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Antidote

Antidote

By Reign

Antidote explores alternative and complementary health modalities and challenges the assumptions of the allopathic industrial medical complex
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Autonomy in the birth space with Jo Dunn of Kindred Birth

AntidoteDec 06, 2022

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Black Maternal Mental Health with Aisha

Black Maternal Mental Health with Aisha

Aisha Amira is founder of Empowered Roots Collective, a organisation for the improvement of the mental health provision for Black and Brown women. She talks to us about the success she's had with Somatic Body and Breath Work, the particular challenges that black women face and her own journey to health after anxiety and an abusive relationship. She is @aishadeeplyrooted on Instagram. The Black Neuro Bureau Podcast is a project she and Yolande of @my_doula_library_brum co-create.
Dec 30, 202357:26
Medical Freedom In Pregnancy & Birth

Medical Freedom In Pregnancy & Birth

Barbara Esther and I discuss physiological birth, her latest pregnancy and how and when she became disillusioned with the Canadian Maternity Care system.


Barbara shares her experiences as an older pregnant woman (she is 48 and half way through a pregnancy using reproductive technologies) and her decision to select some medical treatments and not others and to receive the care of a traditional birth attendant.


Check Barbara out at https://www.barbararecommends.com/ or https://www.instagram.com/reclaim.sovereign.birth/

Nov 09, 202356:10
Transformation using psychedelics with The Psychedelic Doula

Transformation using psychedelics with The Psychedelic Doula

Naomi and I talk about the work of Dr. James Fadamen of The Microdosing Institute, the difference between tripping and microdosing, the legalisation of plant medicines.

To participate in the mushrooms and motherhood survety go here:

The study to which Naomi refers is the Lancet's 2016, Psilocybin with psychological support for treatment-resistant depression: an open-label feasibility study
Aug 01, 202301:26:34
Out of the Comfort Zone with Natalie Amari
Jul 27, 202339:45
The importance of doula training with integrity with Zarina Ayyub
May 31, 202301:21:39
Neurodivergence and Fatherhood at 40 with Obi from Greenflo Fitness

Neurodivergence and Fatherhood at 40 with Obi from Greenflo Fitness

Obi of Greenflo Fitness and I discuss his childhood illnesses and the practises that aided him to overcome these challenges and transform his approach to health, the difference between fitness and wellbeing and the mental and other health challenges that have come with early fatherhood.
May 14, 202301:19:10
Safety in freebirth with Leonie Rainbird Savin

Safety in freebirth with Leonie Rainbird Savin

Leonie and I talk about the punitive approach, by children's services, to women who choose to give birth without medical professions present.

Apr 09, 202358:18
A New Birth for a New Earth with Nickita Starck
Mar 02, 202301:16:15
Demystifying Hypnobirthing with Sarah Halderson

Demystifying Hypnobirthing with Sarah Halderson

Sarah of @birthlife_uk and I talk about what hypnobirthing is and isn't
Jan 19, 202350:01
The dark origins of obstetrics with Nicola Goodall

The dark origins of obstetrics with Nicola Goodall

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.
Jan 19, 202301:20:04
Cycle Awareness and Menstruality with Lori Parker

Cycle Awareness and Menstruality with Lori Parker

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.
Dec 21, 202201:16:35
Fertility and physiological miscarriage with Genelva Meikle

Fertility and physiological miscarriage with Genelva Meikle

I talk to Genelva of @empressdoula about her experience of mainstream and holistic miscarriage care and her psychic connection to the babies she held.
Dec 16, 202201:00:53
Mindset & mental health with Charllene The Mums Coach

Mindset & mental health with Charllene The Mums Coach

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
Dec 13, 202255:16
Amwu - Tarot, Astrology, Moonology

Amwu - Tarot, Astrology, Moonology

I talk to tarot reader, Amwu about how astrology, moonwork and tarot can support our wellbeing.
Dec 11, 202245:38
 Can we call ourselves midwives? Who owns the language?

Can we call ourselves midwives? Who owns the language?

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).
Dec 11, 202201:15:21
Autonomy in the birth space with Jo Dunn of Kindred Birth

Autonomy in the birth space with Jo Dunn of Kindred Birth

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.
Dec 06, 202201:08:49
Gut and Psychology Practitioner Caroline Spear

Gut and Psychology Practitioner Caroline Spear

Homeopath, placenta encapsulation specialist and Gut and Psychology Practitioner Caroline Spear and I talk diet, ancestry and healing through nutrition.
Dec 06, 202257:56
Overcoming the trauma of an unnecessary caesarean with Zen with Chan

Overcoming the trauma of an unnecessary caesarean with Zen with Chan

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.
Dec 06, 202201:32:19
November 2, 2022

November 2, 2022

Nov 02, 202200:37