Born Free Method: The Podcast

The Episode was made possible by Immune Intel AHCC® & WeNatalIn the 19th century, a young surgeon named J. Marion Sims headed to Montgomery, Alabama, seeking a route to fame and power. He saw an opportunity in a highly morbid condition known as vesicovaginal fistula, whereby a false passage between the bladder and vagina forms as a consequence of difficult childbirth, and began experimenting with techniques to find a cure. The issue was that nobody in their right mind was willing to volunteer for this type of surgery, so he coerced Black enslaved women. The first of his patients to have been presumably “cured” was Anarcha. If this is the first time that you have heard her name, you are likely not alone. This conversation gives a voice to the Mothers of Gynecology, an appropriate moniker for the women who suffered at the hands of surgeons like J. Marion Sims and whose sacrifices led to the advent of the profession of gynecology. Visit the show notes for more. Connect with J.C. Hallman:WebsiteInstagramReference from the show:Say Anarcha, by J.C. HallmanThe Anarcha ArchivA short history of anaesthesia: from unspeakable agony to unlocking consciousnessMore information on vesicovaginal fistulaArguments of Sims’ apologizesMedical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present, by Harriet A. WashingtonNathan Bozeman wiki pageSpeak! Move! Change! Mbongi eventJ. Marion Sims was a b*tch t-shirtsConnect with Nathan:Instagram | YoutubeMidwife in need of collaboration?Want to consult with Nathan?My Online Courses: Get full access to Born Free Method: The Podcast at nathanrileyobgyn.substack.com/subscribe

The Episode was made possible by Immune Intel AHCC® & WeNatalI met Teshna while attending a birth in Albany, NY. My friend for whom I had traveled to Albany to assist with the birth of his fourth child had recommended I check out her practice. It was a very modest chiropractic studio, but the experience with Teshna was anything but ordinary. She introduced me to a unique blend of classical chiropractic care and other techniques meant to help me clear my limiting beliefs. She had me say out loud various phrases about my life and how I perceive love in my life, and then she used muscle testing to determine if I “really believed” what I was saying. As it turns out, I’ve been lying to myself about much that I held in my world. And then the magic trick…She corrected these incongruencies using simple touch, red light, and a few other techniques. It was like magic, and I wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t experienced it myself. Meet Teshna Beaulieu, who is likely the most unusual healer I’ve ever met. Visit the show notes for more. Connect with Teshna:WebsiteInstagramReference from the show:Dr. Teshna’s book “Fit for Love”Neuroemotional Technique (Dr. Scott Walker, Teshna’s mentor)A 3 DAY Training called "Meridian Therapy and Tapping (MTT)”. One-hour Forgiveness Process webinar to introduce people to my work and MTT.Free 1-DAY MTT Immersion to introduce people to more aspects of MTT where they learn how to muscle test themselves, powerful stress reduction protocol, and test and clear their blocks about different subjects like love and many more. 1 Year All Access Membership where people can attend all events and also get the recorded modules of the 3 DAY MTT Training as well as a weekly coaching/ session group call.Connect with Nathan:Instagram | YoutubeMidwife in need of collaboration?Want to consult with Nathan?My Online Courses:Born Free Method: Pregnancy and Postpartum SupportClear + Get full access to Born Free Method: The Podcast at nathanrileyobgyn.substack.com/subscribe

The Episode was made possible by Immune Intel AHCC® & WeNatalAre you ready for a power hour? You are likely already familiar with my guests on today’s episode, but if not, meet Lily and Lisa. Lily Nichols is the author of two of the most important nutritional books ever written pertaining to pregnancy: “Real Food for Pregnancy” and “Real Food for Gestational Diabetes”. Lisa Hendrickson-Jack is the author of “The Fifth Vital Sign”. Lily’s work has been most relevant once you’re already pregnant; Lisa’s work has been beloved by those trying to conceive. Naturally, Lily and Lisa have combined forces to write the new bible for fertility: “Real Food for Fertility”. Guys, when I say I have found my new favorite reference, I mean it with over 2400 citations, “Real Food for Fertility” combined nutritional and metabolic science with fertility awareness tracking. We could have chatted for 6 hours in this interview, but we had to keep it to 60 min, so we dive deep into lifestyle modification and nutrition to improve egg and sperm quality, and you’re going to be wowed!Visit the show notes for more.Connect with Lily Nichols:WebsiteInstagramXConnect with Lisa Hendrickson-Jack:WebsiteInstagramLinkedIn Reference from the show:WHO laboratory manual for the examination and processing of human semenBook “Real Food for Fertility” Read the first chapter for free or download the 2400+ reference listConnect with Nathan:Instagram | YoutubeMidwife in need of collaboration?Want to consult with Nathan?My Online Courses:Born Free Method: Pregnancy and Postpartum SupportClear + Free: Your Holistic Solution to Persistent HPVThis episode was made possible by:Immune Intel AHCC® - code BELOVED10 for 10% offWeNatal - Free bottle of fish oil with purchase of Him + Her prenatalsMedical Disclaimer: The Holistic OBGYN Podcast is an educational program. No information conveyed through this podcast should be construed as medical advice. These... Get full access to Born Free Method: The Podcast at nathanrileyobgyn.substack.com/subscribe

The Episode was made possible by Immune Intel AHCC® & WeNatalBabies die. Fetuses die. We all die. And yet, we are so death illiterate that even seasoned veterans in the health professions often struggle with how to show up when death inevitably shows up on the doorstep. This topic is especially challenging - but even more important - when the “D” word arises in the context of pregnancy and childbirth. Join me in this very heartfelt conversation with Tamara MacIntyre, an end-of-life architect and retired chiropractor about death, grief, souls, loss, and love. Visit the show notes for more.Connect with Tamara:Websites: The Prana Foundation & Conscious DeathInstagramLearn about Tamara's work:WebsiteLet’s cope Instagram References and Links from the show:Nora McInerney's TED talkDie Wise, by Stephen JenkinsonA new Course Launch called "Life's Limitations: Reframing Diagnosis & Loss in the Pregnancy and Pediatric Practice'Course Sales Funnel: reframingloss.com - the course is October 19th, 2024 (4 hours CE for some regulated health professionals)Connect with Nathan:Instagram | Youtube | TiktokMidwife in need of collaboration?Want to consult with Nathan?My Online Courses:Born Free Method: Pregnancy and Postpartum SupportClear + Free: Your Holistic Solution to Persistent HPVThis episode was made possible by:Immune... Get full access to Born Free Method: The Podcast at nathanrileyobgyn.substack.com/subscribe

The Episode was made possible by Immune Intel AHCC® & WeNatalI don’t think I have prepared for any interview as hard as I prepared for this one. My guest today is Marc Gafni, former rabbi, Hebrew mystic, and author of a number of books, most notably “A Return to Eros”, “Your Unique Self”, and his most recent book, “First Principles and First Values: Forty-Two Propositions on Cosmoerotic Humanism, the Meta-Crisis, and the World to Come”. I recommend you take his writing in through small sips versus trying to binge any of them on a weekend. They are potent. In this conversation, we discuss:the Divine Feminine and how the world’s religions have got it wronghow the comparison of masculine and feminine is fraught with disastrous outcomespostmodernity and the evolution of love and a new grammar of value through which a shared story of value can be developed in order to solve the world’s problemsshame as the root of all evil and how a new sexual narrative - the sex erotic - is the only “cure” for shamethe importance of these principles in addressing the myriad of issues that plague maternity care worldwideLimitations within the work of Jordan Peterson, Yuval Harari, Wilhelm Reich, and even Brené BrownBrace yourself…you are entering the complex mind and heart of Marc Gafni…Visit the show notes for more.Connect with Marc:WebsiteLinkedInInstagramXTikTokFacebookLearn about Marc's work:Free Unique Self Mini-CourseUnique Self-Emergence Training ProgramFree Weekly Broadcast with Dr. Marc GafniReferences and Links from the show:Marc’s books:A Return to Eros: The Radical Experience of Being Fully AliveYour Unique Self: The Radical Path to Personal EnlightenmentThe Erotic And The Holy: Kabbalistic Tantra for Everyday LivingJoin Marc in Holland for 5-Day Intensive Mystery School, November 13-17, 2024, at erosmysteryschool.comFirst Principles and First Values: Forty-Two Propositions on Cosmoerotic Humanism, the Meta-Crisis, and the World to Come2024 Born Free Twins-Breech Conference:Join 150 birth workers and 20+... Get full access to Born Free Method: The Podcast at nathanrileyobgyn.substack.com/subscribe

The Episode was made possible by Immune Intel AHCC® & WeNatalShawnee and I met through a 2023 trip to South Africa with Restore Forward and Sevonna Brown. She then introduced me to the film Aftershock, which highlights the ripple effect that results from a woman dying in childbirth, and it was Shawnee’s daughter, Shamony, whose death inspired the film. Shamony is survived by Omari and their two little children. Shawnee and Omari are thus no stranger to the lived experience of losing another black woman at the hands of the most cumbersome and expensive healthcare system on the planet. Why are black families suffering in ways that white families will never have to understand? What can be done to rectify the system? How do we heal as a collective? We do our best to answer these questions in this humbling conversation…Visit the show notes for more.Connect with Omari:LinkedInInstagramConnect with Shawnee:LinkedInInstagramLearn about their work:WebsiteInstagramReferences and Links from the show:Speak! Move! Change!The ARIAH FoundationThe Spirit of a Woman Leadership Development Institute The Anarcha ArchiveBlack Americans’ views about health disparities, experiences with health care from the Pew Research CenterAftershock film (trailer)Restore ForwardCDC data on Black fathers (versus other races)2024 Born Free Twins-Breech Conference:Join 150 birth workers and 20+ amazing presenters in Louisville, August 8-11, to learn some new skills, make some new friends, and show up holistically for your birthing clients!Visit the website and registerConnect with Nathan:Instagram | Get full access to Born Free Method: The Podcast at nathanrileyobgyn.substack.com/subscribe

The Episode was made possible by Immune Intel AHCC® & WeNatalI left the conventional medical model because I was worried about being punished for prioritizing patient autonomy over my institution's liability. I thought that the only way that I could reasonably offer vaginal breech birth support for families in need was in the home. But after I met today’s guest, my presumptions were drawn into question. Denny Hartung is an OBGYN and FACOG happily working within a small, community hospital in Wisconsin, and he’s doing just fine. How is this possible? Why aren’t his privileges being questioned? Tune in to find out…And if you want to meet Denny in person and work through some simulations with this walking legend, join us at the 2024 Born Free Twins-Breech. Grab your ticket before we fill up!Visit the show notes for more.Connect with Denny:WebsiteLinkedInReference from the show:Info on Critical Access HospitalsBreech Without BordersBreech provider directory (Breech Without Borders)2024 Born Free Twins-Breech Conference:Join 150 birth workers and 20+ amazing presenters in Louisville, August 8-11, to learn some new skills, make some new friends, and show up holistically for your birthing clients!Visit the website and registerConnect with Nathan:Instagram | Youtube | TiktokMidwife in need of collaboration?Want to consult with Nathan?My Online Courses:Born Free Method: Pregnancy and Postpartum SupportClear + Free: Your Holistic Solution to Persistent HPVThis episode was made possible by:Immune Intel AHCC® - code BELOVED10 for 10% offWeNatal - Free bottle of fish oil with purchase of Him + Her prenatalsMedical Disclaimer: The Holistic OBGYN Podcast is an educational program. No information conveyed through this podcast should be construed as medical advice. These conversations are available to... Get full access to Born Free Method: The Podcast at nathanrileyobgyn.substack.com/subscribe

The Episode was made possible by Immune Intel AHCC® & WeNatalMy guests today are some of the more important voices in birthwork in the United States today. Gail Tully is the founder of Spinning Babies®. Nicole Morales is a Spinning Babies® instructor and author of several books. Both of these women attend home births, and both fully embody informed consent and an individualized approach to maternity care. In this conversation, we get into positioning, movement, and breath to have a more easy birth, methods for getting your baby situated in the pelvis appropriately, and we even get into a soft debate around dogmatic concepts like “cardinal movements” and breech being a “variation of normal”. I love both Gail and Nicole so dearly, and I’m so excited that they’re going to be educated at the upcoming 2024 Born Free Twins-Breech. Grab your ticket before we fill up!Visit the show notes for more.Connect with Gail:WebsiteLinkedInInstagramConnect with Nicole:WebsiteInstagramLinkedInReference from the show:Dynamic Body Balancing by Dr. Carol PhillipsForward Leaning Inversion to help baby turn from breech to cephalicA Manual of Midwifery, 1886 textbookLevels of the PelvisS.A.F.E. technique for breech (Adrienne Caldwell)Side-lying release to help with asynclitismBreath and the pelvic floor with Julie Wiebe, PTBIRTHFIT online programs (code BORNFREE for 10% off)2024 Born Free Twins-Breech Conference:Join 150 birth workers and 20+ amazing presenters in Louisville, August 8-11, to learn some new skills, make some new friends, and show up holistically for your birthing clients!Visit the website and... Get full access to Born Free Method: The Podcast at nathanrileyobgyn.substack.com/subscribe

The Episode was made possible by Immune Intel AHCC® & WeNatalDr. Motsei was one of my guides during a recent trip to South Africa to sit in a ceremony with Indigenous midwives through a program offered by my friend Sevonna Brown, National Director of Restore Forward. Sevonna has also been on the podcast. Mmatshilo is a prolific author, healer, and educator, and she will be a keynote speaker at the upcoming Born Free Twins-Breech Conference in Louisville. I am enrolled in her online program “African Spirituality of Childbirth”. In this flowing conversation, we talk about racism, colonization, and spirituality on her continent, using these themes to explore issues within maternal health and birthwork. This was one of my favorite interviews so far…Come, see, and hear from Dr. Motsei and a range of other educators at the 2024 Born Free Twins-Breech. Grab your ticket before we fill up!Visit the show notes for more.Connect with Mmatshilo:Websites: Afrika Ikalafe Pluriversity & Afrika IkalafeLinkedInInstagramReference from the show:Dr. Motsei’s booksFind out more about Dr. Motsei’s online course on the Afrikan Spirituality of ChildbirthGod is Not a Man interview with Aubrey Matshiqi (MOYA Podcast)The Power of Myth, by Joseph Campbell2024 Born Free Twins-Breech Conference:Join 150 birth workers and 20+ amazing presenters in Louisville, August 8-11, to learn some new skills, make some new friends, and show up holistically for your birthing clients!Visit the website and registerConnect with Nathan:Instagram | Youtube | TiktokMidwife in need of collaboration?Want to consult with Nathan?My Online Courses:Born Free Method: Pregnancy and Postpartum SupportClear + Free: Your Holistic Solution to Persistent HPVThis episode was made possible by:Immune Intel AHCC® - code BELOVED10 for... Get full access to Born Free Method: The Podcast at nathanrileyobgyn.substack.com/subscribe

The Episode was made possible by Immune Intel AHCC® & WeNatalGuests: Sevonna Brown is a doula and national director of Restore ForwardHaize Hawke is a midwife in southern California and co-founder of The Victoria Project and The Bridge MidwivesThis conversation is exactly what the birth community needs to hear. Birthwork is the ultimate expression of some of human life's scariest yet most rapturous moments. One becomes the other, and, as such, birthwork itself is an initiation to sitting with the rite of passage of childbirth. In this wide-ranging conversation, we discuss initiation rites, ancestral lineages, and steps toward resolving horizontal violence in birthwork. A part of this requires we seek a definition of “expertise” beyond labels and credentials alone. Remember: death is on the line in any true rite of passage. What is the role of discomfort as we sit with birth? For us? For the families whom we serve?Sevonna and Haize will be MCing ("weavers of resonance") the upcoming Born Free Twins-Breech Conference in Louisville this August. Come meet them in person! Visit the website and registerVisit the show notes for more.Connect with Sevonna:WebsiteLinkedInInstagramXConnect with Haize:WebsiteLinkedInInstagramReference from the show:Film: The Business of Birth ControlFilm: The Business of Being BornLearn more about Sevonna and Haize’s work:The Bridge MidwivesRooted BirthRestore ForwardThe Victoria ProjectAfrika Ikalafe online training in African spirituality in childbirthConnect with Nathan: Get full access to Born Free Method: The Podcast at nathanrileyobgyn.substack.com/subscribe