The Natural Birth Podcast

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Malou

Malou is a mama of two from the Netherlands and the co-founder of Natural Heroes, which she runs together with her partner Nevil, the father of her two children. She is the head of R&D and a formulator, so her daily life is all about blending science, plant-based ingredients, and a very intuitive approach to wellbeing.

That same blend of intuition and research shaped how she approached becoming a mother.

She’s had two vaginal births, but they couldn’t have been more different.

Her first birth was meant to be a natural, physiological experience at home, but it eventually became a medicated hospital birth. Looking back, that birth taught her a lot about her own good girl tendencies, about support, self-trust, and how things can unravel when the environment doesn’t fully align with what you need. It was challenging and transformative in ways she only understood later.

Her second birth, only 15 months later, was the complete opposite.. the most freeing, powerful, intuitive experience of her life. It unfolded in three hours and felt like a deep reclamation of everything that didn’t go the way she hoped the first time. It was fast, intense, and profoundly healing. She moved through it with clarity and strength and it reshaped her entire relationship with birth and motherhood.

That contrast, the rupture of the first birth and the liberation of the second, is what we talk about on the podcast today. Both births were rites of passages in their own way, and together they tell the story of how she’s grown, healed, and stepped into motherhood.

Curious about Malou? Find her on @hybrid_nomads & Natural Heroes @naturalheroes

Want to work with Anna or join The Sacred Birth Worker Mentorship?

Find Anna’s Website, about her Mentorship & How to Work with Her, as well as all Links & Resources she mentions in the episode here:www.sacredbirthinternational.com/links-podcast

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Jes.

Jes is a Registered Physiotherapist and Board-Certified Holistic Health Practitioner (AADP) who experienced a profound awakening through the home birth of her son. That experience deepened her devotion to conscious conception, sovereign birth, and supporting women in reclaiming trust in their bodies.

She now helps women prepare their bodies for conscious conception and heal from Hyperemesis Gravidarum through a root-cause, whole-body approach. Her work is fiercely maternal, truth-centered, and grounded in nature and biology, supporting women in rebuilding minerals, restoring balance, and returning to their body’s natural rhythm.

Jes believes that when a woman heals, the generations that follow heal with her. She helps women feel strong, nourished, and deeply connected to their innate wisdom so they can give themselves and their babies the most aligned, healthy, and empowered start in life, guiding them into motherhood with trust, reverence, and radiant vitality.

In todays episode she shares how she healed her own hyperemesis and how you can do it too.

Curious about Jes? Find her on instagram as @born_from_her

Want to work with Anna or join The Sacred Birth Worker Mentorship?

Find Anna’s Website, about her Mentorship & How to Work with Her, as well as all Links & Resources she mentions in the episode here:www.sacredbirthinternational.com/links-podcast

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Cindy
Cindy is a naturopathic doctor, birth guardian, podcast host of Rewire for Birth and single mom of 2 incredible little girls.

I had the pleasure of being on Cindy’s podcast recently and I’m so happy to have her on mine.

She has seen that when we work with and honour the innate wisdom of our bodies, a spectrum of possibility is unlocked for the whole family unit. Through her one-to-one and group sessions, she helps women rewire their BODYMIND so they can reclaim their birth.

Today she shares her lovely first water home birth that only lasted 4 hrs and then her very fast second where the midwives only arrived 7 minutes after the birth and she had an accidental free birth.

Cindy is full of birthing wisdom and I’m so glad she wanted to come and share it with us.
Curious about Cindy? Find her on @drcindytahhan and @rewireforbirth
Want to work with Anna or join The Sacred Birth Worker Mentorship?

Find Anna’s Website, about her Mentorship & How to Work with Her, as well as all Links & Resources she mentions in the episode here:www.sacredbirthinternational.com/links-podcast

Welcome dear heart to step into the magical birth portal with me.

The 3 a.m. phone call. The quiet preparation with butterflies in my tummy. The drive through the dark. The candlelit living room where time seems to stand still and a new life enters the world.

Join me as I share an intimate glimpse into the rawness, beauty and awe of witnessing birth as a rite of passage.
Of being invited into one of the most powerful thresholds a woman and family will ever cross.
Of holding space for the mystery, the intensity, the surrender, and the miracle of life unfolding.
This episode is a love letter to physiological birth and to the women who birth the new generation.
It’s also a reflection on the deep honour and responsibility of those of us who walk beside them in that moment.

And if, as you listen, something stirs in you.
A remembering. A curiosity. An inner knowing that you may be called to support women and families through the birth portal one day. This episode also holds an invitation.
Applications are open for the Sacred Birth Worker Mentorship beginning January 26th, 2026. A year-long, in-depth journey into becoming a grounded, skilled, intuitive sacred space holder for women.
Learn more and apply at sacredbirthinternational.com

In this special end-of-year episode of The Natural Birth Podcast, Anna invites you into the sacred pause of Winter Solstice — the darkest day of the year and the ancient turning point where stillness, reflection, and new beginnings meet.
Drawing on wisdom from seasonal traditions around the world, the astrology of December 21, and the deep feminine rhythm of resting before birth, this episode is a gentle invitation to slow down and come home to yourself.
Together, we reflect on the year that has been; the beauty, the gratitude, the lessons, and the wisdom gained through both joy and challenge.
We sit with what is ready to be released and we begin to listen for the seeds wanting to be planted in the fertile darkness for the year ahead.
Anna shares her own Winter Solstice ritual of reflection, dreaming, and planning — both personally and in her work — and offers spacious prompts to support you in feeling into your visions for 2026, without pressure or urgency.

This episode also marks a short Christmas and New Year pause for The Natural Birth Podcast, with a warm invitation to continue listening to the Sacred Birth Work & Biz Podcast throughout the holidays.
Anna shares about the recently completed Birth Worker Series — a month of intimate conversations with doulas, sacred birth workers, and midwives about their journeys into birth work and business.
You’re also invited to tune in on December 31 to the Sacred Birth Work & Biz Podcast for a special New Year visioning and planning episode, supporting you in weaving intention, strategy, and soul into the year ahead.

As a Christmas gift, Anna is offering 10% off all courses, programs, and the mentorship until December 31, including The Natural Birth Course, The Nourishing Postpartum Course, The Business Course for Birth Workers, and The Sacred Birth Worker Mentorship, using the code MERRYCHRISTMAS.
A gentle, nourishing episode to close the year.

We’ll be back on January 4 with a new birth story.
Until then, wishing you a peaceful Winter Solstice, a heartfelt Christmas, and a soft beginning to the New Year.