Reclaim Your Birth: Sovereignty, Intuition & the Dad's Surprising Role w/ Midwife, Catalina Clark

What if birth isn't something that happens to you, but something you summon?

In this episode, I sit down with Catalina Clark, a licensed home birth midwife in Sonoma, California, who has spent 11 years at the intersection of spiritual midwifery, birth sovereignty, and the sacred ceremony of bringing life into the world.

We talk about what it really means to own your birth (in any setting) and why the system may be quietly working against the very instincts you were born with.

This conversation is for the mom who has felt like birth is something to survive.

For the dad who doesn't know where he fits.

And for every woman who has ever whispered, "If it were up to me, I'd do this differently" because spoiler: it is up to you.

Here's What You'll Learn in This Episode:

1:01 – What does "spiritual midwifery" actually mean?
She was a doula before she was a mother — find out what drew Catalina into birth work and the moment she knew she had been in the birth space before.

9:11 – The 3 pillars of authentic midwifery: authenticity, transparency, and integrity.
Why your provider showing up real matters more than showing up perfect.

11:17 – If you don't have the choice to say no, you don't actually have a choice.
The language of true informed consent — and how to speak so providers will actually listen.

13:42 – Dads, this one is for YOU. 👊
Why the father's voice is actually the most powerful in the birth room — and exactly what to say when mom can't speak up for herself.

18:29 – Trusting your intuition.
How do you balance your intuition with medical advice when both are screaming at you? 

22:49 – We are drowning in information — and it's damaging our instincts.
Why no study on birth can ever be applied to you specifically, and how to find your way back to yourself.

31:53 – Midwife myths, busted.
What a midwife actually is, the surprising history behind why most of us have never heard of one, and what the stats actually show about home birth safety.

35:19 – How Pitocin may be quietly reshaping humanity.
What happens to the brain when synthetic oxytocin floods the body — and what we may be losing on a massive, cultural scale.

42:36 – 3 important things to include in your birth
How to bring intention, ritual, and sacredness into your birth space — practically, powerfully, and in any setting.

57:26 – The one thing Catalina wishes every mom knew: birth is not designed to be painful the way we've been told.
Here's what's actually happening in your body.

Nobody told me I had options when I walked into my first birth. That's exactly why this conversation exists. Whether you're 10 weeks pregnant or 38, hospital-bound or home birth-curious, listen to this one with your birth partner. 

Send me your biggest takeaway: [email protected] 💛

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Links & Resources

• Catalina Clark's Website
• Catalina's Instagram
• Book Recommendation: Birth Reborn by Michel Odent
• My Essential Birth Course  
• 3 FREE Exercise Guide 

ALL my love,