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  • The dysfunction that we are experiencing in birth, death, medicine, and the world at large can only be fixed through a shared story of value, with Hebrew mystic Marc Gafni

    The dysfunction that we are experiencing in birth, death, medicine, and the world at large can only be fixed through a shared story of value, with Hebrew mystic Marc Gafni
    Jul 17 2024

    The Episode was made possible by Immune Intel AHCC® & WeNatal

    I don’t think I have prepared for any interview as hard as I prepared for this one. My guest today is Marc Gafni, former rabbi, Hebrew mystic, and author of a number of books, most notably “A Return to Eros”, “Your Unique Self”, and his most recent book, “First Principles and First Values: Forty-Two Propositions on Cosmoerotic Humanism, the Meta-Crisis, and the World to Come”. I recommend you take his writing in through small sips versus trying to binge any of them on a weekend. They are potent.

    In this conversation, we discuss:

    • the Divine Feminine and how the world’s religions have got it wrong
    • how the comparison of masculine and feminine is fraught with disastrous outcomes
    • postmodernity and the evolution of love and a new grammar of value through which a shared story of value can be developed in order to solve the world’s problems
    • shame as the root of all evil and how a new sexual narrative - the sex erotic - is the only “cure” for shame
    • the importance of these principles in addressing the myriad of issues that plague maternity care worldwide
    • Limitations within the work of Jordan Peterson, Yuval Harari, Wilhelm Reich, and even Brené Brown

    Brace yourself…you are entering the complex mind and heart of Marc Gafni…

    Visit the show notes for more.

    Connect with Marc:

    • Website
    • LinkedIn
    • Instagram
    • X
    • TikTok
    • Facebook

    Learn about Marc's work:

    • Free Unique Self Mini-Course
    • Unique Self-Emergence Training Program
    • Free Weekly Broadcast with Dr. Marc Gafni

    References and Links from the show:

    Marc’s books:

    • A Return to Eros: The Radical Experience of Being Fully Alive
    • Your Unique Self: The Radical Path to Personal Enlightenment
    • The Erotic And The Holy: Kabbalistic Tantra for Everyday Living
    • Join Marc in Holland for 5-Day Intensive Mystery School, November 13-17, 2024, at erosmysteryschool.com
    • First Principles and First Values: Forty-Two Propositions on Cosmoerotic Humanism, the Meta-Crisis, and the World to Come

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  • The Aftershock of black women dying in childbirth with Shawnee Benton Gibson & Omari Maynard

    The Aftershock of black women dying in childbirth with Shawnee Benton Gibson & Omari Maynard
    Jul 3 2024

    The Episode was made possible by Immune Intel AHCC® & WeNatal

    Shawnee and I met through a 2023 trip to South Africa with Restore Forward and Sevonna Brown. She then introduced me to the film Aftershock, which highlights the ripple effect that results from a woman dying in childbirth, and it was Shawnee’s daughter, Shamony, whose death inspired the film. Shamony is survived by Omari and their two little children. Shawnee and Omari are thus no stranger to the lived experience of losing another black woman at the hands of the most cumbersome and expensive healthcare system on the planet. Why are black families suffering in ways that white families will never have to understand? What can be done to rectify the system? How do we heal as a collective? We do our best to answer these questions in this humbling conversation…

    Visit the show notes for more.

    Connect with Omari:

    • LinkedIn
    • Instagram

    Connect with Shawnee:

    • LinkedIn
    • Instagram

    Learn about their work:

    • Website
    • Instagram

    References and Links from the show:

    • Speak! Move! Change!
    • The ARIAH Foundation
    • The Spirit of a Woman Leadership Development Institute
    • The Anarcha Archive
    • Black Americans’ views about health disparities, experiences with health care from the Pew Research Center
    • Aftershock film (trailer)
    • Restore Forward
    • CDC data on Black fathers (versus other races)

    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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    1 h y 31 m
  • There is an awesome OBGYN in Wisconsin offering vaginal breech birth, and his name is Denny Hartung

    There is an awesome OBGYN in Wisconsin offering vaginal breech birth, and his name is Denny Hartung
    Jun 26 2024

    The Episode was made possible by Immune Intel AHCC® & WeNatal

    I left the conventional medical model because I was worried about being punished for prioritizing patient autonomy over my institution's liability. I thought that the only way that I could reasonably offer vaginal breech birth support for families in need was in the home. But after I met today’s guest, my presumptions were drawn into question. Denny Hartung is an OBGYN and FACOG happily working within a small, community hospital in Wisconsin, and he’s doing just fine. How is this possible? Why aren’t his privileges being questioned? Tune in to find out…And if you want to meet Denny in person and work through some simulations with this walking legend, join us at the 2024 Born Free Twins-Breech. Grab your ticket before we fill up!

    Visit the show notes for more.

    Connect with Denny:

    • Website
    • LinkedIn

    Reference from the show:

    • Info on Critical Access Hospitals
    • Breech Without Borders
    • Breech provider directory (Breech Without Borders)

    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 | Tiktok
    • Midwife in need of collaboration?
    • Want to consult with Nathan?

    My Online Courses:

    • Born Free Method: Pregnancy and Postpartum Support
    • Clear + Free: Your Holistic Solution to Persistent HPV

    This episode was made possible by:

    • Immune Intel AHCC® - code BELOVED10 for 10% off
    • WeNatal - 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...
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    1 h y 22 m
  • Helping Your Baby Navigate the Pelvis with Nicole Morales and Gail Tully

    Helping Your Baby Navigate the Pelvis with Nicole Morales and Gail Tully
    Jun 19 2024

    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:

    • Website
    • LinkedIn
    • Instagram

    Connect with Nicole:

    • Website
    • Instagram
    • LinkedIn

    Reference from the show:

    • Dynamic Body Balancing by Dr. Carol Phillips
    • Forward Leaning Inversion to help baby turn from breech to cephalic
    • A Manual of Midwifery, 1886 textbook
    • Levels of the Pelvis
    • S.A.F.E. technique for breech (Adrienne Caldwell)
    • Side-lying release to help with asynclitism
    • Breath and the pelvic floor with Julie Wiebe, PT
    • BIRTHFIT 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!

    Visit the website and...
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    1 h y 50 m
  • Roots, Race, Colonization, and African Spirituality of Childbirth with Dr. Mmatshilo Motsei, PhD

    Roots, Race, Colonization, and African Spirituality of Childbirth with Dr. Mmatshilo Motsei, PhD
    Jun 12 2024
    The Episode was made possible by Immune Intel AHCC® & WeNatalDr. 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!Visit the show notes for more.Connect with Mmatshilo:Websites: Afrika Ikalafe Pluriversity & Afrika IkalafeLinkedInInstagramReference 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 Campbell2024 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 registerConnect 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 HPVThis episode was made possible by:Immune Intel AHCC® - code BELOVED10 for...
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    1 h y 35 m
  • Birthwork: The Intersection of Birth, Death, and Ceremony with Sevonna Brown and Haize Hawke

    Birthwork: The Intersection of Birth, Death, and Ceremony with Sevonna Brown and Haize Hawke
    Jun 5 2024
    The Episode was made possible by Immune Intel AHCC® & WeNatalGuests: Sevonna Brown is a doula and national director of Restore ForwardHaize Hawke is a midwife in southern California and co-founder of The Victoria Project and The Bridge MidwivesThis 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 registerVisit the show notes for more.Connect with Sevonna:WebsiteLinkedInInstagramXConnect with Haize:WebsiteLinkedInInstagramReference from the show:Film: The Business of Birth ControlFilm: The Business of Being BornLearn more about Sevonna and Haize’s work:The Bridge MidwivesRooted BirthRestore ForwardThe Victoria ProjectAfrika Ikalafe online training in African spirituality in childbirthConnect with Nathan:
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    1 h y 11 m
  • New fathers need community, with Mike Salemi, one of the sweetest (and toughest) dudes I know

    New fathers need community, with Mike Salemi, one of the sweetest (and toughest) dudes I know
    May 29 2024

    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.

    Visit the show notes for more.

    Connect with Mike:

    • Website
    • Podcast: The Path with Mike Salemi
    • Instagram

    Reference from the show:

    • Sacred Hunting
    • From the Core, by John Wineland
    • Father-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 | Youtube
    • Midwife in need of collaboration?
    • Want to consult with Nathan?

    My Online Courses:

    • Born Free Method: Pregnancy and Postpartum Support
    • Clear + Free: Your Holistic Solution to Persistent HPV

    This episode was made possible by:

    • Immune Intel AHCC® - code BELOVED10 for 10% off
    • WeNatal - 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

    Mothering the mother holistically, with authors Heather Harvey and Karina Krepp
    May 22 2024
    The Episode was made possible by Immune Intel AHCC® & WeNatalHeather 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!Visit the show notes for more.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 registerConnect 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 HPVThis episode was made possible by:Immune Intel AHCC® - code BELOVED10 for 10% off
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    1 h y 44 m