One icy morning on a Vermont farm, Elizabeth Lesser is witness to a miraculous thing: the birth of a bleary, bleating baby lamb. Years later, as a midwife, she is still filled with this sense of awe and wonder at every birth. It’s through that process of coaching new life into the world, she learns how to sit through the difficult – even the painful – moment ... Show More
Nov 18
Magic is a serious business, by Gracia María
<p>Gracia María is a modern-day medicine woman, practicing community rituals in the tradition of her Peruvian ancestors. In connecting with her ancient roots, though, she realizes she also needs to rebuild the bonds with her immediate family, in order to share with them the perso ... Show More
38m 23s
Nov 11
The strength we seek is all around us, by Mirna Valerio
<p>As a runner of marathons and ultramarathons, author and advocate Mirna Valerio knows a thing or two about finding reserves of power within herself. When she makes the decision to leave her job as an educator and build a new career around inclusivity in the running world, she m ... Show More
37m 8s
Nov 4
What holds the world together, by SG Goodman
<p>As a young girl, mowing her neighbor's lawn in the Kentucky heat, SG Goodman learns many important things: how to avoid running into the chain-link fence, the art of blowing the grass away from the house ... and the way these small, regular acts of community become the glue ho ... Show More
29m 15s
Sep 2023
Giving Birth in a Midwife-Run Hospital
<p class="p1">Stephanie shares her two birth stories, both of which took place in a hospital staffed only by midwives, in rural Australia.</p> <p class="p1">Her first birth experience cracked her intuition wide open, and she says that it initiated her into the person she was mean ... Show More
1h 1m
Oct 2023
Freebirth in the Peruvian Jungle
<p class="p1">In her former role as a newborn photographer, Laura had witnessed plenty of births before having her own. She intuitively felt that something about the experience, as it occurs for most women, was wrong.</p> <p class="p1">When it came time for her to have her own fi ... Show More
53m 2s
Sep 2023
A Midwife's Daughter Chooses Freebirth
<p class="p1">Milena, the daughter of a licensed German midwife, grew up around babies, pregnancy, discussions about birth, and even attended births with her mom.</p> <p class="p1">When it came time for her to give birth the first time, she chose a midwife assisted home birth. Bu ... Show More
48m 8s