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Rockstar Birth Radio

Welcome 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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Aug 1, 2018

Peta 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 she found her first business pursuit in network marketing and she became a 7 figure a year earner in Isagenix by the age of 26. Her network marketing journey led her to her bigger, more global, soul work and now she’s building a global enterprise, Jeaniius – a global hub of nakedly brilliant people, mobilized to create change for our planet through conscious enterprise and magical collaborations.

Peta teaches the new way to live, lead, earn and give and what excites her the most is bringing her brilliant, badass generation together as one team and one family so that we can gift our planet and our kiddies an environment where they can thrive. Peta is an angel gifter and a silent investor, and thrives on expanding the cycle of abundance and contribution, especially when it allows young people to kick ass in their endeavours. A millennial with a love of millennials, Peta speaks on global stages, barefoot, to tens of thousands of people, and to millions through her various platforms, sharing visionary messages of conscious living to move hearts and minds to what’s possible.

Self-described as an alien, a “vessel” for what needs to flow through her, Peta is the creator of The New Way Live, Jeaniius and The Supercharged, and her first book “Earth is Hiring’ is now available. Peta was recently featured on The Rise Up movie with Michael Bernard Beckwith, Jack Canfield, Danielle LaPorte, Gabby Bernstein, Marie Forleo, Tony Robbins, The Dalai Lama and more.
She’s a new Mum to her beautiful daughter Sol and has now found a new supersized passion for empowering women to create a beautiful pregnancy and birth experience.
www.petakelly.com

Book: https://petakelly.com/earth-is-hiring
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/petak
https://www.facebook.com/jeaniius
Instagram: petajean_/jeaniius
Twitter: @petajean_

Mar 23, 2017

Nicole 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-Being-Australia-1633651950196411/

 

Be sure to check out the other amazing contributors to the Conscious Birth 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 Birth Academy. Both perfectly designed to support you on your pregnancy journey towards a powerful and positive birth experience. You’ll find both of these and more, at rockstarbirthmagazine.com

Mar 23, 2017

Maha 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 birth professionals. She offers her inspiring somatic  Teacher Training worldwide that honours the language of the feminine. 

Maha is also an international speaker and passionate about Human Rights in Childbirth. She has presented at numerous birth conferences, events and seminars within Australia and internationally, having spoken at The Human Rights In Childbirth Conference in Mumbai India 2-5th February 2017.

website: mahaalmusa.com

facebook: facebook.com/mahaalmusabirthvisionary

 

Be sure to check out the other amazing contributors to the Conscious Birth 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 Birth Academy. Both perfectly designed to support you on your pregnancy journey towards a powerful and positive birth experience. You’ll find both of these and more, at rockstarbirthmagazine.com

Mar 22, 2017
Debra 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 intimate and sacred nature of birth. Debra’s passion comes from her over 30 years of working with women, men, midwives, doulas and physicians in over 40 countries bringing comfort, love and pleasure to birth and life!You can find more of Debra's pleasurable insights at:
 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orgasmicbirth/
 
Be sure to check out the other amazing contributors to the Conscious Birth 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 Birth Academy. Both perfectly designed to support you on your pregnancy journey towards a powerful and positive birth experience. You'll find both of these and more, at rockstarbirthmagazine.com
Mar 22, 2017
Avalon 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 experiences, lessons and skills to support other women on their awakening journey. You can find more of Avalon’s magic at blossomingwoman.com.au
 
Today Avalon is going to be sharing her insights into pleasurable birth, and how she came to experience an ecstatic free birth with her youngest babe.
 
Be sure to check out the other amazing contributors to the Conscious Birth 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 Birth Academy. Both perfectly designed to support you on your pregnancy journey towards a powerful and positive birth experience. You'll find both of these and more, at rockstarbirthmagazine.com
Nov 7, 2016

This 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.

Pre eclampsia /hellp syndrome aapec.org.au/ and preeclampsia.org/

 

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 Birth program. Both perfectly designed to support you on your pregnancy journey towards a powerful and positive birth experience. You'll find both of these and more, including your own FREE issue of the Rockstar Birth Magazine, at rockstarbirthmagazine.com

Nov 7, 2016

Rachel 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.

Connect with Rachel at: sproutandco.com.au

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You can also watch Rachel's video with her husband and sister, as they announce their pregnancy and share their conception journey: Our Fertility Journey

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 Birth program. Both perfectly designed to support you on your pregnancy journey towards a powerful and positive birth experience. You'll find both of these and more, including your own FREE issue of the Rockstar Birth Magazine, at rockstarbirthmagazine.com

 

Nov 6, 2016

Carolyn 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 in her beautiful son.  

Website: fourzero.com.au

Facebook: facebook.com/Fourzero.com.au

Twitter: twitter.com/four_zero

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 Birth program. Both perfectly designed to support you on your pregnancy journey towards a powerful and positive birth experience. You’ll find both of these and more, including your own FREE issue of the Rockstar Birth Magazine, at rockstarbirthmagazine.com

Nov 5, 2016

Anna 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 birth program. Both perfectly designed to support you on your pregnancy journey towards a powerful and positive birth experience. You can find both of these resources, and more including your own FREE issue of the Rockstar Birth Magazine, on rockstarbirthmagazine.com

Nov 5, 2016

Donna 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 emotions on the roller coaster journey that is IVF.

Find out more at donnapreedy.com/clear-the-stress-of-ivf/

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 Birth program. Both perfectly designed to support you on your pregnancy journey towards a powerful and positive birth experience. You’ll find both of these and more, including your own FREE issue of the Rockstar Birth Magazine, at rockstarbirthmagazine.com

Oct 6, 2016

The 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 partner, in Melbourne. Her business Big Hearted Birth teaches women and their birth partners Hypnobirthing Australia Childbirth Education courses in Melbourne, Australia. In these courses she teaches couples knowledge about the childbirth process, as well as tools for labour such as, breathing, massage, visualisation, relaxation, affirmation and self- hypnosis. 

She believes that birth that is woman-centred, drawing on instinctual physiology and where a woman feels the experience was a positive one, possibly even a “life highlight” gives them a platform to move more confidently forward in the kaleidoscope of life experience, after birth. 

Cindy is passionate about voice in birth, and nurturing positive self-identity, social competence, wellbeing and a love of learning of children in the very early years of childhood.   

Oct 6, 2016

The 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 or may not be the right time for you to hear Amy’s birth story, however rest assured that she shares it with an incredible sense of gratitude and love. 

Amy is a Melbourne-based Mama with a big heart for healthy living, conscious collaboration and helping Women, especially Mother’s do work they love whilst having the freedom to be there for their families. She launched her blog Mother Love Melbourne to share stories, recipes and the work of other incredible Mama’s out there. Since having her Daughter Addison in Oct’15 Amy realised that many ‘motherhood’ sites and blogs can be a not so nice, judgemental space and wants Mother Love Melbourne to shine a light and help Mama’s feel empowered by their Birth, Feeding and Child Raising choices. 
 
Facebook - facebook.com/motherlovemelbourne/
Instagram - @motherlovemelbourne
Snapchat - motherlovemelbs
Website - motherlovemelbourne.com.au
Oct 6, 2016

The 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 shares her son’s birth story who was born at 33 weeks and is now a thriving toddler. You can follow more of April's journey at aprilbrooksblog.com or @mrs.aprilbrooks on Instagram.

You can also read April's birth story on the Rockstar Birth Blog.

Oct 5, 2016

The 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 to listen in as Emily shares her personal learnings into the importance of validating birth fears, using appropriate language with birthing women, and how best to support women who have suffered birth trauma. 

Birth and motherhood has highlighted to Emily how much our mind affects our physical experience and how underrated being informed, empowered, and supported along this journey is for our mental and physical health. 

 

Oct 5, 2016

The 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 website dedicated to inspiring all of us on this journey through motherhood, by encouraging us to stay true to ourselves. You can find more of Amy’s Happy Mama goodness on her website, happymama.com.au, her Facebook page, and in her book Happy Mama: the guide to finding yourself again. 

Sep 14, 2016

Khrystina 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 experiences of other mamas. Thank you for your magazines and posts, I have been hanging onto every word, they have been feeding and comforting me through this process."

So naturally, we were gonna be best friends, right? Khrystina went onto birth her babe at 42 weeks and 6 days and she will be sharing this birth, and her previous experiences with us today.

Sep 1, 2016

Alison 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.wombtotheworldmusic.com, and can also be streamed from iTunes and Spotify. I invited Alison on to Rockstar Birth Radio to share how her birth experiences - the first a disempowered hospital experience, the second an empowered planned homebirth - have seen her become a passionate advocate for undisturbed birth.”

Sep 1, 2016

Tiffany 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 the video in the show notes. Get on it, mama. 

 

Violet Lu's homebirth

 

You can connect with Tiff on instagram at @namastetiff @namastetiffessentials @saturnssister and the @ocdoulacollective.

Sep 1, 2016

Cecile 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 creating new neuropathways to benefit them to birth their baby with confidence, trust, calm, and love.

After giving birth to her son, Cecile felt a strong inner calling for supporting women during pregnancy, labour, birth and the transition to motherhood. She reveres birth and see it as a great Rite of Passage and is just about to complete her Doula training. She is also working closely with Maha Al Musa to create The Mother's Centre, supporting families from conception to parenthood and beyond. 

Sep 1, 2016

Anne 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.

 

Anne is also an aspiring yogi and prenatal and postpartum yoga teacher, a doula, and a childbirth educator, and you are going to love her straight-down-the-line approach to birth.

You can find more of Anne's goodness (including the odd yoga headstand!) at her online home homesweethombirth.com and you can become part of her online community at homesweethomebirth on both Facebook and Instagram, where she provides services to women across the globe; for empowered, healthy, joyful living in childbearing & beyond.

Sep 1, 2016

Is 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.  

Jul 18, 2016

Melissa 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 birthed using gentle hypnosis techniques. You can find further information on The Positive Caesarean Course at the Hypnobirthing Australia and Hypnobubs websites. Individual albums are also sold through iTunes.

Melissa shared her insights on achieving a Positive Caesarean Birth in the Positive Caesarean Birth issue of the Rockstar Birth Magazine: rockstarbirthmagazine.com/shop/positive-caesarean-birth

Jul 18, 2016

Kylie 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 would like to read Kylie's birth journey in full, pick up a copy of Issue #1 - the Believe In You issue - of the Rockstar Birth Magazine and immerse yourself in her  amazing photographs: rockstarbirthmagazine.com/shop/issue-one-believe-in-yourself

And to get inspired and informed about what is involved in the natural or maternal-assisted caesarean birth, grab a copy of the Positive Caesarean Birth issue of the Rockstar Birth Magazine: rockstarbirthmagazine.com/shop/positive-caesarean-birth

Jul 18, 2016

As 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 her journey in the Positive Caesarean Birth issue of the Rockstar Birth Magazine: rockstarbirthmagazine.com/shop/positive-caesarean-birth

Jul 18, 2016

I 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 caesarean birth experience, be sure to check out the Positive Caesarean Birth issue of the Rockstar Birth Magazine at rockstarbirthmagazine.com/shop/positive-caesarean-birth

 

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