In this episode, I share my honest, nuanced perspective on the growing media controversy around freebirth — from my years of birth work and personal birth experience, to the systemic issues fueling polarization, fear, and misunderstanding in the birth world.

• What freebirth actually is and how it became more widely known through The Freebirth Society’s online presence, podcast, and programs

• Why the recent Free Press and Guardian articles struck such a chord — and the many thoughts and feelings they brought up

• My background as a doula and birth-obsessed human and why this topic feels so important and personal

• Real stories of unassisted birth (both planned and unplanned) and the wide range of women who choose this path

• How the extreme medicalization of birth fuels an equally extreme counter-response — and why freebirth has grown in popularity

• Where I think The Freebirth Society movement goes too far, including the tone, dogma, and the concerning stories emerging from their online community

• Why I believe women were never meant to birth alone and were also never meant to birth under fluorescent lights, tied to machines, on hospital timelines

• The real data on birth safety — homebirth, hospital birth, medical management, outcomes, and where risk actually lies

• The danger of women not seeking care when it’s needed, and how community pressure, people-pleasing, and fear can shape decisions

• The urgent need for a middle ground between hyper-medicalized birth and dogmatic freebirth ideology

• The systemic issues driving this whole crisis, including licensing restrictions for midwives and liability-driven hospital policies

• Why women must reclaim their voices, power, and research skills, no matter where they choose to birth

• My deepest hope for birth culture: more support, more education, more physiological birth, and less extremism on both sides

At the heart of it all, this episode is an invitation to think more deeply — beyond fear, beyond headlines, and beyond extremes — about birth, autonomy, support, and the kind of world we want mothers and babies to enter.

If this conversation resonates, please share the episode, rate the show, or send me a message. I love hearing your reflections.

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In this episode, I share the full story of consciously conceiving our second baby — from choosing ancestral child spacing to navigating postpartum cycles, illness, intuition, and the sweetest positive test moment.

• Why we waited 3 years between babies and the ancestral + physiological wisdom behind it
  
  
• Ecological breastfeeding, delayed cycles, and waiting for my period to return
  
  
• A chaotic spring (moving + Danny’s health scare) and how it shifted our timing
  
  
• Getting salmonella + the intuitive nudge to do a parasite cleanse before conceiving
  
  
• Tracking fertile signs simply and why I don’t say “trying” to conceive
  
  
• The moment I knew I was pregnant and our very real-life reveal
  
  
• Our due date landing on Ojai’s birthday — a full-circle blessing
  
  
• What we did for preconception nourishment (Weston A. Price–inspired)
  
  
• How this pregnancy feels compared to my first
  
  

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In this episode, I’m breaking down the real root causes of picky eating (hint: it’s not just your child being “stubborn”) and sharing practical strategies you can start using today to bring peace back to your table.

We’ll cover:
✨ The four most common hidden reasons kids refuse food (it’s deeper than “personality”)
✨ Why it’s okay if your child isn’t eating kale every night (protein and healthy fats matter more!)
✨ The two principles that will instantly shift how you approach mealtime
✨ The two “tracks” for turning picky eating around — rip off the Band-Aid vs. slow switch
✨ Playful eating strategies that make new foods way less scary

I’ll also give you my favorite hands-on strategies, like:
🥄 The “One Bite, No Thank You” rule
🍽 One dinner only — you’re not a short-order cook!
🥩 Sneaky superfoods (think bone marrow pancakes, liver tacos, and gut-healing broth)
🌉 Food bridges to gently expand their palate
👩‍🍳 Cooking together to turn mealtime into connection time
👀 Why modeling matters (they copy what we do more than what we say!)

By the end, you’ll feel equipped to stop the food fights, create more mealtime peace, and help your little one become a confident, adventurous eater.

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