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Holy Wild Birth

Holy Wild Birth

By: Brooke Collier and Lauren Hall
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 For Christian mamas and birth workers who desire to embrace physiological birth... outside of the medical system. Holy Wild Birth is a podcast embracing the reclamation of giving birth rooted in God’s original design, undisturbed. Here we share home birth stories highlighting God’s presence as the Great Midwife as well as conversations about all aspects of a holistic, Spirit-led childbearing year from the perspectives of traditional midwife Lauren Hall (Rooted in Eden Private Contract Association) and birth keeper and childbirth educator Brooke Collier (Sister Birth). Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/holy-wild-birth/supportBrooke Collier and Lauren Hall Alternative & Complementary Medicine Hygiene & Healthy Living
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  • Roundtable:: Ways of the Hearthmother in all of life

    Roundtable:: Ways of the Hearthmother in all of life
    Feb 25 2026
    The Way of the Hearthmother episodeIn this special roundtable conversation, we gather students and graduates of the Hearthmother Journey to reflect on how The Way of the Hearthmother has shaped not only their birth work, but their inner lives, families, and daily rhythms.From first impressions to unexpected transformation, this conversation is honest, grounded, and deeply encouraging for anyone walking the path of sacred birth work — or considering it.Whether you are a doula, birthkeeper, mother, or woman longing for rooted work that flows from presence rather than performance, this episode offers lived testimony of what happens when formation runs deeper than information. In This Episode We Discuss:First EncountersEach woman shares her first introduction to The Way of the Hearthmother — whether through the podcast or through the course itself — and her initial reaction.What surprised themWhat felt confronting or affirmingHow they knew (or didn’t know yet) that this would change something in themWe explore the difference between consuming content and being formed by a way of life.The shift from technique to presenceOffering care that flows from rootedness rather than hustleReimagining what “success” looks like in birth spacesCreating offerings that feel aligned, spacious, and deeply personalThey reflect on how their posture — not just their skills — has changed.Marriage and communicationParenting and homemakingCommunity leadershipPersonal boundaries and discernmentSpiritual formationHow does The Way of the Hearthmother show up in the ordinary?In morning rhythmsIn hospitalityIn tending a homeIn how they listenIn how they hold space for themselvesPanel participants (all Hearthmother Journey grads or current students):Olivia Shingledecker, midwife apprentice, doula, and health coachAutumn Rose, traditional midwifeKrista Matlock, birthkeeperTrinity Miller, student midwife and doulaHannah Gingerich, doula and student midwifeConnect with the Holy Wild Birth team: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 FREE, private community (off Facebook):⁠⁠ Hearthmother Ministries Community⁠⁠Become a holy, wild birthkeeper with us this fall 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)
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    59 mins
  • Brandy:: Behold, I Am Doing A New Thing

    Brandy:: Behold, I Am Doing A New Thing
    Feb 18 2026
    We recorded this conversation on the anniversary of her sixth birth story — a sacred full-circle moment that set the tone for everything we shared.In this deeply vulnerable episode, Brandy opens her heart about the way God gently positioned her marriage and family to be ready to welcome new life. What looked ordinary at the time was actually divine preparation.During this pregnancy, she said yes to two big things:Enrolling in Hearthmother JourneyHiring Brooke as her birthkeeperThose decisions shaped not only her birth experience — but her spiritual formation in motherhood.We talk about the beauty and freedom of a wild pregnancy — where “prenatal care” meant whatever truly nourished her body, soul, and spirit. From our lakeside picnic prenatal visit to the quiet rhythms of listening and trusting, this pregnancy unfolded differently.She shares about:The false labor that surfaced deep emotional layers she needed to addressThe walking, sobbing, and long showers that became her late-pregnancy coping ritualsThe bold prayer: “Bring this baby forth.”We explore the sacred space at the end of pregnancy — the surrender, the unknown, the allowing things to flow instead of forcing.Brandy also opens up about something tender:The weight March has carried in her life. The loss and death associations tied to that month. And then — the redemption.“Behold, I am doing a new thing.”This episode is about trust.About surrender.About facing generational fear.About God rewriting timelines and associations.About new life blooming in months that once held grief.Connect with Brandy:Website || InstagramBlythe's written birth story and vlog by BrandyBirth Film made by BrookeBrooke's poetic reflections on Brandy's birthConnect with the Holy Wild Birth team: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 FREE, private community (off Facebook):⁠ Hearthmother Ministries Community⁠Become a holy, wild birthkeeper with us this fall 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)
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    1 hr and 32 mins
  • Heart & Hands: Skills for Birthkeepers and Midwives

    Heart & Hands: Skills for Birthkeepers and Midwives
    Feb 11 2026

    In this episode, we’re debriefing our recent Skills Workshop — It was everything birth education should be.

    We’re talking about:

    • Why we believe in failing fast to fail forward
    • The “ahh” moments when the pelvis finally clicks
    • The creative simulators we built to actually understand physiology
    • Trauma responses and how embodied practice changes everything
    • Why how you practice is how you show up

    At HJ, we don’t just teach information.
    We train skillsets.

    Because reading about birth is not the same as holding birth.

    Social media has created a generation of loud birth voices — but personality is not the same thing as embodied presence. Posting infographics doesn’t make you a birth keeper. Memorizing stats doesn’t make you safe in the room.

    Being a birth servant requires:

    – Hands-on anatomical understanding
    – Nervous system regulation
    – The ability to read a room
    – Trauma-informed awareness
    – Humility
    – Real practice
    – Real feedback
    – Real people

    At our workshop, we practiced how we intend to show up.
    We spoke to the models and dolls the way we speak to women and babies.

    Links for show notes:

    • hearthmotherministries.com/journey

    • first-to-know list

    • private community

    • email us: hello@hearthmotherjourney.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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    45 mins
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