Episodios

  • Be The Crazy Ones:: A Conversation About Vasectomy Reversal w/ Cody and Carlee Fletcher

    Be The Crazy Ones:: A Conversation About Vasectomy Reversal w/ Cody and Carlee Fletcher
    Jan 14 2026

    In a world where birth is often defined by medical intervention and fear-based decision-making, Cody and Carly Fletcher’s story offers a powerful return to trust—trust in God, in the body, and in the natural design of birth.

    In this episode, Brooke Collier sits down with Cody and Carly as they share their journey from hospital births to home birth, and the unexpected path that led them there—including a vasectomy, a canceled appointment, and ultimately, a vasectomy reversal prompted by a clear conviction from the Lord.

    The couple experienced eye-opening moments around informed consent, intervention, and trust in the birth process. Their preparation culminated in a transformative ten-hour home birth, marked by peace, confidence, and joy unlike anything they had experienced before.

    Carly also opens up about surrendering control in family planning, trusting Cody’s leadership, and walking through the faith-filled decision to reverse the vasectomy—an act of obedience that bore fruit not only in their family, but in their marriage and walk with God.

    This episode is an honest, hope-filled conversation for anyone wrestling with surrender, fear, obedience, or the belief that it might be “too late” for God to move.

    resources & links mentioned:

    • Vasectomy Reversal Doctor
      Thomas S. Sommers Jr., MD
      Midwest Vasectomy Reversals – St. Louis
      💲 $3,500 Reversal
      https://www.midwestvasectomyreversals.com

    • Contact Cody & Carlee Fletcher
      📧 CCfletcher09@gmail.com
      📧 Carleefletcher@gmail.com

    Connect -

    • Email us to say hi: ⁠⁠⁠holywildbirth@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠

    • Put in a request for future topics and/or submit a question for future Q&A episodes: ⁠⁠⁠Fill out the form⁠⁠⁠

    • Apply to tell your birth story on the podcast: ⁠⁠⁠Holy Wild Birth Podcast : Guest Application⁠⁠⁠

    • Hang out with us and other Holy Wild Women in our private community (off Facebook): ⁠⁠⁠Rooted in Eden PMA⁠⁠⁠

    • Become a holy, wild birthkeeper with us inside ⁠⁠⁠Hearthmother Journey⁠⁠⁠

    From Lauren:

    • ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠

    • Midwifery consults: Email ⁠⁠⁠rootedinedenpma@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠

    From Brooke:

    • ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠

    • ⁠⁠⁠Trust God, Trust Birth Workshop⁠⁠⁠ - a 5-part high-level roadmap to a confident home birth (pay what you can)

    • ⁠⁠⁠Faith-Filled Home Birth Workshop ⁠⁠⁠- a free, 3-part video series delivered to your inbox

    • ⁠⁠⁠Embrace Birth Journey ⁠⁠⁠- comprehensive and holistic faith-based home birth preparation (courses + private community)


    Intro and Outra Music Credit -Betty Dear By ⁠⁠⁠Blue Dot Sessions⁠⁠⁠ is licensed under a ⁠⁠⁠Creative Commons License⁠⁠⁠.
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    59 m
  • Cup of Tea:: Christmas, Conviction, and What We’re Building Next

    Cup of Tea:: Christmas, Conviction, and What We’re Building Next
    Jan 7 2026
    In this episode, we’re settling into the slower, more reflective rhythm of the Christmas season and pushing back on the cultural pressure to rush ahead into “new year” mode before it’s time.We talk through the Christmas traditions and observances in our own families and churches, and why honoring the full liturgical season matters—especially in a world that’s always eager to move on too quickly. Along the way, we unpack why January is not actually the new year, and how reclaiming sacred time shapes the way we live, worship, and build.We also address recent developments within MAHA, including a response to Abigail Iovine and why it’s important to stay informed and engaged. If you’ve been wondering how to take action or understand what’s happening behind the scenes, this conversation provides context and next steps.Finally, we share an update on what’s coming next for us, including the launch of a brand new website—with more features and resources being added slowly and intentionally over the coming months.Nate Bargatze Nativity ComedyA Nate Bargatze Nativity Scene | Nate Bargatze’s Nashville ChristmasAbigail Iovine’s Position Statement & Organizational Endorsement Form👉 Take action hereNew Website Launch🌿 hearthmotherministries.com(More sections and features will be added gradually over the coming months)Connect:Email us to say hi: hello@hearthmotherministries.comPut in a request for future topics and/or submit a question for future Q&A episodes: Fill out the formApply to tell your birth story on the podcast: Holy Wild Birth Podcast : Guest ApplicationHang out with us and other Holy Wild Women in our private community (off Facebook): Rooted in Eden PMABecome a holy, wild birthkeeper with us inside Hearthmother JourneyFrom Lauren:InstagramMidwifery consults: Email rootedinedenpma@gmail.comFrom Brooke:InstagramTrust God, Trust Birth Workshop - a 5-part high-level roadmap to a confident home birth (pay what you can)Faith-Filled Home Birth Workshop - a free, 3-part video series delivered to your inboxEmbrace Birth Journey - comprehensive and holistic faith-based home birth preparation (courses + private community)Sister Birth: The Podcast - short, beautifully scripted episode to encourage your along the wayIntro and Outra Music Credit -Betty Dear By Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Creative Commons License.
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  • REPLAY: Mystery Can't Be Measured

    REPLAY: Mystery Can't Be Measured
    Jan 1 2026

    We have double feature Holiday Bonus for you!

    We’re pressing pause for the month of December to rest, reset, and spend intentional time with our families — but don’t go anywhere. We’ll be back in January with a full lineup of brand-new episodes, deep-dive conversations, and the same honest, faith-filled encouragement you’re used to. Until then check out this oldie but goodie!

    Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss what’s coming in the new year!

    Connect:

    • Email us to say hi: ⁠⁠⁠⁠holywildbirth@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠

    • Put in a request for future topics and/or submit a question for future Q&A episodes: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Fill out the form⁠⁠⁠⁠

    • Apply to tell your birth story on the podcast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Holy Wild Birth Podcast : Guest Application⁠⁠⁠⁠

    • Hang out with us and other Holy Wild Women in our FREE, private community (off Facebook): Hearthmother Ministries Community

    • Become a holy, wild birthkeeper with us this fall inside ⁠⁠⁠⁠Hearthmother Journey⁠⁠⁠⁠

    From Lauren:

    • ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠

    • Midwifery consults: Email ⁠⁠⁠⁠rootedinedenpma@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠

    From Brooke:

    • ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠

    • ⁠⁠⁠⁠Trust God, Trust Birth Workshop⁠⁠⁠⁠ - a 5-part high-level roadmap to a confident home birth (pay what you can)

    • ⁠⁠⁠⁠Faith-Filled Home Birth Workshop ⁠⁠⁠⁠- a free, 3-part video series delivered to your inbox

    • ⁠⁠⁠⁠Embrace Birth Journey ⁠⁠⁠⁠- comprehensive and holistic faith-based home birth preparation (courses + private community)
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    58 m
  • REPLAY: Sharon Overcoming Doubt

    REPLAY: Sharon Overcoming Doubt
    Dec 31 2025

    We have a special double feature Holiday Replay for you today! A birth story first from mom's perspective and then later today you can hear the lessons Lauren gleaned as the midwife at the birth.


    We’re pressing pause for the month of December to rest, reset, and spend intentional time with our families — but don’t go anywhere. We’ll be back in January with a full lineup of brand-new episodes, deep-dive conversations, and the same honest, faith-filled encouragement you’re used to. Until then check out this oldie but goodie!

    Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss what’s coming in the new year!

    Connect:

    • Email us to say hi: ⁠⁠⁠⁠holywildbirth@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠

    • Put in a request for future topics and/or submit a question for future Q&A episodes: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Fill out the form⁠⁠⁠⁠

    • Apply to tell your birth story on the podcast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Holy Wild Birth Podcast : Guest Application⁠⁠⁠⁠

    • Hang out with us and other Holy Wild Women in our FREE, private community (off Facebook): Hearthmother Ministries Community

    • Become a holy, wild birthkeeper with us this fall inside ⁠⁠⁠⁠Hearthmother Journey⁠⁠⁠⁠

    From Lauren:

    • ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠

    • Midwifery consults: Email ⁠⁠⁠⁠rootedinedenpma@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠

    From Brooke:

    • ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠

    • ⁠⁠⁠⁠Trust God, Trust Birth Workshop⁠⁠⁠⁠ - a 5-part high-level roadmap to a confident home birth (pay what you can)

    • ⁠⁠⁠⁠Faith-Filled Home Birth Workshop ⁠⁠⁠⁠- a free, 3-part video series delivered to your inbox

    • ⁠⁠⁠⁠Embrace Birth Journey ⁠⁠⁠⁠- comprehensive and holistic faith-based home birth preparation (courses + private community)
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    1 h y 10 m
  • REPLAY: A Good Birth Attendant Is...

    REPLAY: A Good Birth Attendant Is...
    Dec 23 2025

    Here's another oldie that's a goodie we're offering up as a replay with a freshly recorded introduction. In this episode, we dive into what makes a good birth attendant (doula, birthkeeper, midwife)? As a mother, how do I recognize one? Or, as an aspiring birthworker, how do I become one? Where can I learn to do this holy work? These questions and variations of, are things we hear often and have lead to some great conversations.


    These conversations sparked a project that we first revealed in this episode in the summer of 2023! Tune in to hear our thoughts, hearts and what we're offering to the birth world for women of faith who want to uphold God's design for birth.


    Mentioned in this episode:

    • Hearthmother Journey: Raising the Next Generation of Holy Wild Birthkeepers
    • Get on the first-to-know list for the Spring 2026 cohort (enrollment opens in February)
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    46 m
  • REPLAY: The Way of the Hearthmother

    REPLAY: The Way of the Hearthmother
    Dec 10 2025

    We're re-playing some of our favorite episodes during the month of December, and today that's the episode that ended up becoming the launching pad and scaffolding for some of our most important work in the world: the Way of the Hearthmother.

    Given to Lauren as a sort of "Holy Spirit download" years ago, this episode is the first time she spelled it all out in detail for our listeners (and for Brooke). It's made such an impact on our listeners in the past, and is making such an impact on our students. We can't wait for you to hear it.


    Mentioned in this episode:

    • The next cohort of Hearthmother Journey starts on March 31st. To be on the first-to-know list when enrollment opens, click here.
    • Join us in our NEW community space (it's free): Hearthmother Ministries Community


    SHOW NOTES “FOOTER”

    Connect:

    • Email us to say hi: holywildbirth@gmail.com

    • Put in a request for future topics and/or submit a question for future Q&A episodes: Fill out the form

    • Become a holy, wild birthkeeper with us inside Hearthmother Journey

    From Lauren:

    • Midwifery consults: Email rootedinedenpma@gmail.com

    From Brooke:

    • Trust God, Trust Birth Workshop - a 5-part high-level roadmap to a confident home birth (pay what you can)

    • Faith-Filled Home Birth Workshop - a free, 3-part video series delivered to your inbox

    • Embrace Birth Journey - comprehensive and holistic faith-based home birth preparation (courses + private community)

    • Sister Birth: The Podcast - short, beautifully scripted episode to encourage your along the way

    Intro and Outra Music Credit -
    Betty Dear By Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Creative Commons License.
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    1 h y 40 m
  • Stepping Back to Step Forward (See You in January!)

    Stepping Back to Step Forward (See You in January!)
    Dec 3 2025


    We’re pressing pause for the month of December to rest, reset, and spend intentional time with our families — but don’t go anywhere. We’ll be back in January with a full lineup of brand-new episodes, deep-dive conversations, and the same honest, faith-filled encouragement you’re used to.

    Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss what’s coming in the new year!


    Connect:

    • Email us to say hi: ⁠⁠⁠⁠holywildbirth@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠

    • Put in a request for future topics and/or submit a question for future Q&A episodes: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Fill out the form⁠⁠⁠⁠

    • Apply to tell your birth story on the podcast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Holy Wild Birth Podcast : Guest Application⁠⁠⁠⁠

    • Hang out with us and other Holy Wild Women in our FREE, private community (off Facebook): Hearthmother Ministries Community

    • Become a holy, wild birthkeeper with us this fall inside ⁠⁠⁠⁠Hearthmother Journey⁠⁠⁠⁠

    From Lauren:

    • ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠

    • Midwifery consults: Email ⁠⁠⁠⁠rootedinedenpma@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠

    From Brooke:

    • ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠

    • ⁠⁠⁠⁠Trust God, Trust Birth Workshop⁠⁠⁠⁠ - a 5-part high-level roadmap to a confident home birth (pay what you can)

    • ⁠⁠⁠⁠Faith-Filled Home Birth Workshop ⁠⁠⁠⁠- a free, 3-part video series delivered to your inbox

    • ⁠⁠⁠⁠Embrace Birth Journey ⁠⁠⁠⁠- comprehensive and holistic faith-based home birth preparation (courses + private community)
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  • Nicole :: Risked Out, Lifted Up - A Christ-Centered Freebirth After Gestational Diabetes

    Nicole :: Risked Out, Lifted Up - A Christ-Centered Freebirth After Gestational Diabetes
    Nov 26 2025
    In this powerful episode, we sit down with Nicole (@nicole_keilani)—a mother of three, former New Ager transformed by Jesus, and now a devoted birthkeeper—whose birth journey will encourage any mom navigating fear-based labels or “high-risk” diagnoses.After being diagnosed with gestational diabetes and risked out of midwifery care, Nicole found herself facing medical pressure, limited options, and the familiar “you can’t have a homebirth” narrative. Instead of surrendering to fear, she turned to Scripture, her husband’s leadership, deep research, and the quiet voice of the Holy Spirit.What followed was a beautiful, precipitous freebirth at home, free of complications and full of God’s presence. Nicole shares what she learned about trusting God over protocols, the wide spectrum of maternity care—from hospitals to homebirth to unassisted birth—and how this experience inspired her to become a birthkeeper and now an HJ student preparing for her fourth homebirth.This episode is rich with faith, courage, personal responsibility, and a reminder that your provider should serve you, not the system.Links:Little Lamb Birth ServicesBirth circle rsvp:Pregnancy & Postpartum Gathering RSVPConnect - Email us to say hi: ⁠⁠holywildbirth@gmail.com⁠⁠Put in a request for future topics and/or submit a question for future Q&A episodes: ⁠⁠Fill out the form⁠⁠Apply to tell your birth story on the podcast: ⁠⁠Holy Wild Birth Podcast : Guest Application⁠⁠Hang out with us and other Holy Wild Women in our private community (off Facebook): ⁠⁠Rooted in Eden PMA⁠⁠Become a holy, wild birthkeeper with us inside ⁠⁠Hearthmother Journey⁠⁠From Lauren:⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠Midwifery consults: Email ⁠⁠rootedinedenpma@gmail.com⁠⁠From Brooke:⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠Trust God, Trust Birth Workshop⁠⁠ - a 5-part high-level roadmap to a confident home birth (pay what you can)⁠⁠Faith-Filled Home Birth Workshop ⁠⁠- a free, 3-part video series delivered to your inbox⁠⁠Embrace Birth Journey ⁠⁠- comprehensive and holistic faith-based home birth preparation (courses + private community)Intro and Outra Music Credit -Betty Dear By ⁠⁠Blue Dot Sessions⁠⁠ is licensed under a ⁠⁠Creative Commons License⁠⁠.
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    1 h y 6 m
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