"What can parents do to make a smooth return to work after having a baby?"

Returning to work after having a baby can be a daunting jump to make. In this episode, Augustine Colebrook and Kesha Chiappinelli talk with Lori Mihalich-Levin, JD, the author of Back to Work After Baby: How to Plan and Navigate a Mindful Return from Maternity Leave. They discuss everything from the transition back into working life after having a baby to finding a balance between working and parenting. In Lori's words, "The transition to work is not an event. It's a process."

Show Resources
-Mindfulreturn.com
-Mindful Return - Facebook
-Mindful Return - Instagram

"How can astrology help me take control of my own life?"

In the middles ages, the only two people present at a birth, aside from the mother, were a midwife and an astrologer. In this episode, midwife Augustine Colebrook, MA-MCHS, and astrologer Michelle Scarrott discuss how astrology is a blueprint for what you have to work with in this life, as well as how you can use the knowledge of your astrological chart to discover who you are as a person, your "truth", and how to "get out of your own way".

Show Resources
-Michelle's website

How does fluoride consumption during pregnancy and early infancy impact a child's IQ?

More than 70% of drinking water in the United States is fluoridated, while 97% of western European countries have rejected fluoridation. Over 60 studies have now linked fluoride with reduced IQ in children. In this episode, Augustine Colebrook and Kesha Chiappinelli are joined by Paul Connett, Ph.D., and Chris Neurath of the Fluoride Action Network to discuss the impact of fluoridation in water and other sources on children's IQ. They share several important studies on the matter as well as tips for expecting mothers on how to reduce their fluoride consumption during pregnancy.

Show Resources
-Fluoridealert.org
-2017 Bashash Study
-2019 Green Study
-JAMAPediatrics Commentary on Fluoride

How do early traumatic experiences affect children?

In this episode, Augustine Colebrook, MA-MCHS is joined by Ilse DeKoeyer-Laros, Ph.D., who shares her 20+ years of research and experience in infant mental health and treatment. They discuss how early traumatic experiences have a lasting effect on children, systemic problems, solutions, and what sources mothers can seek to better care for themselves and thus their children.

Resources
- Help Me Grow Utah: www.helpmegrowutah.org
- PSI Utah: https://www.psiutah.org
- Utah Association for Infant Mental health: www.uaimh.org and https://www.facebook.com/UtahIMH

How do you prevent trauma in your kids, when you are suffering from trauma yourself?

Basically everyone who survives childhood has little ‘t’ traumas, but exactly how much those traumas effect you determines where you have memories or whether you have complex ptsd. In this in-depth episode, Augustine Colebrook and Kesha Chiappinelli speak with Licensed Professional Councelor and psychotherapist specializing in treating trauma to arm parents who have themselves experienced trauma with tools to know how to decrease the likelyhood of passing on the trauma.

Show Resources
-Dr. Bruce Perry
-ACEs study
-Resilience study in regards to ACEs
-John & Julie Gottman
-Stephen Porges polyvagal response
-Dr. Bessel Van Der Kolk
-EMDRIA.org
-Richard Grannon
-The Crappy Childhood Trauma

What part do you want government to play in regulating birth choice?

With 15 states left to create a licensure process for CPM’s, 42 states left to create a licensure Process for CM’s, And 29 states still to create a licensure process for ND-Midwives, well as fully half the states not offering autonomous practice for CNM’s, the legal and autonomous practice of midwives in the United States is a huge barrier to increasing the numbers of the profession. Midwives are trained to provide the gold-standard in maternity care for low-risk women, however they still account for less than 9% of births nationwide. Join our midwife and advocate panelists, Joyce Kimball, CPM, Sarah Davis, MA & Sarah Foster, CPM, MA along with hosts, midwife, Augustine Colebrook, MA & attorney Kesha Chiappinelli, JD, IBCLC as they discuss the laws across the country, especially in CA, OK, AR, MA.

Links
https://www.votesarahdavis.com/

What if obstetrics had no competition?

Hear from Hermine Hayes-Kline, JD human rights attorney in Oregon, fighting the medical monopoly that seeks to eliminate midwifery. She joins hosts Augustine Colebrook, MA-MCHS & Kesha Chiappinelli, JD, IBCLC along with Becca Meek, RN, CNM FNP, a midwife in Oregon who once was the owner of a successful birth center as a colleague of Augustine when she too owned a birth center. Together these two midwives and two attorneys tackle the problems with for-profit obstetrics persecuting their competition and what pregnant people can do about it.

“What three toxic substances should I avoid in pregnancy and parenting.”

Award-winning, investigative journalist, Jennifer Margulis, PhD joins hosts, Augustine Colebrook, MA-MCHS & Kesha Chiappinelli, JD, IBCLC to share her decades worth of research on avoiding toxic exposure for mom and baby, physically, mentally, and emotionally.

References and Links
Jennifer Margulis’ Blog and books
Listen to Dr. Nathan Riley, Dr. Brad Bootstaylor and Lawyer, Hermine Hayes-Klein, JD on OBGYNO WINO Podcast
Midwife Mark Harris’s book
Michel Odent’s books