The Healing Potential of Birth: Stepping into Your Maternal Power with Ashley Winning
Sep 19, 2023
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I’m very excited to have an amazing guest, Ashley Winning, on the podcast today!
Ashley and I will be diving more into the surgical births she experienced, as well as the unassisted home birth she was able to achieve with her 3rd baby. She is a mother of 3, and she had a very different birth experience with her 3rd baby, compared to her first 2. Ashley has had to overcome a great deal on her journey to motherhood, and all of it has led her to the incredible work she is doing to help mothers today. Ashley’s story is extremely powerful, and it truly speaks to the healing potential of birth - I can’t wait for you to listen to all of the wisdom she has to share!
Ashley Winning is a homebirth mindset coach & guide, podcaster, and speaker. She works intimately with pregnant women who plan to homebirth/freebirth by working through fear and mindset challenges. She also provides emotional support so that they feel heard, seen, and validated, while taking the steps to intuitively birth their baby their way. Ashley birthed her third baby at home unassisted, after two surgical births. She believes that women are born with the strength, wisdom, and courage to birth and be the mothers they want to be.
In this episode about the healing potential of birth, we cover:
- Ashley’s first pregnancy and birth experience, and all of the shame and negativity pushed on her from those involved in her medical care
- Ashley’s second pregnancy and birth experience, which resulted in more fear mongering and challenges
- The major disconnect within the medical system that happens with women during pregnancy and birth
- Ashley’s decision to fully understand physiologic birth, and have an unassisted, free birth at home with her third baby
- Choosing radical responsibility and learning to trust your body during the amazing processes of pregnancy and birth
- The power of advocating for yourself and staying true to what you believe in
- Ashley’s complex journey of suppressing her emotions for years, to now working through and allowing them to surface
- Listening to and trusting your intuition always, because it will never misguide you
Resources and links mentioned in this episode:
- Connect with Ashley on Instagram
- Learn more about working with Ashley by visiting her website: https://ashleywinning.com/
- Listen to The VBAC Homebirth Stories Podcast
- Grab your free daily self-care ritual practice HERE!
- Connect with me on Instagram @thesomaticmother
- Learn more about me and how we can work together by going to my website
More about The Somatic Mother:
Welcome to The Somatic Mother, a space for mothers in any stage of their mothering journey to learn and be guided into deep healing, soul level alignment, embodiment, and alternative options, that will guide you back home to your true, authentic, and grounded self. Whether you’re trying to conceive, are pregnant, postpartum, or already in the stages of raising your children, you're in the right place!
I’m your host, Amy Lowney, former RN turned holistic body worker and birth worker. I’m a mama of three little boys, and my learning has pushed me into embarking on a healing, embodied, and grounded motherhood experience that I am honored to share with you.
Join me to learn self healing tools, embodiment practices, and alternativeapproaches to health, wellness, and wellbeing. I want you to be grounded in the most aligned and embodied version of yourself on your motherhood journey as you raise the future generations of the world. Welcome!