Maria Mengel joins Margo on the podcast to talk about her birth experiences and the lessons she has taken away from them.
Maria is a mother of two, wife, music teacher, doula, childbirth educator, placenta specialist, and owner of the newly launched Thrive Birth Services of Delmarva. She began her professional career as a musician at West Virginia University.
After college, spent 5 years teaching music education in public schools. Following her first birth, her life completely changed. She continued teaching French horn lessons privately, but devoted the rest of her life to her family and to birth work and study.
It was only after her second birth, one year ago today, that she learned the true meaning of power. Self power, the power of birth, and the power of listening to oneself and letting go. Maria is committed to creating a local birth community on the Eastern Shore of Maryland where women can guide each other in finding their own power together.
She finds joy in sharing the influential lessons she learned in her two birth experiences with others, hoping that they, too, will find joy in sharing theirs.
Check out her website at http://www.thrivebirth.org/
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Sacred Loss: The Story of My First Miscarriage
Death, Blame, Grief and Healing: Personal Notes from a Midwife
Dancing with Death In the Birth Space
Borderline Witchcraft: Exploring Spirituality, Birth, and Margo’s Personal Journey
Healing Your Relationship With Money Even If You Think It Is Evil
A Real Life Story of a Midwife on Trial: an Interview with Angee Hock
The Relationship Between Midwifery Education and Midwifery Regulation, a Lively Conversation with Jessica from Pacific Birth Institute and Bethel, Chair of the Alaska Board of Certified Direct Entry M
An Intimate Retelling of Indie Birth Story from Answering the Call to Radical Midwifery Retreat
Offering Support to Midwifery Preceptors: A Mentoring Session with a Greek Midwife!
Understanding the Landscape of Mental Health and Wellness in Pregnancy and the Postpartum with Jennifer Summerfeldt
“Birth Isn’t That Big of a Deal”: A Fun and Inspiring Convo with the Combat Midwife
Exercising Your Freedom Muscles – All About Face Masks with Allan Stevo
Face Masks, Education and Standing Up for Our Kids with Allan Stevo
Why I Changed the Name of This Podcast
Another Conversation with Jennifer Summerfeldt: Her Origin Story and Eschewing Even the Radical Rules Around Birth
Doula Training and Midwifery Training: Is Having Kids a Requirement? How Having Babies Impacted Me as a Midwife
Ritual as a Tool for Meaning Making In Birth and Beyond with Day Schildkret
A Conversation about The New Return to the Great Mother: Birth, Initiation, and the Sacred Feminine with author Isa Gucciardi
Badass Business Coaching for Birth Workers #5: Dez the Doula is Launching Her Doula Business!
In the Midwife’s Office #5 – Processing Birth Provider Trauma and Preparing for a Homebirth
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