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Born Free Method: The Podcast

Born Free Method: The Podcast

Nathan Riley

The institutions and individuals who run the world would like you to believe that you are powerless. That there's nothing you can do to improve the wellbeing of your family. That you aren't smart enough to understand shmancy science stuff. That eating and living well is too hard for most...so why try? That exercising your rights to informed consent and refusal is irresponsible. That having a birth on you terms, in your own home would be incorrigible. That pregnancy is a disease and childbirth is a medical procedure. That your symptoms are "all in your head". That cervical cancer is an inevitable consequence of HPV infection. They're wrong. Welcome to your revolution.
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Born Free Method: The Podcast - An End to Upside Down Medicine with Mark Gober
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05/08/24 • 88 min

The Episode was made possible by Immune Intel AHCC® & WeNatal

Mark is sort of a... savant. He has written six books, several of which have become bestsellers. His latest publication is An End to Upside Down Medicine, which, like all of his books, is heavily cited and beautifully written. In this conversation, we touch on a few topics that can be a little confronting: vaccines, germ theory, healthcare economics, and materialism. Please approach this one with an open heart, because there’s a lot of juice in this squeeze!

Visit the show notes for more. Video is available on Rumble given the nature of our conversation.

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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!

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Medical 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 the public for educational and entertainment purposes only.

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Born Free Method: The Podcast - I'm going to South Africa with Sevonna Brown of Restore Forward!
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10/04/23 • 72 min

The episode was made possible by WeNatal | BIRTHFIT

Sevonna Brown, the National Director of Black Women’s Blueprint at Restore Forward, is at the helm of the Safer Childbirth Cities Initiative under Merck for Mothers. As a certified doula, she boasts clinical expertise in postpartum support, home visits, prenatal care, and prenatal education for expectant mothers. Her proficiency spans various aspects of maternal healthcare, including continuity of care, home births, birth centers, and maternal-fetal medicine. Sevonna provides a glimpse into the profound and unique world of traditional midwifery as experienced through the lens of South African midwives.

Visit the show notes for more.

Join us for the Decolonizing Maternal Health Retreat in South Africa Nov 1-8, 2023!

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  • ⁠BIRTHFIT⁠ - code BELOVED to get one month FREE in their B! Community!
  • WeNatal - Free bottle of fish oil with purchase of Him + Her prenatals

Medical 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 the public for educational and entertainment purposes only.

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Sponsored by: Organifi, WeNatal, biOptimizers, BIRTHFIT, Immune Intel AHCC, Rosemary Meran

We thought it we had it bad in the U.S. during the COVID "moment", but Canada had its socks rocked off.

Fortunately a group of scientists and healthcare workers turned freedom fighters in our mighty neighbor to the North have joined forces to provide much-needed data and insights from what we know (and don't know) about the new mRNA vaccines advertised to "halt the spread of SARS-CoV-2" in order to support family autonomy and re-boot truly informed consent. This alliance is called the Candian Covid Care Alliance (CCCA)

In this mini-sode, you'll hear from two of the CCCA freedom fighters. Mary Sharpe, RM, MEd, PhD, is a highly experienced midwife and an original rebel in the renaissance of midwifery in Ontario, Canada, as well as a professor of midwifery. Deanna McLeod is the principal and founder of Kaleidoscope Strategic Inc., an independent medical research firm that supports Canadian clinicians in preparing world class evidence-based reviews that advance patient care nationally and internationally in the areas of oncology, premed immunology and psychology. In March 2021, she launched COVID Sense to equip the non-scientific person with the skills required to interpret COVID-19 data and make informed choices for themselves and others. She has authored over 46 scientific publications. Ms. McLeod is also the Chair of the Strategic Advisory Committee of the CCCA.

Qatar study

Dissolving Illusions, by Suzanne Humphries et al

The Truth About the Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us and What to Do About It, by Marcia Angell, MD

The Illusion of Evidence-Based Medicine: Exposing the crisis of credibility in clinical research, by Jon Jureidini et al

Support Mary's and Deanna's work at the Canadian COVID Care Alliance

Deanna's data-heavy presentation at the World Council for Health

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Medical 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 the public for educational and entertainment purposes only.

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Born Free Method: The Podcast - #116b - Jason Leister: Raise Stellar Kids & You'll Change the World
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04/01/23 • 38 min

The transformation that comes with fatherhood can be a rite of passage into manhood...but there aren't a lot of great role models out there for men who want to be present and involved in the birth process. Unconscious men breed unconscious births and unconscious children. In my holistic, unconventional OBGYN practice, ⁠Beloved Holistics, PCA⁠, I spend as much time with my pregnant clients as I do their partners to prepare them for this beautiful - though often scary - transition. In this podcast series, I want to bring the voices of strong, compassionate men into the room.

Jason Leister is a diamond, multi-faceted and beautiful in every direction. He has 10 children, is married to the incredible Maryn Green, and he has a variety of businesses that help people (like me!) build impactful, successful businesses that align with their core values. In a nutshell: Jason is a wizard. And somehow...he still seems to make parenting look easy. How is this possible? How do you get your kids to respect one another, the planet, and their community? For Jason, the journey hasn't been easy, but he is principled, and those principles are a gift to any man (or woman) who is excited by the prospect of "having it all". This interview was a necessary contribution to both my ⁠Born Free Method⁠ course along with any responsible guidebook to owning your masculinity while raising children through the rollercoaster of their development. Find Jason's company Freedom Works here. Whether you are a birth worker, a doctor, a healer, an entrepreneur of any type, or just the regular, average Joe, you will benefit from his services.

Love the show? Leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify! These ratings mean more than you know, and they are the only way to get these conversations into the ear holes of those who most need them. You can also share this episode with your friends! Thanks for tuning in!

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The Episode was made possible by Immune Intel AHCC® & WeNatal

Babies 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.

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The Episode was made possible by Immune Intel AHCC® & WeNatal

Shawnee 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...

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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!

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Connect with Nathan:


My Online Courses:


This episode was made possible by:

  • Immune Intel AHCC® - code BELOVED10 for 10% off
  • WeNatal - Free bottle of fish oil with purchase of Him + Her prenatal...
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I 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!

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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!

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Connect with Nathan:


My Online Courses:


This episode was made possible by:


Medical 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 the public for educational and entertainment purposes only.

Music provided by EdvardGaresPremium / Pond5

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Born Free Method: The Podcast - Helping Your Baby Navigate the Pelvis with Nicole Morales and Gail Tully
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06/19/24 • 110 min

The Episode was made possible by Immune Intel AHCC® & WeNatal

My 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!

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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!

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Dr. 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!

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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 register

Connect with Nathan:


My Online Courses:


This episode was made possible by:


Medical 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 the public for educational and entertainment purposes only.

Music provided by EdvardGaresPremium / Pond5

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The Episode was made possible by Immune Intel AHCC® & WeNatal

I 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 wrong
  • how the comparison of masculine and feminine is fraught with disastrous outcomes
  • postmodernity 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 problems
  • shame as the root of all evil and how a new sexual narrative - the sex erotic - is the only “cure” for shame
  • the importance of these principles in addressing the myriad of issues that plague maternity care worldwide
  • Limitations within the work of Jordan Peterson, Yuval Harari, Wilhelm Reich, and even Brené Brown

Brace yourself...you are entering the complex mind and heart of Marc Gafni...

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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!

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