Jennifer graciously shares her origin story with us, including her own birth experiences (2 midwife attended and one freebirth), her journey of learning about birth from Gloria Lemay, Jeannine Parvati Baker, Whapio and Michel Odent, two birth center apprenticeship experiences, and the multiple initiations and reckonings she has experienced that have brought her to a more nuanced place around birth and birth work. Lots of questions and beautiful visions for a grounded, authentic, shamanic midwifery are shared. We talk about the need for a deeper understanding of the mystery of birth and it’s counterpart, death, and for a complete cultural shift so that this type of midwifery can even be received.
To learn more about Jennifer’s work and check out her offerings, you can visit her website at www.midwiferyforthesoul.com
LINKS, SHOW NOTES AND TRANSCRIPT
Duluth Midwife website
13 Moons: Epic Education for the Birthing Year
Birth Warrior Project: 120 Day Doula Training and Transformation
Indie Birth Midwifery School
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Face Masks, Education and Standing Up for Our Kids with Allan Stevo
Why I Changed the Name of This Podcast
Doula Training and Midwifery Training: Is Having Kids a Requirement? How Having Babies Impacted Me as a Midwife
Ritual as a Tool for Meaning Making In Birth and Beyond with Day Schildkret
A Conversation about The New Return to the Great Mother: Birth, Initiation, and the Sacred Feminine with author Isa Gucciardi
Badass Business Coaching for Birth Workers #5: Dez the Doula is Launching Her Doula Business!
In the Midwife’s Office #5 – Processing Birth Provider Trauma and Preparing for a Homebirth
In The Midwife’s Office #4: Debriefing a Prior Postpartum Hemorrhage and Finding a New Way Forward
In The Midwife’s Office #3: Visit With a 37 Week First Time Mama
In the Midwife’s Office #2: Visit with a 24 Week Mama- The Sweet Spot of Pregnancy
In The Midwife’s Office #1 – Pre-conception Planning After Two Miscarriages
Badass Business Coaching for Birthworkers #4: Exploring How to Combine the Doula and Apprentice Midwife Roles with Lindsey
Bottom Line for Baby – A Conversation on Whole-Brain, Mammalian Parenting with Dr. Tina Bryson
Craniosacral Therapy for Pregnancy, Postpartum and Newborns with Etienne Peirsmann
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Badass Business Coaching for Birthworkers #2: An Eavesdropping Episode with Stacey of Sacred Body
Badass Business Coaching for Birthworkers #1: An Eavesdropping Episode with Genesis
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