ep. 76 - The Impact of Early Life on Love, Sex, Pleasure & Procreation
Release Date: 11/01/2023
The Anatomy of Pleasure in Childbirth
Orgasmic Birth
Ep 150 Description: “Pleasure is not a luxury. It is not a distraction. It is a human right. And reclaiming it—in childbirth, in healthcare, in life—is a path toward healing, well-being, and activism.” —Debra Pascali Bonaro Our bodies are intricate landscapes of sensation, where hormones dance, nerves communicate, and physiological responses intertwine in ways we're only beginning to understand. And these same pathways that create sexual pleasure are remarkably active during childbirth, challenging centuries of medical narratives that have reduced this...
info_outline
Your Birth, Your Way: How Understanding and Communicating Your Desires Shapes Your Experience with Debra Pascali-Bonaro
Orgasmic Birth
Ep 149 Description: “Your birth is yours to shape— not in every detail as the baby has some too— but in energy, intention, and experience. You deserve to be heard. You deserve to be honored. You deserve a birth that reflects YOU, your power, your pleasure, and your love.” —Debra Pascali-Bonaro Birth isn't just a medical event—it's a deeply personal journey where you hold more power than you realize. What if your birth experience could be transformed from a clinical procedure to a profound, empowering moment of connection? Imagine stepping into your birth with...
info_outline
Pleasure, Power & Birth: Vibrators As A Tool For Pain Relief, Ease, and Oxytocin Enhancement with Molly Moon
Orgasmic Birth
Orgasmic Birth Story Series Ep 149 Description: “The way to start to feel comfortable with it in birth is to become comfortable with the vibrator before your birth.” —Molly Moon For too long, vibrators have been shrouded in shame and stigma, viewed solely as sexual devices. But the truth is, these powerful tools have the potential to transform the birthing experience. Molly Moon is a yoga teacher, doula, and sacred songstress who brings the timeless wisdom of the feminine into her work. Her passion for guiding spiritual awakening has been reignited by the...
info_outline
Birth Uncensored: Pleasure, Power & Fearless Birth with Guta Galli
Orgasmic Birth
Orgasmic Birth Story Series Ep 147 Description: "Work with pleasure. Find ways to feel pleasure. Don't start thinking about it when you are eight months pregnant. Start from day one or even before getting pregnant when you decide you want to have kids, because it's such a long way to to deconstruct this patriarchal myths that have been interjected into our unconscious since we are children." —Guta Galli Sexuality and childbirth are not separate experiences, but a continuous, sacred dance of feminine energy. The same neural pathways that create sexual pleasure can...
info_outline
From Silence to Spotlight: Sharing My Orgasmic Births with Lovisa Dahl Part 2
Orgasmic Birth
Orgasmic Birth Story Series Ep 146 Description: “Being in touch with your senses— that is the best preparation in the world. When we lean into pleasure in our everyday life, we teach our bodies that pleasure is safe.” —Lovisa Dahl Did you miss Lovisa’s first story? Every woman's birth story carries the potential to liberate generations from inherited trauma and shame. Yet, the continued silence around women's birthing experiences perpetuates a cycle of fear and disconnection from our most primal source of strength. Lovisa Dahl is a pioneering Orgasmic Birth...
info_outline
Connecting To The Soul Of Your Unborn Child To Kick-Start Your Magical Birth Journey
Orgasmic Birth
Ep 145 Description: “Birth has the potential to take us into places where we can really understand who we are in a very deep level." —Robyn Sheldon Every woman carries within her the potential to experience birth as a deeply empowering, mystical journey of love and consciousness. Therefore, the path to an orgasmic birth lies not in technique but in surrendering to the universal wisdom that flows through our bodies beyond physical boundaries. This week, we are joined by Robyn Sheldon, a compassionate guide and author specializing in soul integration and birth transformation....
info_outline
Healing Power of Birth: Releasing Shame and Embracing Self-Pleasure in Childbirth
Orgasmic Birth
Ep 144 Description: “Your experience and birth is more important than someone else's judgments.” —MJ Renshaw We've been taught that pleasure is an indulgence, not a necessity. But what if accessing desire is the secret to profound healing during childbirth? It's time to unlearn the shame and prioritize our needs. As the creator of , MJ Renshaw is a mama on a mission to revolutionize the way we approach pleasure and birth. Her own journey of using self-care practices to facilitate an empowering childbirth has motivated her to support others in releasing shame and embracing...
info_outline
Yoga for the Vagina with Tamra Mercieca
Orgasmic Birth
Ep 143 Description: “Get yourself love high, as high as you can! Try and focus on getting you all loved up because then you're going to get triggered less when you have a child.” —Tamra Mercieca The pelvic floor is the unsung hero of the female body - a complex network of muscles that play a pivotal role in pregnancy, childbirth, and overall well-being. Yet, for too long, this intimate area has been shrouded in shame and disconnection. Yoga for the vagina offers a powerful antidote, helping women cultivate a deeper awareness and relationship with the pelvis. By...
info_outline
Tips for a Pleasurable Hospital Birth
Orgasmic Birth
Ep 142 Description: “Healing begins as you start honoring every aspect of your birth story and celebrate your wins. No one fails in birth. Sometimes, you have to dig deeper into that well of strength than you ever would have imagined prior. This is something to take pride in.” —Debra Pascali-Bonaro The notion that hospitals inherently rob birthing individuals of their autonomy and joy is a limiting belief that deserves to be challenged. The reality is that, with the right mindset and preparation, a hospital birth can also be a deeply empowering and transformative experience....
info_outline
How To Have An Empowered Hospital Birth— Tips From OB/GYN Dr. Nicole Rankins
Orgasmic Birth
Ep 141 Description: “You are the expert on you. So trust your own expertise when you bring that to the conversation. Don't let anybody talk you out of your own expertise.” —Dr. Nicole Rankins Your voice matters in the birth room! Too often, women's preferences and concerns are overlooked or dismissed during hospital births. But we can reclaim our power by understanding the foundation for a positive, empowered birth experience. Dr. Nicole Rankins is a Board Certified OB GYN, maternal health advocate, and creator of one of the top 0.5% global podcasts on pregnancy...
info_outlineDiscover the transformative power of pleasure in childbirth and parenting in this episode. Join host Debra Pascali Bonaro as she engages in a candid and enlightening conversation with Nicole Moore. Together, they explore how early life experiences can shape our perspectives on love, intimacy, and procreation, emphasizing that it's never too late to heal and rewrite our narratives. Nicole's journey, from embracing birth as a beautiful bounty to her profound work with the Birth Into Being Method, illustrates how cultivating pleasure can pave the way for an empowered pregnancy, birth, and postpartum experience, fostering a beautiful feedback loop with our children. Tune in now to gain insights on understanding your own imprints and finding the courage to assert yourself in this pivotal phase of life with Nicole Moore.
Nicole Moore is a Mother, gardener, performance artist, poet, and an outspoken, multi-passionate birth nerd. She has lived on and off-grid intentional community in the forest, by the sea, for the last 20 years, raising her kids and cultivating a deep trust in birth & life. Her mission is to help women and families know what is possible in birth, why it matters, and to help them access a blissful experience for themselves. (Along with all the associated gifts and side effects...) Nicole knows in her bones that birth can be beautiful because she is one of the ‘lucky’ ones who had incredible undisturbed birth experiences. She draws on these memories or imprints every day of her Mothering life.
Nicole's lived experience of birth as beautiful, bountiful, and full of potential as a doorway to healing - along with her 15 years of work with birth imprints (via the Birth Into Being Method) confirms her beliefs in birth as a tool of conscious evolution.
In This Episode:
- Nicole’s mission - helping women and families access a blissful experience for themselves
- Nicole draws on her own undisturbed birth experience to help others heal and create new imprints
- Birth Into Being Method - a set of processes and exercises to help understand yourself and clear inhibiting patterns from the past
- For pregnant women, it can help create an environment for birth with privacy and safety
- It also prepares for motherhood by teaching how to hold boundaries when needed
- Acknowledge what is there in your past that needs to be healed, looked at, or strengthened
- Pleasurable birth is an opportunity to optimize a baby's neurological capacity for pleasure through oxytocin exposure
- Nicole created an online course called Birth Into Being with Ease and Grace; she also has another online course called Rewrite Your Story
Key Takeaways:
- Birth is a tool for conscious evolution
- Learn to recognize old imprints and choose differently
- Make a change if your environment doesn't make you feel safe or comfortable
- We have the power to assert ourselves with family and hold boundaries around the care received
- Postpartum bliss is possible by reclaiming the need to prioritize yourself
- Birth is a doorway to healing, opening up the capacity for gifts for you and your family
Key Quotes:
"Birth is a doorway to healing, and it opens up the capacity for lots of gifts for you and your family." - Nicole Moore
“When a woman feels safe and trusting in her body, it has a really big impact on her birth outcomes.” - Nicole Moore
Connect with Nicole!
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/birthintobeing/
Website: https://birthintobeing.com.au/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BirthIntoBeing
Connect with Debra!
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orgasmicbirth/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/OrgasmicBirth
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/OrgasmicBirth1
Tik Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@orgasmicbirth
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/debra-pascali-bonaro-1093471/
Visit https://www.orgasmicbirth.com/ for more information on how to Positively Prepare for birth and parenting
Check out Orgasmic Birth: The Best-Kept Secret, the film creating buzz around the world!