Doula and women’s coach Saima Kara @livewildbirthfree is on a mission to help women experience empowered, transcendent, and natural births.






Episode Notes: 


Saima’s background and love of childbirth from a small age


Issues with hospital births


The mainstream narrative of birth


Menstrual cycles as the beginning of birth preparation


Acknowledging fears and limiting beliefs before moving past them


Medical intervention


Why ultrasounds are harmful, and, unnecessary


Emily’s birth experience in a cast


Conscious leadership tools and radical responsibility


Infantilizing of women


Practicing "no"


Spirit Hacking by Shaman Durek


Stepping into our power through the birth experience


Herstory by Jane Hardwicke Collings


Accessibility to a doula with limited or no resources


Homebirth reservations + solutions


Vaginal tears heal themselves


Maidens transforming into mothers


Nutrition tips


Placenta benefits, encapsulation, rituals


The First Forty Days by Heung Ho


Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering by Sarah Buckely


Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth Ina May Gaskin


Freebirth Society podcast


Search “Unassisted birth” videos on YouTube


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Where to find Saima:


livewildbirthfree.com


@livewildbirthfree on Instagram


Book a free 30 min consultation with Saima


10% off any 1:1 session with code “healingcorner”


Radical Birth Education Course starts July 13th 2021


Coaching and workshops (Menstrual Magic, Birth Coaching, Home Birth Doula, Postnatal Support)


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Where to find me:


healingcorner.net


@healing_corner on Instagram


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