The Midwitch

Well known Australia Herbalist, Julie Bell, is on The Midwitch Podcast this month, teaching us about our ability as women to get in touch with the wild! Grab a pen and take notes on this episode mamas, you're going to learn about the wisdom of weeds, your herbal allies, the synergistic partnership between woman and plant (that science can't quite put their finger on!), the correlation between the...

This episode came from deep within the archives of 2020 unedited interviews, and it couldn't be unearthed at a more perfect time as women and birthworkers are exploring women's rights in childbirth within the system.  I had an in depth discussion with Tina Charlton, Freebirth Witness and Support, starting out with her research in Obstetric Violence in her home country of Germany and then within he...

Feminine Rites of Rage with Vanessa Beauchamp from Weaving Hearth Vanessa is an extremely talented writer and creative, working to guide women in reclaiming their fire. I this episode, Vanessa shares her wisdom around the neglected, rejected and repressed parts of ourselves - as mothers and women; the split between the mother and the whore, the othering in the 'healer' world, what a true Matriarch...

In this very special episode of the Midwitch podcast, Zoe Butler; a Womb Spiral Practitioner, Intuitive Body Worker,  Sacred Birth Worker and Photographer is reciting her beautiful poem 'In This House She is Sacred' - which was written as an ode to the female body, women and wombs. You can find Zoe at @zoebutlerlife or at https://www.zoebutler.com.au --- Connect with Anita at www.themidwitch.com A...

Madeleine shares with us, what she describes as, the evolution of herself via the births of her 3 children. Starting out in the system with the belief that they were the experts on her body and her baby, to coming full circle and roaring her baby into the world unassisted and in her absolute power. Madeleine tells us how the 4 hour lecture from a Private Midwife was the catalyst to questioning eve...

If you've been following Hannah's story since our first chat on channeling Spirit Babies and Conscious Conception, then you're going to love hearing part 2 of Hannah's journey - the story of conceiving her son, birthing him unassisted at home and finding a new way of healing through releasing the belief that the only way to heal was through a freebirth. Hannah also shares with us the almost identi...

I've always said; if you want to learn about va((ines and how to make informed decisions about them as a mother - access the mother of a va((ine injured child. Because no one will have more information, more resources to provide you, more research to refer you to - and no one will understand the way the system works better than them. They've walked this path, into the fire and back - and I know yo...

I speak with Martina, who was reported, investigated and suspended as a Private Homebirth Midwife in Australia. After realising there was no way she could support a birthing woman wanting to birth at home on their terms, by remaining registered with the system, and noticing herself practicing differently in order to toe the line with APHRA - she saw clearly that she could not fix the system from w...

After 2 births within Australia's Private Birthing System, Emily was left feeling like there had to be something better than the "not very nice experiences" she had had. With the threat of a c-section overshadowing both of her induced births, for no medical reason at all - she decided that, surely, there had to be a better way if she did decide to have a third child. Emily awoke to the unprofessio...

Emily from Leo Rising Birthkeeping and I spoke very shortly after the Great Conjunction back in December 21, 2020 - and had LOTS to say about the ways in which this shift is going to change the face of birth, the way women operate in the world and the rebirth of matriarchy! Emily tells us about her journey into birthwork and astrology, how the two collided to create her 'Womb Room Readings' and ho...

Reem from Vipassa Mama is on the show; discussing all things unconscious, subconscious and conscious healing. As we learn from her how to become the experts of ourselves on this New Earth, with some practical strategies and 2 freebie guides for you to download! We discuss the importance of a baby travelling through the birth canal, from a structural perspective and as the female body being a funct...

You've seen her beautiful birth video, now Gold Coast Mama Steph shares the details of her daughter Tijana's freebirth! Steph talks about the unnecessary homebirth transfer with her first baby and how knew (straight away) that she would "just stay at home" next time. Steph shares about her birth preparation during pregnancy, the fear she worked through (after somebody planted an idea in her head),...

First Poddy off the rank for 2021, and it was worth the wait! Recorded last year during the height of (OVID, I interviewed Abby Wake from The Awake Movement and Rhythm n Motion about her shift from hospital to homebirth, in Gympie Australia.  After discovering the restrictions that would be imposed on her as a birthing woman, and the increase of medicalisation in her maternal care, birthing in a h...

Why do Australian women think Homebirth Midwives are independent of the system? Where has this presumption come from? What's at stake for privately practicing Midwives, what does it takes for a Midwife to become a privately  practicing business woman - and how does this affect the care and advice they provide you as a birthing woman? What is their relationship with the birthing system when providi...

Isabella and I journeyed for a good 6 months together, on the dilemma of whether or not to renew our Hypnobirthing Practitioner Registration. We both decided not to. In this podcast interview we discuss how we came to that decision, plus a little on the origins of Hypnobirthing, how it's evolved, our personal journeys with it and why we believe the core message may have been lost. --- Connect with...

In this episode I speak with Menstrual Cycle Educator and Coach, Jema Lee. Jema shares her own personal journey with PCOS and how she came to create 'Wellsome'. Jema also shares how to track your cycles when you're not menstruating, how to eat in tune with your cycle phases from an Ayurvedic perspective, why you crave certain foods at certain times of your cycle, the power of connecting to the col...

I speak with Freya Kelley on womanhood and why it is not an identity. We discuss and define the terms Feminism, Matriarchy, Female Erasure, TERF and the difference between gender and sex; what a Matriarchal household can look like, the Universal principles of fertility, the uplifting of the natural processes of birth, the regeneration of Mother Earth and the damaging effects of the technocratic sh...

In the latest episode of the Midwitch Podcast, I speak with Casey Hone; Birth and Postpartum Doula, Acupuncturist, Yoga Teacher and Spirit Baby Intuitive. Casey understands that our modern western culture can be a hostile place to create and raise a family and so applies her traditional Chines Therapies in all aspects of her work.  Casey believes that if our mothers are not well rested, loved and...

Well, you asked for it - more Aussie freebirthing stories! Here is the first of many to come! After 2 previous birth experiences that were unnecessarily sabotaged by the medical system, Mel decided she was not going to be a part of that system for the birth of her third child. She was no longer going to do what she was told and allow the same things to happen again. So she decided to opt out of th...

My dear friend Amy from Mother Unearthed shares her wisdom and knowledge as a Postpartum Doula, Nutritionist and Mama of 2. Amy and I discuss our own positive and negative experiences of postpartum, the expectations we place on ourselves as mothers post birth, how to re-create your own village of support, postpartum depletion and repletion, the impact of medicalised birth on our postpartum experie...

It was an honour (and dream come true!) to interview Maryn from Indie Birth on the podcast. Indie Birth are leading a global revolution in restoring autonomous birth, for birthing women and birth workers. Maryn shares her own relationship, and journey, with our industrial birth model - as a licensed Midwife, birthing mother, and now as a truly independent Midwife. We discuss the fact that medicali...

Michelle Palasia has been described as capturing the unseen energy of birth, with her amazing birth space holding and photography skills. In this podcast episode, she chats to us about her contrasting experience as a Birth Photographer and BirthKeeper working in the system, and outside of it; plus her activism in keeping birth transparent through the allowance of birth photographers in hospital bi...

I speak with Sanae, Co-Creator of LOV Mate (the high vibrational, coffee replacement brew) about her life as an awakened woman, mum, partner and conscious business owner. Sanae also shares her wild pregnancy journey, the birth of her (surprise!) twins and how she balances life and business! --- Connect with Anita at www.themidwitch.com Anita Katherine, The Midwitch Reconnecting you with your medic...

The Yoni Queen, Rosie Rees, and I chat yoni eggs and crystal wands for healing, energy clearing and awakening our womb space - especially after pregnancy loss, birth trauma and on your fertility journey. We speak about the magical womb space, nude yoga, sex magic, yoni mapping and releasing energetic trauma from our creative space of power and feminine energy. Rosie goes through each crystal type...

Medical Astrologer and Nutritionist turned Witch, Lexy The Wellness Witch, shares her wisdom around intuitive eating vs body lies and using food as our healer as modern mystic women. Whether womb healing, infertility, birth trauma, hormone balancing, coming off the pill, or feeling completely out of sync with your own personal rhythm is your current journey; Lexy speak to us about all the ways in...