In this special episode of Holy Wild Birth, we’ve gathered clips from our recent live coaching event where birth workers brought their deepest questions and tender crossroads to the table. Together, we explore what it means to follow the call into birth work—whether as a doula, midwife, or mother balancing both roles.

You’ll hear honest conversations about discerning if this path is right for you, navigating the tension between mothering and serving, and practical guidance on topics like what a doula should charge. These coaching moments are raw, real, and full of the kind of encouragement that reminds us we’re not walking this journey alone.

If you’ve been wondering about your next steps in birth work, this episode will meet you right where you are.

* Hearthmother Journey is a year-long path of mentorship, community, and practical training for women called to birthwork and embodied living. Learn more and join us at https://www.rootedineden.org/hearthmother-journey

🎙️ This Week on the Podcast

From Broadway to barnyards, baptisms to birth stories—this episode is a true tapestry of life.

✨ We cover it all:

• Hamilton and theatre in general

• Nesting chicks under a broody hen

• The tender work of holding space for suffering and dying animals

• The winding road to Brooke’s children’s baptism and the beauty of the moment

• Lauren’s string of unfortunate events (and the silver linings she’s clinging to)

• All the things Lauren dreams of doing while off call

• And, of course, how Brooke somehow ended up at another birth even when she was “off call” 😉

It’s raw, tender, and joy-filled—a snapshot of ordinary moments that carry extraordinary meaning.

🌿 Don’t forget: Hearthmother Journey is enrolling now through September 15!
👉🏼 rootedineden.org/hearthmother-journey

Introducing yet another "genre" or podcast episode here at Holy Wild Birth: The Community Hearth Call where we host a live coaching call in our community on Mighty Networks and take live "callers" on camera with us to talk through their questions and conundrums regarding their calling as birth servants.

On this inaugural community hearth call, you'll hear:

• Trandi and her quest to catch up with the call of her community to attend births, how she wants to shape her business and what sort of birthworker she wants to be (one who does "nothing"). At the end she receives a "kiss from the Lord" that's very sweet.
• Elizabeth wrestles with how to build a meaningful and supportive community with local midwives and doulas when the path she is walking is pretty different than theirs and what it means to harness rebellious tendencies for good.
• Jakota wonders whether being a birthkeeper is dangerous and hears Lauren and Brooke discuss the need to face the fear and follow God anyway because birth attnedants have never not been persecuted.

🥁HEARTHMOTHER JOURNEY IS OPEN FOR ENROLLMENT RIGHT NOW!!!

The fall cohort launches September 30th

Enrollment closes September 15

👉🏼 rootedineden.org/hearthmother-journey

Join the next generation of holy, wild birthkeepers

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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: http://sisterbirth.com/podcast-guest

• Hang out with us and other Holy Wild Women in our private community (off Facebook): https://anointed-birth.mn.co/

• 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)

• 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.