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What happens when a diagnosis tells you one thing, but something inside you says there must be more to investigate. This is the story for so many women. In this episode I sit down with Georgia Savage, POI diagnosed turned Naturopath, founder of Hormone Health Studio (serving women from all over the world) and author of 'Before Hormones'. This is an unconventional conversation about egg qualtiy vs quality, the vaginal microbiome, hormone balance, the effects of the COVID era for fertility and what can happen when women become curious about their bodies - rather than treating a diagnosis as the end of the conversation. Using comprehensive functional testing to understand the bigger picture with her clients, Georgia's own story is perhaps the greatest example of what can happen when we’re willing to ask what else might be going on. Diagnosed with premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) in her early twenties, she was told her path to motherhood would likely require a donor egg. She went on to naturally conceive 3 children. We discuss:   - the psychological impact of telling women they have a limited “egg reserve" - the natural order and the 120 day egg maturation process - that fertility has historically been disproportionately placed on women when male factors are a major part of the fertility picture - girls menstruating earlier, endocrine disrupting chemicals and the implications of greater lifetime estrogen exposure - maternal immune familiarity (regular sexual exposure to the same male partner) and pre eclampsia prevention - the specific testing you and your partner can ask for when TTC Ultimately, this is a conversation about what becomes possible when women stop treating a diagnosis as a conclusion and start treating it as the beginning of a deeper conversation with their own body. Hosted by Anita at @themidwitch You can find Georgia Hormone Health Studio on Instagram and TikTok @hormonehealthstudio And pre-order 'Before Hormones' at https://hormonehealthstudio.com/products/before-hormones

After more than a decade working inside the education system, Ally shares the deeply personal journey that led her to walk away from not only her career, but her prior beliefs, identity and the structure she had always known. Ally touches on regulation techniques for children in school and for parents homeschooling, partial enrolments and half days, the realities of 'learning support' dynamics and funding within the system and the moment she spoke aloud the decision that her own daughter was not going to enter the school system - when she was still in an active teaching role. What unfolds throughout this conversation is the realisation that Ally’s own decision to leave the schooling system mirrors the exact threshold many parents are now finding themselves at with their children. The same fears arising around choosing differently. "What if I leave the safety of what everyone else is doing? What if I trust my own knowing over the system?" This conversation explore how questioning mainstream education often becomes a much bigger initiation into sovereignty, nervous system healing, self trust and redefining what security truly means for a family. Ally shares what she witnessed firsthand inside schools, from overwhelmed teachers trying to support children within rigid structures, to the increasing rise of labels, diagnoses, dysregulation and children struggling to thrive in environments they were never designed for. This episode opens a conversation around alternatives for children: homeschooling, traditional schooling, hybrid learning, conscious parenting, creating family rhythms and allowing children to remain connected to themselves while still honouring each family’s unique path.  "If I can, as a teacher myself, as an assistant principal, de-school myself, decondition myself enough to know that I don't need to follow the rules and what's possible, you can do it too." - Ally You can find Ally at @allyyblanch_  And find Anita at @themidwitch

In this episode, Anita sits down with Sasha Chadwick (creator of Hive Mind) for a grounded, yet mystical, conversation on bee venom medicine, the terrain model and what it means to rebuild trust in the body’s intelligence. Sasha shares her extraordinary entry into beekeeping (including a swarm landing on her doorstep), her personal healing journey through allergy, anaphylaxis and “purging" - and her evolving view of venom administration as a form of environmental exposure and recalibration. Together, they explore how the body interprets threat, how symptoms can be communication and why the hive itself is an archetype for community, contraction/expansion and renewal. This episode is a deep dive into sovereignty, nature’s patterns and the medicine of relationship - with striking parallels to birth and initiation at times! This episode is a conversation exploring philosophy, lived experience and ancestral frameworks around nature and health. Nothing shared is medical advice. Always seek qualified support for allergy, anaphylaxis, pregnancy and any medical concerns. Connect with SashaWebsite: Hive Mind Earth (start here for resources and books)Instagram: @sashachadwick_ (daily shares + updates)Connect with Anita If you’re drawn to pregnancy and birth as initiation, spiritual prenatal care, or in home private healing sessions. Follow Anitaat @themidwitch and stay connected for more episodes weaving birth, body wisdom and sovereignty.

In this episode I sit down with Brittney Michelle - wild pregnancy, sovereign birthing mama and the woman behind Woman Be Wild.  Brittney shares the seven-year initiation that carried her from religious conditioning and “good girl” programming into a fully embodied, earth-rooted woman - and the magical 9 months she spent with her Mother, before the Father of her child walked into her life! We trace the moments that cracked her open: the vow she made to her bloodline, the near-death experience and the slow reclamation of her body, her language and her direct relationship with Spirit. Brittany takes us inside the bones of Woman Be Wild and why this fifth edition feels like the book finally “arrived.” She speaks to writing from a woman who has walked through the underworld, held the line through 2020 and birthed her baby in total sovereignty. We explore the “dead template” - the chain of cultural, religious, medical and political systems that bind women to a lifeless script, and what it means to consciously step outside of it so that real life, real birth and real motherhood can move through. We also weave the story of how our paths crossed – the invisible soul-network that connected us across countries. And the women scattered across the globe that are holding the same knowing - being the bridges between the system and the sovereign, the dead grid and the living earth. This conversation is for the woman who feels the deadness of the old systems, who has held the line with family, medicine, or culture - and who knows somewhere deep in her bones, that she is here to write her own program, birth her own way, remember herself – wildly, wholly, and free. 'Woman Be Wild; The Redprint of the Feminine' can be pre-ordered at @8rittneymichelle or at @womanbewild

In this intimate reunion episode, I sit down with international Love and Relationship Coach for Women, Alex Croxford - five years after first crossing paths in a Conscious Conception Tarot Reading Alex booked with me, in which the message of her infedility also came through.  (Yes we recap that - and the messages that came through from her gorgeous Spirit Baby!) What unfolded for Alex after 2020 became the catalyst for a profound unraveling and reawakening in Alex’s life. We explore the rarely voiced story of a woman’s journey in both infidelity - and infertility.  Alex shares how cheating on her ex-husband, whilst walking through the pain of an IVF journey, became the doorway to her deepest healing. Alex opens up about how that unraveling led to divorce, a spiritual awakening, celibacy, quitting her career as a TV Executive, a new relationship, pregnancy loss, her viral reel thats been viewed over 7 million times, the creation of her business and healing retreats - where she now guides other women through the same dark terrain she once walked alone. We speak about the shame and secrecy surrounding women and cheating, what drives someone to cheat, soul contracts and how many women - like Alex - reach their breaking point after years of self-betrayal and emotional suppression. This conversation goes deep into the territories of grief, guilt, personal reckoning and ultimately - transformation. You’ll hear about the sacred transformation that becomes possible when truth is finally spoken and how Alex’s medicine from her own personal healing journey now supports other women in their own reclamation. Alex's Instagram Alex's Website  Alex's Podcast Anita's Instagram Book a Private Reading HERE

In this powerful and synchronistic conversation, Veda joins me to explore what it truly means to birth, and Mother, from a place of spiritual sovereignty. Our connection was deeply aligned from the beginning, and having the chance to come together in person (from opposite sides of the world!) made this conversation even more potent.  Together, we unravel the forgotten wisdom of lotus birth and placenta energetics, delving into its true purpose as the baby’s guardian and spirit guide on earth. We ask the question: when did we begin cutting the umbilical cord… and why? Tracing the roots of this intervention leads us into a larger conversation around ritualised disconnection, organised agendas, and the systemic efforts to sever the sacred bond between mother and child at birth. Veda opens up about her own journey into sovereignty - catalysed by a medical crisis and guided by messages from her spirit babies. We discuss how intentional trauma has been used to fragment the mind (including MK Ultra and religious programming), and how both medical and religious institutions serve the same purpose: to siphon life force and suppress the innate power of the mother. We share the identical message both our sons brought through, and what it truly means to raise children who are emotionally, mentally, physically, and spiritually free. Other key topics include: The agenda behind circumcisionVeda’s personal experience with vaccine injury as a childReclaiming our right to choose from love, not fearTrusting your baby’s wisdomWhat it looks like to work with VedaThis is a reclamation conversation.  You can find Veda at @veda.revival Host: Anita @themidwitch Join Mother Mystic here - https://www.themidwitch.com/mothermysticapp Studio and Producers: @wisecaststudio

I have tried numerous times to add the show notes to this episode, with the words 'forbidden' continuing to come up when I attempt to save it. I'm not surprised. This is a powerful and controversial conversation and something is being flagged in what we're talking about. I will share the episodes description in a few other places so you can read, try my instagram page first. Hosted by The Midwitch  @themidwitch MOTHER MYSTIC: https://www.themidwitch.com/mothermystic You can find Abbey here  @thespiritualaccountant https://www.facebook.com/groups/583919092566315

In this episode of The Midwitch Podcast, we continue the Rite Remembering solo series with Part 3, exploring the Trinity Wound and its deep connection to the broken and lost rite of passage of birth. Many women feel an ache—a sense of incompleteness—around their birth experiences, even when their births were seemingly “good.” This episode unpacks the Trinity Wound and how it reveals itself when the true rite of passage was interrupted, broken, or lost for birthing women transitioning into motherhood. To support this reclamation, I share three ways women can begin to retrieve the lost rite of passage that was taken from them- including powerful journal prompts to support you. I explore the vital role of spiritual mentorship in pregnancy—the often-missing first phase of a woman’s rite of passage. In This Episode I Cover: + What the Trinity Wound is and how it relates to birth as a lost initiation + The unhealed grief of a broken rite of passage and why it lingers in the body and spirit + Three ways to reclaim the lost rite of passage of birth—with journal prompts for deep healing + How reclaiming the rite of passage of birth heals personal and collective wounds + The importance of spiritual mentorship during pregnancy and why it is the foundation for an embodied birth initiation I also invite you to share your reflections: If this episode resonated with you, I’d love to hear your thoughts. Share your insights on Instagram and tag me @TheMidwitch, dm me or leave a review on your podcast platform to help more mothers remember the true sacred rite of passage of birth. This is your invitation to remember. Your birth was always meant to be an initiation Mama. Let’s reclaim it together.

Welcome to Part 2 of Rite Remembering (the Solo Series) on The Midwich Podcast In Part 2, I’m unraveling the universal laws of initiation and rites of passage - whilst questioning the modern misinterpretations that have diluted, distorted and weakened its power, for birthing women and mothers I also dive deep into: ✨ What a true rite of passage actually and it's 3 unchangeable phases ✨ The true root of Birth Trauma - why it's not just what happened, but what was missing ✨ New Earth Birth and the incorrect interpretation of building the 'new' ✨ The energetic consequence and spiritual wound of a broken rite - and the many faces of this in Birth ✨ Why Birth must be returned to the spiritually connected and birth initiated sisters  ✨ Why 'spiritual midwifery' and surface level ceremonies completely contraindict the rite of passage of birth Are we truly treating birth as a rite of passage, or are we just using the language of initiation without honoring its depth? Listen NOW! Anita x

In every traditional initiation, the threshold is faced in solitude. So if birth is supposed to be a rite of passage…   Within 'modern' birth circles, we’ve been told that birth is a rite of passage - and women reclaim birth when we honour this. Books have been written about it! But what was also suggested, was a midwife stands at the threshold—guardian-ing the rite. Here’s the problem: A true rite of passage does not have a guardian. A rite of passage requires the initiate to walk alone. That is it's ENTIRE intention, and purpose - as a rite. So why has birth been framed differently? And why are birthworkers placed at the center of something that - by its very nature - must be faced alone? When you look deeper at traditional initiations across cultures, the structure is always the same:  1 The initiate is prepared in advance. Spiritual mentorship before entering the wild. 2 The threshold is crossed alone.No one guiding, or to outsource to. 3 The return is witnessed.The moment the initiate emerges, changed, and is fully received by the community.  How did birth—the most ancient, organic initiation of all—get framed differently? Why, when it comes to birth, do they believe a woman cannot do it? Do they think she is incapable? Do they believe birth is different? Do they not trust that every woman can walk into the wild alone? Something isn’t adding up. And I'm getting loud about it, because it's keeping women disconnected and disempowered. And I feel like there's an agenda. And I'm not OK with it. Make sure you're following The Midwitch Podcast for Part 2 of the 'Rite Remembering' SOLO SERIES episodes - and join us @themidwitch on Instagram to follow the conversation. It's going to be BIG!

In this powerful episode, I sit down with Amy, a mother whose journey through birth has been nothing short of an initiation. From a traumatic first birth to an awakening moment in her second, Amy found herself walking the path toward sovereignty—culminating in the freebirth of her third baby at home, in just 90 minutes. We explore: ✨ Her first birth experience and the trauma that shaped her journey. ✨ The moment of awakening in her second hospital birth that changed everything. ✨ How her third pregnancy stretched to 43 weeks—the deep lessons, surrender, and letting go required before her baby could come. ✨ The bathroom birth—just her and her husband, completely self-led and instinctual. ✨ The initiations of birthing beyond the system and the spiritual transformation that unfolded. ✨ Amy’s work as a spiritual and energetic healer, guiding mothers through birth trauma and reclamation. This episode is a testament to the wisdom of the body, the power of surrender, and the unshakable knowing that birth is a portal. Amy’s story is a reminder that birth is not just a physical act - it’s an initiation into something greater. Tune in now to hear Amy’s incredible journey! Host: Anita @themidwitch Guest: Amy @healingbeyondbirth

In this deeply personal and powerful episode, Bridie opens with a tear-jerking journal entry she wrote post-birth: a raw reflection on the profound lessons that birth gifted her. We then dive into her unexpected journey to conception, including cycle syncing, pill detoxing and the subconscious manifestation of a surprise baby. Bridie also shares how she found herself surfing at 37 weeks pregnant, feeling completely at home in her body, moving with the rhythm of the waves - despite questions and criticism from those around her. This story isn’t just about trust, it’s about fierce boundaries and energetic protection during the pregnancy and birth portal. Bridie takes us through: - The synchronistic dreams she and her partner shared - The midwife birth class from hell—and how it solidified her trust in herself. - How she navigated unsupportive family and community energy, standing firm in her birth choices from pregnancy through postpartum. - The powerful message from her baby during an ultrasound - the moment that stopped her from being pulled into the medical system’s cycle of ritualistic testing. - The 2 unexpected birth guides she became deeply connected to, who showed up to support her through labour. - Why she put her phone on Do Not Disturb for two weeks leading up to birth to fiercely protect her energy. - The criticism she faced regarding contact naps and how she leaned into her own instincts instead. - Her incredible self-healing journey after birth, including how she healed her own tear postpartum. This episode is an initiation into the wild, instinctual power of birth, the deep lessons our babies bring, and the unwavering strength it takes to walk your own path in a world that often questions it. If you’ve ever felt the weight of external voices in your pregnancy, birth, or postpartum experience, this episode is for you. Head to @themidwitch on Instagram to learn more about my online and in person 1:1 Spiritual Prenatal Care

I sit down with Kelly Meehan (who is the the OG Spirit Baby Medium!) to explore the beautiful world of spirit babies and spirit baby communication. Kelly shares how the term “spirit baby” came to her, and we dive deep into the energetics of conception, surrogacy, infertility and miscarriage. (Make sure you stay for the end where we discuss raising the vibration of birth to change the reality of birth for the future, Kelly shares a live spirit baby message for you and tells us what it was like to interview the incredible Bruce Lipton!) Kelly shares her wisdom on: Whether or not every woman has a spirit baby with her.The energetics of infertility and how spirit babies share messages about medical and emotional blocks.The unique energy of twins (twinergy) and the vanishing twins theory.Spirit Babies and Creative Conception Journeys - surrogacy, adoption and IVF (and their link with past lives and ancestral lineages.)The frequency of Miscarriage.How IVF may be prematurely jumping timelines.How impatience in conception and labour moves us further away from nature.Spirit Baby messages on being forced and pushed into the world vs being trusted.Mentions: Kelly’s Spirit Baby Academy – A 6-month certification program for those ready to learn and practice spirit baby communication.Conception Journey Membership – Includes group readings, energy work and children’s readings.Kelly’s Book – Notes from a Spirit Baby MediumThis episode is for anyone ready to reimagine what is possible when they align with their spirit baby’s guidance. Instagram - Kelly: @spiritbabymedium Instagram - Anita: @themidwitch

In this eye-opening episode, I sit down with Hayley Wilson (a fellow birthworker), to delve into the untold truths about homebirth midwifery in Australia.  Whilst PPM's (Privately Pracitising / Homebirth Midwives) are often portrayed as independent, alternative and holistic; the reality reveals a deeper entanglement with the healthcare system’s policies and restrictions. We discuss the betrayal many birthing women feel when they discover the limitations imposed on these midwives, and therefore themselves in birth, often hidden behind the language of individualised care - and even 'rebellion'. Together, we unpack the systemic constraints that overshadow and shape their practice and how these realities impact the birthing experience for women seeking mother-centric care. This conversation is for birthing women to understand who and what they are bringing into their birth space when hiring a Homebirth Midwife - with 2 very important questions you should be asking uring the hiring process.

We have Katie sharing her story on the Midwitch Podcast today, sharing her freebirth story just 3 weeks post birth with us! Katie shares the intimate details of her freebirth (just days before the Hurricanes hit Florida in October this year), as well as her conscious conception and spiritually managed pregnancy journey - plus how participating in (and facilitating!) Ayahuasca ceremonies prepared her for freebirth. As you'll hear, Katie's story and life is so unique! A fundamentalist religious group escapee, turned nudist, now living within a naturalist community - Katie shares details of what brought her to the moment of birthing her daughter with only her husband present, in an open aired bath tub under the stars, next to their converted bus! Plus the fleeting moment of fear she dipped into post birth, within minutes of her daughter emerging - and how she and her husband navigated this. You're going to love Katie and this conversation!