Felicia is a traveling doula, birth keeper, birth educator. birth coach, fertility coach, and wombworker from the US, located in Europe. She’s supported dozens of births and birthing women, their partners, and their families. She has also supported people dealing with loss. She believes the line between birth and death is quite thin. Both must be honored and loved. When not attending births or teaching childbirth ed, she is also an astrologer and shamanic reiki practitioner. When not engaged with those things, you can find her hosting Wisdom Weavers podcast.

What three things does Felicia Sokol want the world to know about caring for women?

- Meet her where’s she at

- Consider the whole picture

- We aren’t designed for isolation

5:30 - Meet a woman where she’s at

8:40 - The limitations of systems of control

10:00 - Checking yourself before trying to “help”

14:00 - Considering the whole picture

16:10 - The inadequacies of generalizable labels

19:15 - We aren’t designed for isolation

21:00 - The Compartmentalization of our society

23:00 - Common ≠ normal

24:30 - Factors involved in decisions around free birthing

25:00 - Bringing back ritual

Links from the show:

www.feliciasokol.com

Da a Luz Midwifery School

Felicia’s Wisdom Weavers podcast

Dr. Riley’s interview on A New and Ancient Story w/ Charles Eisenstein

Felicia on Instagram

Felicia’s Red Trace Collective

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Music by: Labrinth, Chancha Via Circuito, and Joaquín Cornejo

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#17 - 3Things with Felicia Sokol: Nomadic Birthkeeper