoutubeMidwife in need of collaboration?Want to consult with Nathan?
My Online Courses:
Born Free Method: Pregnancy and Postpartum SupportClear + Free: Your Holistic Solution to Persistent HPV
This episode was made possible by:
Immune Intel AHCC® - code BELOVED10 for 10% offa...