Beyond Birth Trauma with Shannon O'Flaherty: From Burden to Brilliance: Helen Shackleton Talks About Over Medicalised Births Versus Birthing Your Way

This show is about birth, vaginas, bacteria, seeding and all things “taboo”. When is it right to trust the mainstream medical advice and when is it best to trust your intuition? What kind of birth do YOU want to have that is right for you?  How to uphold your authority in labour. Education is power! The journey into motherhood is perhaps one of the most sacred, misunderstood rites of passage a woman can experience. In this episode, Helen Shackleton shares her personal unfolding – from the power of birth and the shift in identity, to the deepening of love, the rise of intuition, and what it means to mother in a time of awakening and overwhelm.

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• Guest: Helen Shackleton Contact: helen.shackleton@outlook.com Recommended Reading: Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth – Ina May Gaskin Spiritual Midwifery – Ina May Gaskin Ina May’s Guide to Breastfeeding – Ina May Gaskin Birth Matters – Ina May Gaskin Give Birth Like a Feminist – Milli Hill Mindful Hypnobirthing – Sophie Fletcher The Hypnobirthing Book – Katharine Graves HypnoBirthing: The Mongan Method – Marie Mongan The Natural Pregnancy Book – Aviva Romm Referenced People & Resources: Amanda Wardle / My Calm Birth – https://www.mycalmbirth.co.uk Positive Birth Movement – https://www.aims.org.uk/journal/item/positive-birth-movement https://inamay.com https://www.kghypnobirthing.com https://hypnobirthing.com https://avivaromm.com https://www.millihill.co.uk/books