Home Birth Isn't Radical, It's Where Birth Works Best
What’s actually radical is that we’ve been conditioned to believe birth belongs in a hospital, strapped to a machine, under fluorescent lights, and surrounded by people who might not even know your name. So, let’s bust some myths.
Dr Sarah Buckley: The Magic of Oxytocin & The Impact Of Interventions in Birth
In this episode of The Journey Ahead Podcast, I sit down with Dr Sarah Buckley - GP, researcher, author, and one of the world’s leading voices on the hormonal physiology of birth - to explore how the body is biologically designed for labour, birth, and bonding.
This Work Changes Lives
A cool thing that’s been happening around here? Some of my clients are retraining to be doulas. They’ve felt it in their bones. They’ve experienced something so profound, so paradigm-shifting, that they can’t not share it.
Inside the Birth Rooms Where Women Called the Shots
These outcomes aren’t a coincidence. They’re what happens when people feel held. When you’re supported without pressure. When your voice is the one guiding the way. When birth is something you meet with confidence, not something that just happens to you. This is what it looks like when birth unfolds in power, not fear.
The Silent Saboteur: Why 'Compromise' Can Be Toxic
Let’s talk about a word that sounds lovely, reasonable… balanced, even. Compromise. We’re raised to see it as the grown-up way to resolve conflict. Give a little, take a little. Be fair. Be flexible. Don't be difficult.
But in birth? Compromise can quietly rob you of your power – disguised as collaboration, masked as ‘what’s best for everyone’.