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In this episode of Hot + Brave, Bianca Sprague breaks down why the birth world’s obsession with “natural vs. medicated” is a distraction, and how the real issue isn’t the epidural itself, but the lack of choice, support, and honest information surrounding it.

We’re talking about in this episode:

• The myth of the “better” birth
• What epidurals really do (and what they don’t)
• What’s not being disclosed during hospital births
• The cascade of interventions and loss of autonomy
• Why doulas are essential in protecting consent and power in birth

Whether you support folks in birth, you chose an epidural, you didn’t want one, you changed your mind, or are still unsure, this episode is your reminder that birth is not a test and you didn’t fail.... You deserve full information, real options, and care that centers you.

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Bianca shares how our Maternal Support Practitioner (MSP) training is not only a full-spectrum doula certification...it’s a movement for birth justice. Whether you're brand new or looking to grow your skills, this is the doula training that meets you where you are.

Learn more and register at www.bebomia.com/doulatraining

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We're closing this first season with a conversation between Bianca Sprague and Marissa Bolaños about the lessons learned while navigating financial abuse, divorce and life as single parents who ran birthwork businesses while being sole providers for their children. We hope this episode gives you tools to have the hard conversations with your partner, make decisions that make sense for you or inspire you to start a business as a solo parent.

• Register for our Maternal Support Practitioner Training use the promo code BIRDBIRTH for a discount
• All The Rage: Mothers, Fathers and the Myth of Equal Partnership
• White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack
• Male Privilege Checklist
• Interview with Darcy Lockham
• Interview with Mara Glatzel

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This week Bianca and Meg chat about toxic hierarchal work culture and how it leads to burnout. In response, most workplaces turn to cheap solutions and motivational phrases to blame the employees for their own suffering. Listen to this episode to see how neoliberalism ties into this conversation and how Bebo Mia is making a difference with feminist values and new ways of organizing work so that we call all thrive.
In the Ruins of Neoliberalism, by Wendy Brown
Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily and Amelia Nagoski
Feelings Firs, Action Second by Bianca for the Hot+Brave Podcast

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This week Bianca interviews MSP student Andrea Rall to chat about purity culture and how it relates to informed consent and body autonomy. Andrea talks about her experience growing up in the catholic church and how she now reconciles her Christian faith with her passionate feminism, birth work and her pursuit of sexual liberation.
Also, in this student edition of the podcast we have the honor to feature the incredibly poetry of another one of our MSP students, Kiriaki Aletheia Anastasiadou.

• "Shameless" by Nadia Bolz-Weber
• "The Secret Dowry of Eve" by Glynda-Lee Hoffman
• "A Year of Biblical Womanhood" by Rachel Held Evans
• "Everything Below the Waist: Why Health Care Needs a Feminist Revolution" by Jennifer Block
• Dr. Celeste Holbrook's Sexual Hierarchy of Needs

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This week Bianca is joined by two of our incredible alumni: Vicky Cadot and DeZarayé Manning. Both Vicky and DeZarayé share their passion for birth, healing and body autonomy.
Vicky struggled with CPTSD (Complex Postraumatic Stress Disorder) after suffering religious and sexual abuse. After suffering a panic attack while caring for her children, she realized she needed to do some deep healing work and she found a community that helped her name and understand what she was going through. She started reconnecting to herself, to the things that brought her joy and made her shine. She realized she was pregnant with her 5th child and decided to advocate for herself and embark in the journey of unassisted homebirth. She now runs her own business serving families and is a leader for Black doulas in Quebec.
DeZarayé also experienced trauma, in her case it was in the form of getting electrocuted at work and having to leave her career as a body worker, which she was deeply passionate about. DeZarayé first tried to heal in silence, ignoring red flags and the signals of her body, but eventually she found a community that helped her do the deep work. Finding birth work helped her come back to herself and get grounded. She is now pregnant with her second child and planning an unassisted homebirth.
Links:

• Solari Naissance, Vicky's Business
• DeZarayé's Instagram
• Indie Birth
• The Four Agreements
• The Body Keeps the Score

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