Best of Birthful: Why Breaking Cultural Ideals of Birth Can Free Your Instincts

Welcome to the Best of Birthful. Creator and host Adriana Lozada curated and edited each selection in this playlist of the show’s most popular episodes. It's a tailored introduction to the expansive catalog she amassed over the first five years of Birthful's 300+ shows.

Birth educator Britta Bushnell discusses the eight cultural ideals that impact childbirth. Control, perfectionism, and institutional knowledge all play a role in birth, but she suggests it’s time to lean into your wild side.

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