Midwifery Wisdom Collective
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Birth work, held with memory and moral clarity.
Midwifery Wisdom Podcast follows long-form conversations with midwives, a counselor, birth workers, and people inside birth care. It suits listeners who want clinical language held alongside story, current issues, culture, burnout, and the daily realities of care.
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Midwifery Wisdom Podcast is a spacious interview series for people inside and around birth work. Its conversations are not built for quick takes. A guest may begin with a personal calling, a birth center on an island, a story from Yemen, or a hard season of professional depletion, and the episode will let that thread gather meaning before turning toward the larger system. The show cares about practice. It also cares about the human being doing the practice. Recent episodes place clinical midwifery beside cultural humility, postpartum tradition, business realities, informed consent, burnout, and the moral pressure of maternity care in the United States and beyond. The tone is warm and relational. The stakes are often serious. Discussions of birth trauma, racism, for-profit healthcare, and maternity deserts are handled as lived realities rather than abstract issues. That gives the show its particular force. It is advocacy-forward without flattening every conversation into a slogan. International episodes ask what respectful care looks like when language, custom, dress, touch, and authority all shift. Episodes with a counselor and elders turn inward, toward self-worth, longing, recovery, and the exhaustion that can push midwives out of the profession. Other conversations look outward, toward technology, licensure, birth centers, research, and the documentation of traditions that have been ignored. The show is most compelling when it lets expertise arrive through story. A guest’s memory becomes evidence. A practice detail becomes a question about power. A personal wound becomes a case for changing care. Midwives, student midwives, doulas, and birth workers will find the clearest fit here, especially if they want a show that respects clinical seriousness without losing tenderness. It is not a detached medical briefing. It is a community-facing record of birth workers trying to protect physiology, dignity, and each other.
Made for: For midwives, student midwives, doulas, and birth workers who want reflective conversations grounded in practice, culture, and care systems.
What sets it apart: The show’s strength is its willingness to let personal birth-work stories become serious analysis of medicine, racism, burnout, culture, and autonomy without losing warmth.
Welcome to the Midwifery Wisdom Podcast This podcast is your go-to resource for practical education, thoughtful insights, and relevant conversations tailored to modern midwives. Each week, we bring fresh content and engaging guest speakers to explore key themes in midwifery, including: Advocacy, business, and clinical skills Self-care and professional growth Current issues shaping midwifery today Listen to meaningful stories and essential advice from leading midwives working to elevate care for families across the globe. Gain clarity, encouragement, and actionable guidance to support your business, practice, and personal life. Wherever you are in your journey, the Midwifery Wisdom Podcast is…
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Midwifery Wisdom Podcast connects birth care to culture, professional power and the practical realities facing midwives.
Augustine Colbrook treats midwifery as clinical work shaped by culture, institutions and the conditions surrounding birth. Guest conversations move from Black postpartum traditions and professional governance to burnout, self-worth and cross-cultural care, with Colbrook asking…
Birth politics meet embodied burnout advice, with Augustine keeping your feet in the clinic.
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A warm, grounded look at how midwifery rests on humility, respect, and trust.
Midwifery is treated here as a practice of cultural humility and close attention. Brooke and Johanna stress the value of local guidance, the need to avoid easy missteps, and the small but telling details that shape care: where to stand, how to dress, when touch fits, and how…
A calm, body-centered conversation about moving from scarcity toward fullness.
Kristen Brickle, a licensed professional counselor in Colorado, gives the conversation its center as she moves through midlife disconnection, pleasure, embodiment, longing, and the shift from serving out of scarcity to serving from fullness.
A warm, memory-rich conversation about Black maternal care, legacy, and the need to document what has long been left out.
Shafia Monroe talks about writing for mothers and the people around them, and about why putting African American healing into print matters after so much has been left out.
A grounded midwifery conversation about voice, care, and who gets to shape the system.
The episode treats midwifery as a field where policy, identity, and care are all tangled together. Bryn Potter draws on work across midwifery boards, organizations, legislation, and the NARM board, and the conversation gives real weight to the idea that birth and prenatal care…
A milestone episode that treats midwifery as a global, lived profession.
The 100th episode takes a wide-angle look at midwifery, revisiting favorite moments, hard problems, and practical responses from earlier conversations. Augustine Colbrook also makes the show’s global reach clear, noting that most listeners are in the U.S.
Birth choices, argued in plain language.
Warm health talk for messy real life.
Brooke and Johanna join the host to talk about midwifery across cultures.
The episode opens with a conversation about Kristen Brickle and her work with women in midlife.
This episode features an interview with Rachel about building and running the only birth center on the island of Papua, following a job ad for a clinical director at New Birth Midwifery Center in Minnesota.
Augustine opens with a hiring note from New Birth Midwifery Center in Minnesota, then welcomes Israel Johnson before the conversation settles into its main subject.
This episode features Ashley Lawlor discussing maternal-assisted cesareans and her mission to address birth trauma and drive change in maternity care.
This episode features an interview with midwifery professor Hannah Dahlin, discussing her career and research, with a promotional segment for a midwifery fellowship and giveaway.
This episode features interviews with two midwives discussing their career transitions and experiences in midwifery.
This episode discusses the dangers of for-profit healthcare in the US, particularly highlighting high maternal mortality rates among BIPOC communities and advocating for midwifery models as safer alternatives.
A clinical herbalist discusses assessing root causes of severe menstrual issues through diet, lifestyle, and emotional trauma.
A student midwife interviews a midwife about her journey and practical parenting skills like CPR and car seat safety.
A midwife discusses the lack of menopause training for doctors and a state initiative to educate women about menopause.
A midwifery podcast interviews the founder of Flower Girl about non-toxic menstrual products and her entrepreneurial journey.
This episode features a conversation with Christie Davis, a midwife transitioning into somatic birth trauma healing work, discussing burnout, boundaries, and trauma recovery for birth providers and clients.
A midwife discusses the importance of postpartum perineal self-assessment and seeking help for unresolved pain or abnormal appearance after childbirth.
A rerun episode discussing the need for visual representation of birth variations and introducing a guest birth worker focused on online childbirth education and birth rights.
A podcast episode promoting a midwifery retreat and discussing the importance of lifelong learning and evidence-based care in midwifery.
A midwifery podcast discussing the insular nature of the free birth movement and sharing a story involving fetal and maternal demise.
This episode discusses how women are rejecting traditional obstetric systems due to unacknowledged birth trauma and turning to alternatives like midwifery and free birth.
A midwifery podcast featuring an interview with a craniosacral therapist and promoting upcoming hands-on skills workshops.
An interview with an accountant discussing how midwives can manage their finances, understand their numbers, and make better business decisions.
A midwife interviews an advocate about postpartum psychosis, distinguishing it from postpartum depression and discussing its symptoms and urgency.
A midwife discusses the evolving role of midwives as spiritual guides in modern birth work.
A midwifery podcast discussing social perceptions of pregnancy and offering professional education for midwives.
This episode discusses the importance of understanding hormonal cycles for overall well-being, beyond fertility and pain management, with a sponsor segment for Redmond Life products.
This episode features a conversation about midwifery, birth experiences, and personal growth, reflecting on changes in life and career.
A discussion on the challenges and momentum of midwifery, featuring guest speakers and a sponsor segment.
This episode explores how Petra Prostrednik and Desiree LaFave built a sustainable birth center partnership through conflict resolution, therapy, and strong communication.
A midwife podcast host interviews a doctor about placenta remedies and their use in postpartum care.
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A conversation between two midwives about keeping birth safe and sacred in community spaces, adopting technology while preserving ancient practices, and the future of midwifery.
Bryn Potter joins the show for a conversation about midwifery, legislation, and work on the NARM board.
The 100th episode is a milestone for Midwifery Wisdom, with Augustine Colbrook looking back on the conversations and ideas that have stayed with her.