Rockstar Birth Radio
37 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 6 years ago - ★★★★ - 19 ratingsWelcome to Rockstar Birth Radio! I'm your host Shalome and this podcast is for pregnant mamas who are seeking a fabulous birth experience. So let's step away from the scary and fearful view of birth and dive into the rich birthing wisdom and powerful birth stories, to inspire you to rock your birth, your way.
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RSB 37: Peta Kelly – Barefoot Badass Home Birth
August 01, 2018 02:43 - 40 minutes - 47.2 MBPeta Kelly’s most favourite title is HUMAN AF. She is a conscious entrepreneur, author, speaker and philanthropist. She was recently featured in Forbes Magazine and was just ranked by Inc Magazine in the Top 10 Female Entrepreneurs changing the world. She’s is an unbridled soul and barefoot bandit on a mission to unleash the jeaniius of GenY’s globally. She dropped being a PhD science nerd at the age of 22 and went on the pursuit of that ‘thing’ that was calling her higher. That’s when sh...
EP36 - NICOLE MOORE - BIRTH INTO BEING
March 23, 2017 06:55 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MBNicole Moore is a seeker, storyteller, empath, artist, oxytocin enthusiast, birth passionista & provocateur. She lives in a world of sustainable, curious co-creation and most enjoys sharing unique transformative experiences, in a field of safety & connection. Nicole brings many arts to her work with groups & individuals via Birth into Being – spiritual preparation for conception, birth, and conscious evolution. Website: Birth Into Being Australia Facebook: facebook.com/Birth-Into-B...
EP35 - MAHA AL MUSA - EMBODY BIRTH
March 23, 2017 03:20 - 37 minutes - 32 MBMaha Al Musa is a leading light in the birth world as a spiritual birth visionary and birth activist. She has 20 years experience working with pregnant and birthing women and is the creator and founder of EmbodyBirth™ – BellydanceBirth® – The Al Musa Method® also described as Mindful Movement To Awaken Birth Wisdom since 1997. Maha was the winner of the 2011 One World National Birth Hero Award, breastfeeding advocate, doula, mother of three and birth consultant for both pregnant women and b...
EP34 - DEBRA PASCALI-BONARO - ORGASMIC BIRTH
March 22, 2017 12:00 - 28 minutes - 24 MBDebra Pascali-Bonaro, Lamaze International childbirth educator, birth and postpartum doula trainer with DONA International, Director of the award-winning documentary Orgasmic Birth: The Best-Kept Secret and co-writer of “Orgasmic Birth: Your Guide to a Safe, Satisfying and Pleasurable Birth” and the Founder & President of the revolutionary online childbirth class Pain to Power, which prepares expectant mothers, fathers, and partners to be positively prepared for birth and focuses on the i...
EP33 - AVALON DARNESH - ECSTATIC BIRTH
March 22, 2017 11:13 - 41 minutes - 35.9 MBAvalon Darnesh is a shamanic birthkeeper, writer, speaker and Feminine Visionary. She has been on a wild journey of love, travel, adventure, challenge, lessons, growth and transformation since giving birth for the first time 13 years ago. It’s been a ricky journey from abuse, to single motherhood, to shamanic healing and opening to divine love and sharing her gifts with the world. She lives with her man and their blended tribe of 7 on the East Coast of Australia, weaving her life experienc...
EP 32 - Amelia + Ameera + Cyrus - A Surrogacy Story
November 07, 2016 06:01 - 45 minutes - 42.4 MBThis is the story of Ameera and Cyrus, who tried to conceive a baby for ten years. It is also the tale of Amelia and Shane and Amelia desire to give back to the world as an altruistic surrogate by donating her eggs and womb. And finally it is the conception and birth story of Shireen, conceived in friendship, by four amazing people. It’s a wonderful story. .. enjoy. Surrogacy: familiesthrusurrogacy.com/ Pre eclampsia /hellp syndrome aapec.org.au/ and preeclampsia.org/ Be sure to check...
EP31 - Rachel Campbell - A Sister's Gift
November 07, 2016 02:59 - 25 minutes - 21.8 MBRachel Campbell is passionate about supporting women to shine with confidence and grace, as they ride the ups and downs of the fertility roller coaster. As a certified coach and fertility mentor, Rachel inspires her clients to reach for the stars and really live life on their fertile journey. Today Rachel will be sharing all about her own conception and pregnancy journey and her dream to help women feel more understood, nurtured, connected and inspired on their journey to motherhood. Conn...
EP30 - Carolyn Chambers - Our 10-year Journey to Conception
November 06, 2016 02:37 - 30 minutes - 25 MBCarolyn Chambers is the Mama behind Fourzero, a company that was born from the simple desire to produce baby essentials that would be safe, settling and comfortable for your precious baby from birth onwards. Carolyn established the brand in 2010 from my passion whilst caring for babies and helping parents how to care for their newborn babies as a children's nurse in Europe. In today's episode, Carolyn will be sharing her 10-year journey with fertility challenges that ultimately resulted ...
EP29 - Anna Scott - Just Add Eggs
November 05, 2016 08:14 - 24 minutes - 21.5 MBAnna Scott is the mother of 2 beautiful children and the egg donor for 6 other special kids. We're going to be learning more about Anna's incredible gift of egg donation and what inspires her to advocate on behalf of those struggling with infertility. Be sure to check out the other amazing contributors to the Conscious Conception series of Rockstar Birth Radio. And if you're already pregnant, grab yourself a subscription to the Rockstar Birth Magazine, or a membership to the Rock Your birt...
EP28 - Donna Preedy - Clearing the Stress of IVF
November 05, 2016 06:43 - 30 minutes - 26 MBDonna Preedy has studied human behaviour extensively for more than 5 years using the Demartini Method. With her unique understanding on the mind-body connection, Donna was able to use her holistic approach to wellness when she commenced on her own adventure to pregnancy, through IVF. Today we'll be talking about how Donna has combined her personal experience and professional insights to create her one-of-a-kind program Clearing the Stress of IVF, where she works with women to master their...
EP27 - Cindy Fenn - My Unintentional Undisturbed Birth
October 06, 2016 07:33 - 34 minutes - 33 MBThe Unexpected Birth Journeys series of Rockstar Birth Radio is about births that did not go exactly as expected. However, more importantly it is of mothers who have moved through their experience with grace and wisdom and an empowering message to share with you. In this episode, Cindy Fenn shares her unintentional undisturbed homebirth. Cindy has a Bachelor in Early Childhood Education, and is in what she feels is her most important teaching role, bringing up her two little boys with her ...
EP26 - Amy Burke - Addison's Unexpected Journey
October 06, 2016 04:26 - 37 minutes - 34.2 MBThe Unexpected Birth Journeys series of Rockstar Birth Radio is about births that did not go exactly as expected. However, more importantly it is of mothers who have moved through their experience with grace and wisdom and an empowering message to share with you. Amy Burke was seeking a low-intervention natural birth with her first child until she unexpectedly experienced a seizure during labour before ultimately birthing her daughter via caesarean birth. If you are pregnant then now may ...
EP25 - April Brooks - My 6-Week Labour
October 06, 2016 04:14 - 51 minutes - 45.3 MBThe Unexpected Birth Journeys series of Rockstar Birth Radio is about births that did not go exactly as expected. However, more importantly it is of mothers who have moved through their experience with grace and wisdom and an empowering message to share with you. April Brooks was in labour for 6 weeks - yes you heard me right - when her birth journey began at just 28 weeks gestation. In this episode, April discusses life living in hospital on bedrest for nearly two months, and also sh...
EP24 - Emily Glover - A Twist In My Birth Tale
October 05, 2016 06:09 - 41 minutes - 36.7 MBThe Unexpected Birth Journeys series of Rockstar Birth Radio is about births that did not go exactly as expected. However, more importantly it is of mothers who have moved through their experience with grace and wisdom and an empowering message to share with you. Emily Glover experienced a near-ideal labour before experiencing a severe tear. If you are pregnant then now may or may not be the right time for you to hear Emily’s birth story, but if you are a birth worker then i implore you t...
EP23 - Amy Taylor-Kabbaz - Empowered Breech Birth
October 05, 2016 05:33 - 22 minutes - 19.7 MBThe Unexpected Birth Journeys series of Rockstar Birth Radio is about births that did not go exactly as expected. However, more importantly it is of mothers who have moved through their experience with grace and wisdom and an empowering message to share with you. Amy Taylor-Kabbaz has had 3 very different birth experiences which she will share with us today including an empowered breech birth. Amy is a writer, broadcaster, mama of 3, and the gentle guiding force behind Happy Mama, a websi...
Ep 22 - Khrystina Pryani Richardson - The homebirth of Somi
September 14, 2016 21:10 - 38 minutes - 32.7 MBKhrystina Pryani is a musician and songwriter born and raised in NYC and the mother of 3 home born children. In 2007 Khrystina started her own label, Free Soul Music and has independently released singles and an LP entitled ‘Decade’ which are available on iTunes. We connected when Khrystina was pregnant with her third babe and she shared this message with me: "I am pregnant with my third and as of today, I am 42 weeks and 1 day. I have been searching for positive and empowering experienc...
EP21 - Alison Howley - From The Womb to The World
September 01, 2016 10:30 - 32 minutes - 28.4 MBAlison Howley is the Rockstar Mama heart behind From the Womb to the World blog - a movement dedicated to reminding women of their power and strength, and of the joy and beauty of birth. Along with her husband, Alison has created Surrounded By Nature, a meditative birthing album of soothing sounds of nature and relaxation music for pregnant mamas to play whilst bringing their babies down. Surrounded by Nature is available to purchase as an instant digital download, CD or DVD at www.wombtoth...
EP 20 - Tiff DeLancy - Namaste Homebirth
September 01, 2016 08:04 - 25 minutes - 22 MBTiffany DeLancy, also known as Namaste Tiff, is a birth doula, yogi mama, essential oil lover, and mother of 2 home born daughters. I connected with Tiffany after seeing her publicly shared homebirth video of her youngest daughter Violet Lu - one of the most powerful and family-based birth videos - complete with her eldest daughter Nora Jane in attendance as her doula. Regardless of whether you are planning a homebirth, I encourage you to watch this joyful video - I have included a link to t...
EP19 - Cecile Colares - Labour of Love
September 01, 2016 07:52 - 33 minutes - 30 MBCecile Colares loves everything to do with wellbeing and raising our vibration to live emotionally balanced lives in joy. She started to practice yoga in 2006, and is now an experienced yoga teacher specialising in Pre-natal & Post-natal yoga and during her classes, Cecile likes to create a safe space for pregnant women to feel and connect with their babies. A place where she supports them and guides them through asanas, mudras, and meditation to connect with their inner trust and strength...
EP18 - Anne Margolis - Home Sweet Homebirth
September 01, 2016 07:30 - 39 minutes - 35.8 MBAnne Margolis is a practicing Midwife in New York who started her career as a labour and delivery nurse. When her first 2 babes were born in hospital, under the threat of caesarean, Anne got a real understanding of how labouring mamas receive maternity care and was inspired to become a licenced midwife. She went on to birth her next 2 children at home, and is now a dedicated holistic homebirth midwife operating in New York and New Jersey, with extensive qualifications and experience. ...
Ep 17 - Shalome Stone - Born At Home
September 01, 2016 06:54 - 16 minutes - 14.3 MBIs homebirth just for Hippies? If you've ever wondered whats involved in a homebirth, then listen in as experienced homebirth mama Shalome Stone talks you through the finer points of birthing at home. And it's not all incense burning and chanting at the moon :) Learn about how birthing at home with an experienced midwifery team can be an incredibly powerful and sacred option for many women. Maybe even you.
EP16 - Melissa Spilsted - Hypnobirthing for Caesarean Birth
July 18, 2016 22:12 - 31 minutes - 26.2 MBMelissa Spilsted is a Clinical Hypnotherapist (CHt), Childbirth Educator (BEd, HPCE) and world leader in hypnobirthing education. She is recognised as a pioneer in ‘The Positive Caesarean Birth’, having written the world’s first program in 2011. As the founder and director of the Hypnobirthing AustraliaTM and HypnobubsTMprograms, she is kept busy teaching parents and practitioners worldwide. Melissa is married to Stephen and they have three beautiful boys (aged 6, 8 & 10), who were all bir...
EP15 - Kylie Szabo - Maternal-Assisted Caesarean Birth
July 18, 2016 22:01 - 33 minutes - 28.8 MBKylie Szabo is the Rockstar Mama of 3 babes. After her first 2 babes were born via unscheduled caesarean birth she knew she wanted a different experience for her third child. Whilst extensively exploring her VBAC options, Kylie also deep-dived into the world of natural and maternal-assisted caesareans, ultimately birthing her daughter via the very first maternal-assisted caesarean birth at her local hospital. You will love Kylie's rockstar support team and incredible determination. If you ...
EP14 - Carlee Wilson - Positive Perspective on Caesarean
July 18, 2016 21:54 - 28 minutes - 25.5 MBAs a mama who was studying natural medicine and wanted a drug free natural birth, a caesarean birth was not part of Carlee Wilson's birth plan. But as her birth journey evolved, Carlee and her husband worked their way through their options and were able to feel positive and supported as their beautiful boy was born. And it was this outlook that absolutely shone through in her birth story. You can read all about Carlee’s birth experience and her decision to choose a positive perspective on ...
EP13 - Lisa Corduff - Caesarean Birth is Beautiful
July 18, 2016 12:57 - 37 minutes - 32.4 MBI have always been intrigued about what it means to have a planned or scheduled caesarean birth. I am beyond stoked to be sharing the birth stories of Wholefoods blogger, Lisa Corduff, as she talks us through her birthing journey. If you dig Lisa's wholesome vibe (which you will, the girls a total rockstar), be sure to check out her wholefoods wisdom and stories of Keeping Food (and Life) Real at lisacorduff.com And for inspiration and motivation to have an incredibly positive caesarea...
EP12 - Shalome Stone - Positive Caesarean Birth
July 18, 2016 12:19 - 6 minutes - 6.47 MBWith 30-40 percent of babies experiencing a caesarean birth, we need to talk about caesareans. Because caesarean mamas deserve to feel proud and empowered about their birth experience, regardless of how their baby exits the womb. The Positive Caesarean Birth series of Rockstar Birth Radio is a must if you want an amazing caesarean birth experience, mama, or if you’re healing from your caesarean birth experience. Bursting with positive caesarean birth stories & empowering insights, this ser...
EP11 - Tanya Strusberg - Lamaze
July 01, 2016 01:54 - 37 minutes - 33.4 MBTanya Strusberg is a Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator and founder of birthwell birthright, an independent childbirth education practice based in Melbourne. In 2015, Tanya was inducted as an FACCE (Fellow of the Academy of Certified Childbirth Educators) in recognition of her significant contribution to childbirth education. Through her internationally accredited Lamaze Educator Training program, she is very excited to be training a new generation of Australian Lamaze educators. Last, b...
EP10 - Suzy Ashworth - Social Media & Birth
July 01, 2016 01:43 - 32 minutes - 28.9 MBSuzy Ashworth is an Author, TEDx Speaker, Pregnancy Coach, Business Mentor, and Founder of The Calm Birth School the world’s first video based hypnobirthing school. Her mission is to inspire women to say yes to dreams in birth, life and business. To find out more about Suzy, please visit The Calmbirth School website at thecalmbirthschool.com and sign up for her free hypnobirthing classes from anywhere in the world. And check out her contribution to the Rockstar Birth Magazine issue #6, the...
EP09 - Emma-Jane Cunningham - The Wise Hippo
July 01, 2016 01:34 - 28 minutes - 26 MBEmma-Jane Cunningham is the founder of Beautiful Beginning birth preparation classes aimed at nurturing positive emotions and physical wellbeing for pregnancy, birth and beyond. Emma is a trained hypnobirthing instructor, and teacher of the Wise Hippo birthing programme. She is a mother of three and can personally attest to the difference that birth preparation classes made to her birth experiences, describing her first 2 births as 'painful' and 'hard work' and her third birth as 'amazing'. ...
EP08 - Peter Jackson & Karen McClay - Calmbirth
July 01, 2016 01:27 - 34 minutes - 29.2 MBAs a male midwife working in a country hospital for over 20 years, Peter Jackson witnessed mothers whose experience of childbirth was one of fear, anxiety and trauma. Peter knew that nature did not get it wrong, that a labouring mother's experience could be filled with empowerment and joy. He believed the answer lay in the preparation of the couple during pregnancy. Thus he developed the Calmbirth® Childbirth Preparation program. Along with his daughter Karen, a fellow midwife and register...
EP07 - Tracy Donegan - GentleBirth
July 01, 2016 01:17 - 39 minutes - 37.7 MBTracy is an author, Midwife and positive birth expert. Tracy is also the Founder of GentleBirth, an evidence based birth and brain preparation program experienced through the GentleBirth App and in live workshops around the world. Originally from Ireland Tracy now lives in California with her husband Philip and two sons Cooper and Jack. More information for both expectant parents and interested birth workers is available at: GentleBirth.com. And the GentleBirth App is available to do...
EP06 - Shalome Stone - Educate Yourself
July 01, 2016 00:59 - 10 minutes - 9.59 MBShalome Stone wants to live in a world where women approach their birth with excitement and awe. A highly medicalised hospital birth and 2 sensational homebirths taught her that a little preparation can make ALL the difference, and that you can feel like a Rockstar when you birth, regardless of how you birth. As the Founder and Editor of the Rockstar Birth Magazine and Rockstar Birth Radio, Shalome is dedicated to empowering pregnant mamas to replace their fear of pain with the insights and...
EP05 - Angela Gallo - A Passion for Birth
June 15, 2016 02:43 - 39 minutes - 34.9 MBAngela Gallo had NO interest in birth and marriage when she was partying with her new boyfriend. Zero. And then she got pregnant. And in the 4 years since then she has embarked on a journey of passion and discovery that has seen her become a doula, birth photographer, placenta encapsulator, and birth business mentor. This woman is PASSIONATE about birth. Angela’s ultimate goal is to see women honored, celebrated, and respected - in ANY birth setting. Tune in to here Angela's journey from ...
EP04 - Milli Hill - The Positive Birth Movement
June 15, 2016 02:20 - 44 minutes - 39.9 MBMilli Hill founded the Positive Birth Movement in 2012 to create positive connections for pregnant women around birth. Designed to shake up our society's negative and fearful views of birth, the Positive Birth Movement is changing the face of birth through in-person sharing of positive birth experiences - whether that be a caesarean birth, a home birth, a water birth, a birth with an epidural. The Positive Birth Movement is a non-judgemental space to embrace an empowered + positive birth e...
EP03 - Brian the Birth Guy - Rockin' Dads
June 15, 2016 01:12 - 30 minutes - 29.5 MBEver wondered how your man is going to cope at your birth? Worried he might faint at the sight of blood, or freak out if he hears you roar like a lion? Don't worry, Mama, Brian the Birth Guy is here to get your man fully prepared and totally ready to rock your birth. With the right amount of insight, information, and cheeky humour, Brian will teach your man/ birth partner how to be an absolute rock at your birth. So that he feels prepared, excited, and able to be the best possible birth s...
EP02: Dr Sarah Buckley - Undisturbed Birth
June 14, 2016 11:16 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MBDr Sarah Buckley provides an understanding of Mother Nature's superb design when it comes to birth, and how our mammalian bodies birth best when we are in conditions that are safe, private and unobserved. We essentially birth best when left undisturbed. A must-listen episode for pregnant women that are seeking a natural drug-free hospital birth, with low/no intervention. This episode of Rockstar Birth Radio will reinforce your belief that your body is built beautifully for birth. And the ...
EP01 - Shalome Stone - Rock Your Birth
June 13, 2016 16:00 - 13 minutes - 11.8 MBShalome Stone wants to live in a world where women approach their birth with excitement and awe. A highly-medicalised hospital birth and 2 sensational home births taught her that a little preparation can make ALL the difference, and that you can feel like a total Rockstar when you birth, regardless of how you birth. As the Founder and Editor of the Rockstar Birth Magazine and Rockstar Birth Radio, Shalome is dedicated to empowering pregnant mamas to replace their fear of pain with the ...