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Nathan Riley, MD, Father of 2
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Normalizing and Working Through Intimacy and Relationship Issues After Birth: a Conversation with Ashley Mariani, MSW, RSW
Ashley Mariani is a trauma-informed couples therapist specializing in intimacy and relationship issues that arise during pregnancy and in the postpartum. She is one of those people in the trenches…
Finding Psanctuary: Equal Parts Flower and Water with Eric Osborne
Eric Osborne is the founder of the first legal psychedelic mushroom church in the United States. He has been working with psilocybin mushrooms (and culinary mushrooms) for decades, feeling a pull…
Trailer to Born Free Method: the Podcast
I am so glad that you are here!There are a lot of birth- and pregnancy-related podcasts, and many do a great job of breaking down the clinical information pertaining to fertility, birth, pregnancy,…
Ancient Wisdom, Modern Minds: An Exploration of Death, Conception, Consciousness, AI, and the Song of the Jungle with Maestro Hamilton Souther
Hamilton Souther has lived in the Peruvian Amazon for two decades, and it took him 14 years of intensive training to get to a place where he felt he could fully accept his role as a facilitator of…
The Voice as Sacred Instrument: Icaros, Plant Spirits, and Vocal Transformation
I met Maryn Azoff and Patrick Surdam through their Vocal Transformation program. Well…to be clear…my wife found them on Instagram and went to Costa Rica on a whim to workshop with them for a week,…
Your Birth, Your Call: Freedom, Accountability, and the Weight of Parenting Decisions
Sara Rosser, CPM, and I (Nathan Riley, MD), reunited in Florida for an organizing meeting ahead of the 2026 Born Free Twins-Breech Gathering, which takes place in Austin, TX, November 12-15, 2026.…
Ann-Emelie Augustinus: Danish Midwifery, a Rich Tradition, is Becoming a Thing of the Past
Ann-Emilie Augustinus is a Danish midwife or, in her native language, jordemoder, which literally translates to “earth mother”. Ann-Emilie and I connected as a consequence of ongoing limitations to…
Rudi Verspoor: Lost in Dilution - Reclaiming Hahnemann's True Vision of Homeopathy
If you feel like homeopathy is baloney, you’re not alone. This was my general position on this centuries-old “science” until I met Rudi Verspoor, one of the world’s leading scholars on the work of…
Hadhee Jah: Traditional midwifery is losing ground, a conversation with The Last Birthkeeper
Hadhee Jah is an Ayurvedic postpartum doula and birth sovereignty advocate originally from the Maldives, whose work bridges ancestral wisdom with the modern experience of pregnancy, birth, and…
Carol Gautschi: Confronting Fear (and the Law) in Midwifery
Carol Gautschi is a midwife with over 50 years in practice, and she has walked a very unorthodox path. Like many, Carol herself was plagued by fear of birth from an early age. She was sexually and…
Maestro Hamilton Souther: Plant Medicine, Sorcery, Shamanigans, and Liberation from Trauma
For me, the word “maestro” brings to mind a conductor of a symphony orchestra. In the plant medicine setting, a maestro does something similar: orchestrate the journey, paying attention to everything…
Andy Schoonover: Reengaging the Consumer with the Cost of Healthcare with the founder of CrowdHealth
Andy Schoonover is the founder of CrowdHealth, a very unique alternative to conventional health insurance. They have a great track record for reimbursing on claims, and Andy compares his 20-odd…
Edmund Knighton, PhD (Part 4) - Sacred Polarities: The Ra Material, Steiner, and a Man’s Work in Conception, Childbirth and Beyond
Edmund Knighton, Ph.D., is a seasoned educator, clinical psychologist, and somatic movement practitioner whose multidisciplinary career spans more than three decades. He has engaged through various…
Dr. Larry Palevsky: the Pediatrician You Didn't Know You Needed
Dr. Lawrence “Larry” Palevsky is a New York-based, board-certified pediatrician known for his holistic and integrative approach to children’s health. With over 30 years of clinical experience, he…
Edmund Knighton, PhD (Part 3) - The Holy Nights, Advent, and the Pursuit of Spiritual Freedom
Edmund Knighton, Ph.D., is a seasoned educator, clinical psychologist, and somatic movement practitioner whose multidisciplinary career spans more than three decades. He has engaged through various…
Of Yarrow and Men: the Seasonal Alchemy of Human Decay
Disclaimer: Most of what I speak to in the world of human health isn’t universally accepted by many if any Western medicine or “holistic” practitioners. The former tend to be too steeped in reductive…
What Is a Hysterectomy?
I get this question a lot: What is a hysterectomy?Worse yet, most women who are facing this procedure don’t understand what parts are being removed and if this surgery is even necessary.This is a big…
Who Holds the Wisdom? Learning to Transgress Hegemony in Midwifery and Maternity Care
The organizing team for the 2026 Born Free Twins-Breech Gathering convened in Austin, TX, to set foot at Lucky Arrow Retreat and elsewhere in Austin to begin the long and arduous process of exploring…
Edmund Knighton, PhD (Part 2) - Transcending Contemporary Views on Autism: Parenting, Perception, and the Future of Human Development
Edmund Knighton, Ph.D., is a seasoned educator, clinical psychologist, and somatic movement practitioner whose multidisciplinary career spans more than three decades. He has engaged through various…
Humanizing Hospital Birth: Insights from an OBGYN with Dr. Nicole Rankins
The 2026 Born Free Twins-Breech Conference is coming to Austin, TX, November 12-15, 2026, and tickets go on sale Black Friday, November 28th, 2025 at midnight! There are a limited number of tickets…
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