Sacred Birthing & Beyond

We welcome Laura Chappell to the podcast for this incredibly inspiring deep dive into her two very different birth stories.

Laura is a mum of two girls aged 5 and almost 2. Her first daughters birth was a medicalised hospital birth where she felt completely disempowered and just "a number" in the system. Her second birth was the complete opposite where Laura had a beautiful, peaceful, natural water birth where she felt in her power and supported the entire time.

In this episode, we also discuss:

- The fears Laura was fed leading up to her first birth

- The impact other womens birth stories can have on us, leading up to our own birthing experience

- How the hospital system was disempowering for Laura and how she had to go against her body's instinct

- The euphoria she felt by avoiding a c-section

- How this first birth led to different decision for her second daughters birth

- The importance of setting boundaries with her family and others in her second pregnancy

- The power of manifestation practices that supported Laura's birth outcome

- How she prepared differently for this birth compared to her first

- Her daughters beautiful water birth story

- Advice she has for any mama who desires a natural birth but questions her ability to do so

Connect with Laura:

In this episode I have a conversation with Emily Patterson about her two sons very different births and then her daughters incredible freebirth. Emily is a mama of three who has a passion for gentle, conscious and respectful parenting and at the age of 18 completed her doula training which developed her passion for birth.

Take a walk with us as we discuss:

- Emily's first babies planned home birth which resulted in a traumatic hospital birth

- How this birth led to her decision to have a home birth with a private midwife for her second baby. This being a "dream birth".

- Why Emily decided to freebirth her third baby, her daughter

- What fears she faced along the way and how she released them

- How she conversed with her husband who was not in agreance to a freebirth

- The importance of tuning in rather than listening to external noise

- Her beautiful freebirth story

- How to trust birth so deeply that you believe in yourself more than ever

Connect with Emily here:

Pregnancy brings up a lot, as does birth. In todays episode we explore how mantra can be used to bring more inner peace through these rites of passage.

We discuss:
- The common fears and worries we experience while pregnant and in birth

- How an empowered mindset it absolutely key for an enjoyable pregnancy and a positive, natural birth

- My experience of mantra during all of my pregnancies and in birth

- How this simple mantra allowed me to let go of control, release fear of the unknown and TRUST

- My biggest challenge this pregnancy and how mantra is supporting my moving forward

- How you can use the power of mantra to support your pregnancy, birth and motherhood experience
I would love to hear how this resonates for you, how mantra has helped you or how you plan to incorporate it moving forward. Send me a message or reach out on the socials.

We’re back.

It’s been a long while since the last episode but I’m pregnant and life has been full! So I’ve been giving back to myself in all the ways needed. However, I’ve had the nudge that it’s now time to do what I love and that is…this podcast! Woooo.
In today’s episode I explore the fear of miscarriage that many women experience in their pregnancy. Inspired by my own recent fear and that of many women I speak to.

We explore:

- How this fear can be all-consuming and often unspoken

- You are not alone in feeling this way

- Why we have this fear, from this lifetime and other lifetimes

- The importance of your Village in pregnancy

- Many ways of releasing the fear through and out of your body

- The power of healers and practitioners to support your healing journey

- That we are so capable of learning how to release these fears ourselves

You can grab yourself a copy of my co-authored book 'Intuitive Goddess' here:

This episode is inspired by a shared passion that I have with the beautiful Allyce Ananda where we explore the suppression and expression of womens voices.

Allyce is an Intuitive Voice Coach and ever since she was a child she wanted to sing. She is passionate about supporting women through their journey into their full authentic expression. Feeling at HOME within their voice, their movement, and their emotions - this is her mastery!

In this episode, we discuss:

- Allyce's journey to becoming an advocate, healer and intuitive for resurrecting the power of womens voices

- Understanding why womens voices have been suppressed and how we carry this in our bodies at a cellular level

- Finding safety in sharing your voice, your wants, needs and desires in motherhood, with birth workers, partners, etc

- Feeling centred within yourself as you express your sound and your voice

- Trusting your feelings and expressing those moment by moment

- Advocating for yourself from a place of love and certainty

- The importance of being authentic in your sound expression for birth and motherhood, rather than saying and doing what you think you 'should' do

- Practices to activate and express your voice everyday to prepare for birth and to navigate motherhood

You can connect with Allyce here:

Hello hello and Welcome to the Sacred Birthing & Beyond Podcast.

Today is our first time together where I share with you why this podcast was birthed and how it came to be. I share with you what 'Sacred' means, why it is important to honour this in pregnancy, birthing and motherhood and what you can expect for future episodes. I then walk you through the magnificent and utterly intense freebirth (no medical assistance present) of my son where he was born in the comfort of our home, into Daddy's arms.

Thank you for being here.