Antidote

I talk to Nickita Starck, founder of When Push Comes To Shove and creator of Artemis Birth Attendant Academy. In the week of Beverley Beech's passing we honour her legacy and remember some of the gems of her illustrious career. The book she references is "Childbirth Wisdom from the World's Oldest Societies" by Judith Goldsmith. If you want to find out more about her doula training course go here: https://www.artemisbirthattendantacademy.com/about If you're interested in joining Association of Radical Midwives go here:  https://www.midwifery.org.uk/

Sarah of @birthlife_uk and I talk about what hypnobirthing is and isn't

Nicola trains birth attendants and is the author of "10 Essential Oils for the Childbearing Year" She makes remedies and tinctures from the herbs and plants local to her. We talk about the beginnings of the industrial birth complex and how it has shaped the current landscape of the birthworld.

Lori Parker of @loriparkerwombwisdom and I talk about the wisdom of the cycle, fertility awareness contraception methods, the "inner seasons" and the ongoing revolution in women's health.

I talk to Genelva of @empressdoula about her experience of mainstream and holistic miscarriage care and her psychic connection to the babies she held.  

I chat about mental wellbeing, mums putting themselves first and pregnancy and postpartum fitness with Charl of @charl_themumscoach The book and guru recommendations that Charl makes are as follows: Jen Sincero: You're A Badass... Eckhart Tolle Abraham Hicks Jay Shetty Gabrielle Bernstein Deepak Chopra

I talk to tarot reader, Amwu about how astrology, moonwork and tarot can support our wellbeing.

I have the absolute pleasure of talking to Krishinda, @barcelona midwife and "The Dangerous Midwife" podcast host about her journey through official midwifery training and into holistic midwifery. We explore the definition of midwife, the legality around practicing in England and Europe and the failings of the maternity services' governing body, The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). 

Jo Dunn of Kindred Birth and Kensal Birth Collective and I talk about the art of birth-keeping and the decline of traditional midwifery in the system. She treats us to one of her poems on the power and majesty of undisturbed birth.

Homeopath, placenta encapsulation specialist and Gut and Psychology Practitioner Caroline Spear and I talk diet, ancestry and healing through nutrition.

Yogi, movement coach and babywearing consultant @zenwithchan / @zenthroughmotherhood and I talk about her first experience at the hands of the industrial birth complex and the phases of healing and recovery that she has moved through to make peace with the events of her birth.