Ashley Michaud is a devoted mother of two, with a unique nine-year journey between her children’s all-natural home births. As a single mom, she embraced the challenges of navigating western medical expectations while staying true to her alternative lifestyle, ultimately bringing both of her babies into the world on her own terms—without a spouse by her side, but deeply supported by sacred women’s circles. Ashley also walks the path of a medicine woman, creating a life that allows her to work from home while raising her children. Her story weaves resilience, trust in nature, and the power of community, offering inspiration to mothers walking unconventional paths of their own.

Show Notes:

Ashley’s website

https://www.elementalgrowth.org/

Ashley@elementalgrowth.org

Ashley.magic.mama@gmail.com

Claire Gallagher -Companion

https://birth-ourway.ca/about-us/

email is claire@birth-ourway.ca

Birth Companion Story Of Bec & Addie referenced in interview

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0B5Z885gaczTGgmKT1JT6g?si=Wlr5xx69TGiwwotM1ga0pw

Victoria Nicholas

The Noble Mother

https://thenoblemother.com/

What more do I say, other than deep Aloha; welcome and thank you for witnessing these profound shares of my heart during our journey to Hawaii.

Honu, Hawaii Part 1 if you missed the episode.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6GWFM8HdJWwmRyIFJxy0ji?si=TQDazzFtSDiPDZWJC0mVrw&nd=1&dlsi=19116de9ff0d4c38

Show Notes:

The Birthing Stones

https://zicharonot.com/2018/08/13/a-burst-of-emotion-kukaniloko-birthing-stones-sacred-site/

Dragon Card Deck. Dr. Amber Wolf

https://www.amberwolfphd.com/

Jordan River Song

https://youtu.be/9s8jhISW4Mk?si=asxLCFBi7Le3eqAR

Eddie Aikau

https://www.eddieaikaufoundation.org/

Jamie O'Brien

https://www.youtube.com/@JamieOBrienJOB

Astrocartography Reader

https://www.elizabethsmithastro.com/

Ho' opono pono Prayer

https://www.google.com/search?sa=X&sca_esv=ec9e5a722f530583&sxsrf=AE3TifOj0wVL1j8FhaN3DZsHS3je9Olskw:1754156617708&udm=7&fbs=AIIjpHxU7SXXniUZfeShr2fp4giZud1z6kQpMfoEdCJxnpm_3bPKcBKCmGQxInMYL1e1d9nm9pwdc0i-o-WCqHAZf931hCa9vlQSdkEp3xhMkdpdwMOr4BivP7l9f64ivFj90LrrnNhZ2FaiUEieseCe8eE5EkVncw31WP4PYbOF3GupC52ukz4m54do3WP87FlUY4f0wg4rUKAY3n1_WeNJjyrHza6YVA&q=hono+pono+prayer&ved=2ahUKEwip0NDQ1uyOAxXqw8kDHcqkMfUQtKgLegQIGRAB&biw=1370&bih=671&dpr=1#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:c50a6bf1,vid:lNeiLi882MU,st:0

Hui Hou

Until We Meet Again.

Blessings,

Victoria

Jacqueline Thiessen is a former midwife, doula, holistic facialist, and mother whose path has been anything but conventional. Raised on ranches across B.C., Alberta, and Saskatchewan, and later training and raising horses in the Prairies, her early life was steeped in connection to the land, animals, and birth in its most primal form. She started her own horse training business as a teenager but soon felt a deeper calling.

Her journey led her from Las Vegas to the Hopi Reservation, to Afghanistan, and eventually to midwifery school. She trained at a U.S.-based program, spending two years immersed in birth work at a charity birth center in the Philippines, and later served as a midwife for four years in the remote islands of Micronesia. After returning to Canada and completing the Midwifery Bridging Program, she practiced in Ontario until 2022, when she chose to step away from the system to honor her values around bodily autonomy. Shortly after, she gave birth to her son—a moment that felt like a sacred gift from that decision.

Now living on a small homestead with her husband, son, and animals, Jacqueline weaves her love of ancestral wisdom, holistic skincare, and hands-on healing into everything she does. Through her work as a doula and her emerging platform The Primal Birth Haven, she advocates for physiological, undisturbed birth and supports women in reconnecting with the primal intelligence of their bodies.

I hope you enjoyed the powerful, beautiful weaving of story medicine, experiences, life and death that Jacqueline has shared in this scared space. If you feel called to connect with Jacqueline her email address is below.

Blessings,

Jacqueline's Email Address:

jacquelinethiessen@gmail.com