The Natural Birth Podcast

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Cindy Cindy is a naturopathic doctor, birth guardian, podcast host of Rewire for Birth and single mom of 2 incredible little girls.I had the pleasure of being on Cindy’s podcast recently and I’m so happy to have her on mine.She has seen that when we work with and honour the innate wisdom of our bodies, a spectrum of possibility is unlocked for the whole family unit. Through her one-to-one and group sessions, she helps women rewire their BODYMIND so they can reclaim their birth. Today she shares her lovely first water home birth that only lasted 4 hrs and then her very fast second where the midwives only arrived 7 minutes after the birth and she had an accidental free birth.Cindy is full of birthing wisdom and I’m so glad she wanted to come and share it with us.Curious about Cindy? Find her on @drcindytahhan and @rewireforbirthWant to work with Anna or join The Sacred Birth Worker Mentorship?Find Anna’s Website, about her Mentorship & How to Work with Her, as well as all Links & Resources she mentions in the episode here:www.sacredbirthinternational.com/links-podcast

Welcome dear heart to step into the magical birth portal with me.The 3 a.m. phone call. The quiet preparation with butterflies in my tummy. The drive through the dark. The candlelit living room where time seems to stand still and a new life enters the world.Join me as I share an intimate glimpse into the rawness, beauty and awe of witnessing birth as a rite of passage. Of being invited into one of the most powerful thresholds a woman and family will ever cross. Of holding space for the mystery, the intensity, the surrender, and the miracle of life unfolding.This episode is a love letter to physiological birth and to the women who birth the new generation.It’s also a reflection on the deep honour and responsibility of those of us who walk beside them in that moment.And if, as you listen, something stirs in you. A remembering. A curiosity. An inner knowing that you may be called to support women and families through the birth portal one day. This episode also holds an invitation.Applications are open for the Sacred Birth Worker Mentorship beginning January 26th, 2026. A year-long, in-depth journey into becoming a grounded, skilled, intuitive sacred space holder for women.Learn more and apply at sacredbirthinternational.com

In this special end-of-year episode of The Natural Birth Podcast, Anna invites you into the sacred pause of Winter Solstice — the darkest day of the year and the ancient turning point where stillness, reflection, and new beginnings meet.Drawing on wisdom from seasonal traditions around the world, the astrology of December 21, and the deep feminine rhythm of resting before birth, this episode is a gentle invitation to slow down and come home to yourself.Together, we reflect on the year that has been; the beauty, the gratitude, the lessons, and the wisdom gained through both joy and challenge.We sit with what is ready to be released and we begin to listen for the seeds wanting to be planted in the fertile darkness for the year ahead.Anna shares her own Winter Solstice ritual of reflection, dreaming, and planning — both personally and in her work — and offers spacious prompts to support you in feeling into your visions for 2026, without pressure or urgency.This episode also marks a short Christmas and New Year pause for The Natural Birth Podcast, with a warm invitation to continue listening to the Sacred Birth Work & Biz Podcast throughout the holidays. Anna shares about the recently completed Birth Worker Series — a month of intimate conversations with doulas, sacred birth workers, and midwives about their journeys into birth work and business.You’re also invited to tune in on December 31 to the Sacred Birth Work & Biz Podcast for a special New Year visioning and planning episode, supporting you in weaving intention, strategy, and soul into the year ahead.As a Christmas gift, Anna is offering 10% off all courses, programs, and the mentorship until December 31, including The Natural Birth Course, The Nourishing Postpartum Course, The Business Course for Birth Workers, and The Sacred Birth Worker Mentorship, using the code MERRYCHRISTMAS.A gentle, nourishing episode to close the year.We’ll be back on January 4 with a new birth story.Until then, wishing you a peaceful Winter Solstice, a heartfelt Christmas, and a soft beginning to the New Year.

Victoria is a mama of 3 from the US and the founder of the peaceful birth academy.She is a student midwife and has been a birth doula for 15 years. She caught her first baby when she was 16 and her soul purpose is to help humanity awaken to the sacredness of birth.In today’s episode she shares about her 3 very different birth experiences, all home births, with so much birthing wisdom in each and everyone of them.I loved our conversation. Victoria is a great storyteller and this episode is rich and long. But it’s worth listening all the way through as her story and poetry had me crying and I am sure it will touch you too.Victoria's stories will speak to you if you see birth as a teacher, as I do. Each has so much to teach us about ourselves and helps us become the woman and mother we are supposed to be.If Victoria’s stories peaked your interest then you don’t want to miss her episode last week on The Sacred Birth Work & Biz Podcast where she shares her birth worker journey as a doula, a student midwife and a birth biz owner with both an online and IRL birth business.Curious about Victoria? Find her on instagram as @peacefulbirthmethodWant to work with Anna or join The Sacred Birth Worker Mentorship?Find Anna’s Website, about her Mentorship & How to Work with Her, as well as all Links & Resources she mentions in the episode here:www.sacredbirthinternational.com/links-podcast

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Jolien.Jolien is a mama of two from the Netherlands. Today she shares her two birth stories, her first that was an intended home birth but became a transfer after 4 days of prodromal labour with everything happening that she did not want.If you do not wish to hear this first story then fast forward to her second redemptive home birth at around 30min into the episode. When becoming pregnant again Jolien and her husband decided that with their second pregnancy the only thing they could change to hopefully have a better birth outcome was to employ a doula. Because of her they ended up with an independent caseload midwife this time at 30 weeks pregnant. And she gave Jolien all the information and positive energy that she needed. This time Jolien ended up having a 2.5 hour birth at home in her bath without any intervention. The midwife only walked in as the head of Jolien's baby was born. Jolien’s story really shows the importance of choosing your birth support wisely and that employing your own can make a world of difference. Want to work with Anna or join The Sacred Birth Worker Mentorship?Find Anna’s Website, about her Mentorship & How to Work with Her, as well as all Links & Resources she mentions in the episode here:www.sacredbirthinternational.com/links-podcast