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Are you preparing for birth… or just planning a wedding-level event?
In this powerful and eye-opening conversation, Debra Pascali-Bonaro is joined by Nina Spears, founder of Baby Chick, to explore why so many families spend hundreds of hours planning weddings—but only a fraction of that preparing for birth and postpartum.
Together, they dive into what actually creates a positive, empowered, and even pleasurable birth experience—and why preparation, support, and informed choices are everything.
Nina shares insights from supporting over 800 families and attending 350+ births, along with her own deeply personal birth experiences, including how knowledge shaped her decisions and outcomes.
This episode is a call to rethink how we prepare for one of life's most transformative experiences.
In this episode, you'll hear:
Why pregnancy is the true preparation for motherhood—not just baby
How safety in the body influences oxytocin, endorphins, and birth outcomes
The critical role of partners as advocates and support systems
How to choose the right care team for you
Why birth plans should be created together—not alone
The importance of preparing for postpartum (not just birth)
What it really means to have an "orgasmic birth" experience
Key takeaway:
When a woman feels safe, supported, respected, and prepared—her body can open. And that's where powerful, transformative birth experiences begin.Resources & Links:
Nina Spears (The Baby Chick): https://baby-chick.com
Pre-order The Baby Chick Guide to Positive Pregnancy
Follow Nina on Instagram: @thebabychick
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What if birth began long before labor ever started? In this powerful conversation, Pauline Goossen shares her conscious conception journey, the intentional preparation she and her partner made before pregnancy, and the deeply embodied birth of her breech baby. Together, Pauline and Debra explore cycle wisdom, tantra, oxytocin, privacy in labor, and the transformational power of surrender.
Pauline describes pregnancy as a long luteal phase, and birth as something that is supported by the way we care for our hormones, our relationships, and our bodies over time. She also shares how her understanding of pleasure, love, and embodiment shaped her labor, including the moment she asked for space, turned inward, and opened from 0 to 4 centimeters.
Her birth story unfolds with honesty and awe: a breech baby, an experienced midwifery team, a trance-like labor state, and a delivery that left her exhausted, empowered, and grateful. This episode is a moving reminder that birth can be both intense and beautiful, and that deep trust in the body can make all the difference.
In this episode, you'll hear about:
-Conscious conception and preparing for pregnancy months in advance.
-How cycle awareness and hormone health shape fertility and birth.
-Tantra, pleasure, and intentional intimacy as foundations for family life.
-The role of privacy, space, and surrender during labor.
-Pauline's breech birth experience and the support of her birth team.
-Why oxytocin matters in love, labor, breastfeeding, and recovery.
-Seeing birth as a rite of passage and a deeply transformational experience.About Pauline Goossen
Pauline Goossen is a women's fertility and holistic hormone health coach who teaches that pregnancy and birth begin long before conception. Through cycle-based hormone balance, she helps support PMS, period pain, fertility, and reconnection to the wisdom of the body. She works online with women around the world and offers programs focused on cycle health, fertility, and hormonal balance.Connect with Pauline
Learn more about Pauline's work at: https://omcyclewithpauline.com
https://www.instagram.com/paulinegiseleReview and follow the show—we'd love to hear how this episode inspired you!
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In this episode of The Orgasmic Birth Podcast, Debra Pascali-Bonaro speaks with Joni Edelmann, a birth guide, educator, and former labor and delivery nurse who brings together science, sacredness, and decades of birth experience. Together, they explore how safety, nervous system regulation, privacy, and trust can create the conditions for ecstatic birth in any setting, including the hospital. Joni shares the story of her own births, including how her fifth birth became the first she experienced as truly not painful, but deeply intense, joyful, and transformative. She also reflects on how pregnancy, birth, trauma awareness, and support from trusted care providers can shape not only birth outcomes, but a person's sense of power and possibility.
This conversation offers practical insight into:
What safety really means in birth. How trauma can affect the nervous system and labor. Ways to support parasympathetic regulation. Why privacy, quiet, and trust matter so much. How to process birth experiences that were difficult or disappointing. Why the birth you dream of may be more possible than you think. Joni also reminds listeners that choosing the right support team matters, and that people deserve care aligned with their values, goals, and vision for birth.Joni Edelman is a birth guide, educator, and former labor and delivery nurse who holds science and sacred at the same altar. With three decades of experience supporting birth in hospitals and homes, she helps families reconnect with the innate intelligence of the body and approach birth as a powerful, transformative, and potentially ecstatic experience.
https://www.13moonsbirthwork.com
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/13moonsbirth--
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In this episode, Debra Pascali-Bonaro speaks with Josefina Schiller, a mother, singer, doula, translator, and host of Café Comparto Birth Café, about how birth, motherhood, sexuality, loss, and healing are deeply connected. Josefina shares two powerful home birth stories, including a 96-hour labor supported by her community in southern Spain, and reflects on how birth helped her heal ancestral and childhood wounds.
Josefina also discusses the role of postpartum as a transformative period, how writing poetry became a creative outlet during mothering, and why she believes oxytocin, pleasure, and sisterhood are central to healing. She closes by sharing her band Samambaia, her website josefinas.art, and a community art project called Track Your Woman's Bleed.
Josefina Schiller is a mother, singer, doula, and devoted lover of birth stories. Josefina was born in Brazil and now lives in the south of Spain in a spontaneous community centered around natural birth. She trained as a doula at Da-a-Luz Oasis in 2017 and has deeply studied the work of Argentine writer and thinker Laura Gutman, whose teachings supported Josefina through the early years of mothering her daughters, Cora and Greta. She is the host of the podcast "Café com Parto" (Birth Café) — inspired by my dreams and vision — and currently works translating books, including her favorite work by Laura Gutman on the postpartum period.
Connect with Josefina
www.josefinas.art
https://samambayamusic.bandcamp.com/Review and follow the show—we'd love to hear how this episode inspired you!
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In this bold and deeply informative episode of the Orgasmic Birth Podcast, Debra Pascali-Bonaro sits down with pelvic floor expert Jana Danielson to challenge long-held myths about women's bodies, postpartum healing, and pleasure.
From incontinence to pain during sex to diminished orgasm, many women are told these experiences are "normal" after birth. Jana offers a powerful reframe: they may be common — but they are not normal, and they are not something women have to live with.
Together, they explore how pelvic floor health is foundational not only for birth and recovery, but for lifelong vitality, confidence, and pleasure.
Jana shares her personal journey from chronic illness and disconnection to healing through breath and movement — a path that ultimately led her to develop the Cooch Ball and her unique approach to pelvic floor fitness.
In this episode, you'll learn:
Why "just do your Kegels" may be outdated — and even harmful
The difference between a tight pelvic floor and a strong one
How breath and posture directly impact pelvic floor function
Why symptoms like leaking, pain, and low libido are signals — not life sentences
The connection between pelvic floor health and orgasmic potential
This conversation is a powerful invitation to reconnect with your body, reclaim your health, and redefine what's possible — at every stage of life.
About Jana Danielson
Jana is a pelvic floor and movement expert, founder of Bloom Better, and creator of the Cooch Ball — the world's first pelvic floor fitness tool for women. Her work blends science and embodiment to help women release tension, restore function, and rebuild trust in their bodies.Get your Cooch Ball!
DIY (ball) - https://bloombetter.life/pages/cooch-ball-women?bg_ref=zJ5vvlnEAj
DI-We (ball + course) - https://bloombetter.life/pages/intimacy-2026?bg_ref=zJ5vvlnEAj
Connect with Jana
https://www.instagram.com/jana.danielson
https://www.tiktok.com/@jana.danielson
https://www.youtube.com/@Jana.Danielson
https://www.facebook.com/thecoochball
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In this heartfelt episode, Debra Pascali-Bonaro welcomes author, mother, and doula Maris Young, whose third birth unfolded in the most surprising and beautiful way — as an orgasmic birth.
After a breech birth with her second baby, Maris entered her third pregnancy with a clear intention: to reframe the sensations of birth and discover how pleasurable they could be. Through mindset work, daily practice, and integrating resources from Orgasmic Birth, Maris learned to welcome contractions as manifestations of her body's divine power.
Her story takes us from quiet, candlelit labor at home — singing through each wave — to the moment her daughter was born and Maris felt a release so deeply joyful, she describes it as living on "cloud nine" for weeks afterward.
Join Debra and Maris as they explore how preparation, presence, and curiosity can turn birth into a profoundly embodied experience of strength, connection, and pleasure.
In this episode, you'll hear:
How Maris shifted her mindset to welcome contractions as power.
Why creating a sensory-filled environment mattered for her labor.
How the words "I have full life" became her anchor through birth.
What it felt like to experience orgasmic release as her daughter emerged.
The ways Maris now supports others through her Young Honest Mother community and book Getting Ready for Birth.
Learn more:
📘 Getting Ready for Birth is available on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited.
🌿 Join Maris's community at younghonestmother.com/community.
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In this heartfelt episode, Debra Pascali‑Bonaro sits down with birth doula and retired professional women's football champion, Girl Scout, and chef, Tarah Alexis of Nurturing Embrace Doula Services. Tarah shares how a surprising C‑section birth, witnessing her niece and nephew arrive earthside, and a "divine appointment" with a pregnant stranger on a plane all led her to answer her calling as a doula.
Together, Debra and Tarah explore how partners can move far beyond "just rubbing a back" to become active, loving participants in the birth journey. Tarah offers simple, powerful ways to weave the senses—what you see, hear, smell, taste, and touch—into your birth environment so that labor becomes more intimate, grounded, and even orgasmic. She reminds us that intimacy doesn't depend on grand gestures; it grows in the small daily moments of cuddling on the couch, offering a glass of water, and saying "thank you for being here."
If you've ever wondered how to keep love and connection alive during pregnancy, birth, and those tender postpartum weeks, this episode offers gentle, doable practices you can begin today.
Connect with Tarah Alexis
Website: Nurturing Embrace Doula Services
Instagram: @nurturingembracedoulaservices
Facebook: @nurturingembracedoulasPurchase the PleasureVibe
Pleasure at your fingertips - Finger Vibe for pregnancy, labor, birth and beyond http://orgasmicbirth.com/fin-pleasurevibePleasurable Birth Essentials
Evidence-based childbirth education rooted in pleasure taught by Debra Pascali-Bonaro. https://www.orgasmicbirth.com/pleasurable-birth-essentials/ + bonus access to the film, Orgasmic Birth: The Best-Kept SecretConnect with Debra!
Website: www.orgasmicbirth.com
Instagram: @orgasmicbirth
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Facebook: @obirth
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What if preparing for birth could also prepare you for a lifetime of deeper intimacy, healing, and connection—for you and for your children? In this powerful conversation, Debra talks with Dr. Tina Schermer Sellers, internationally recognized sex and gender feminist psychotherapist, bestselling author of Sex, God, and the Conservative Church and Shameless Parenting, and founder of Inanna Rising. Together, they explore how sexual shame shows up in pregnancy, birth, and postpartum, and how embracing pleasure can transform not just your birth, but your whole family's story.
Dr. Tina shares her own birth story of a fast, "big baby" delivery that made her appreciate just how much birth asks of our bodies and hearts. She then breaks down how early and deep shame takes root—many girls start modifying their diets as young as six—and why pregnancy often brings those old stories to the surface. You'll hear practical, compassionate steps to begin "reparenting" yourself, shedding inherited shame, and raising confident, body‑positive, pleasure‑literate kids, starting from birth.
Along the way, Debra and Tina invite you to honor your unique body, your unique baby, and the profound truth that there has never been a human exactly like either of you.
In this episode, you'll learn:
How pregnancy and birth can surface long‑held stories of body shame and "not enoughness," and why that's actually an invitation to healing. Why culture profits from women and birthing people feeling "not good enough," and how that affects how we see our pregnant and postpartum bodies. How embracing pleasure and your five senses in pregnancy can positively impact labor, bonding, and the way you welcome your baby. The heartbreaking research on how early body shame begins—and how to interrupt that cycle for your children. A simple, powerful first step Dr. Tina recommends if you're pregnant and recognizing you've been carrying shame for a long time. How to use Shameless Parenting even if you don't have children—to gently reparent yourself, stage by stage, and let shame "drip off." Why postpartum is a year‑long physiological and emotional transition, and how to honor your needs alongside your baby's. The importance of postpartum support and "wise elder women," from doulas to community, to help normalize your experience. How Dr. Tina defines sexuality as sharing connection and pleasure—not just behaviors—and why transactional sex leaves our hearts out of the picture. How her books and her work at Inanna Rising are helping people heal religious and cultural sexual shame and reclaim joyful intimacy.Resources mentioned:
Pleasurable Birth Essentials online childbirth class with Debra: https://www.orgasmicbirth.com/pleasurable-birth-essentials
Shameless Parenting: Everything You Need to Raise Shame‑Free, Confident Kids and Heal Your Shame Too – Tina Schermer Sellers
Sex, God, and the Conservative Church: Erasing Shame from Sexual Intimacy – Tina Schermer Sellers
Dr. Tina's website: https://tinaschermersellers.com
Dr. Tina on Instagram: @drtinashameless
Inanna Rising (psychedelic‑assisted therapy community): https://inannarising.org
Inanna Rising on Instagram: @inanna_rising_pat
Dr. Tina also shares that if you cannot afford her books, you can DM her on Instagram to request a promo code for an audio version.
Connect with Debra & Orgasmic Birth:
Learn more and join Pleasurable Birth Essentials: https://www.orgasmicbirth.com/pleasurable-birth-essentials
Website: https://www.orgasmicbirth.com
Instagram: @orgasmicbirth
Are you ready to transform childbirth into an empowering, pleasurable, joyful experience? My online course, Pleasurable Birth Essentials, gives you the tools and confidence to make labor something to celebrate. You'll learn comfort techniques, embrace your body's natural rhythms, and discover how to invite pleasure—yes, even orgasm—into birth. Join thousands of parents who call this class birth‑ and life‑changing at orgasmicbirth.com/pleasurable-birth-essentials.
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In this episode of Orgasmic Birth: The Podcast, Debra welcomes Maranda Bower, who shares her raw journey through postpartum depression, anxiety, autoimmune challenges, and triumph after four births. Maranda reveals how functional nutrition revolutionized her healing, turning depletion into energy, desire, and joy via her Postpartum Restoration Method—now training providers worldwide.
Together, they unpack hormone-balancing foods, self-care rituals, and why postpartum meals foster community, pleasure, and deep emotional release.
Key Takeaways:
Postpartum depletion is normal—like pinkless flamingos; nutrient-dense foods rebuild hormones, mood, and libido Simple ecosystem: bone broth for repair, organ meats for blood/mood, healthy fats as hormone precursors Food as ritual heals isolation, surfaces traumas, and reconnects body to self/partner Plan self-care like baby gear: herbal baths, teas, frozen nutrient meals—never too late to start Community meal trains echo ancestral wisdom for thriving postpartumMentioned in this Episode:
Orgasmic Birth: The Documentary Postpartum University Podcast Postpartum University Provider Directory & CoursesConnect with Maranda:
postpartumu.com Instagram: @postpartumuniversity Nutrition MASTERCLASS Pro Handouts Postpartum Nutrition Certification Program Perintal Mental Health TrainingPurchase the PleasureVibe
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Website: https://www.orgasmicbirth.com
Instagram: / orgasmicbirth
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YouTube / orgasmicbirth1
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In this enlightening episode of Orgasmic Birth: The Podcast, Debra meets Thabata Devecchi, a prenatal educator and founder of Feeling Moms, who shares her powerful home birth story and how pleasure practices helped her turn pain into power.
Thabata reveals how self-pleasure, embodied movement, sound, and safety transformed her birth experience. She describes using a vibrator during labor to soften the peak of contractions — calling it her "natural epidural" — and shares how deep preparation, somatic awareness, and tantra shaped her pregnancy, birth, and sense of empowerment.
Together, Debra and Thabata explore how pleasure, intuition, and body awareness can transform not just birth, but motherhood and self-connection.
Key Takeaways:
How pleasure and stimulation can ease the intensity of contractions
The science of oxytocin and why it's the "hormone of love, pleasure, and birth"
Simple daily practices to connect with your body and intuition
Why micro-moments of connection matter more than perfection
How to rebuild trust between mind and body for a more intuitive birth
Mentioned in this Episode:
Orgasmic Birth: The Documentary
The Business of Being Born
Feeling Moms: Thabata's 5-Day Micro Moments of Connection Challenge
Pleasure Vibe Thin by Dame
Connect with Thabata:
Instagram:@feelingmoms
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Discover the beauty, power, and pleasure within birth. If this video resonates with you, please like, share, and subscribe for more empowering stories and resources that awaken your body, mind, and spirit.
🔔 Subscribe now: @OrgasmicBirth
Stay tuned for new videos celebrating connection, healing, and birth wisdom around the world.
Explore Debra's Pleasurable Birth Essentials online course to discover tools for comfort, connection, and reclaiming birth as powerful and pleasurable. https://www.orgasmicbirth.com/pleasur...
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Orgasmic Birth: The Best-Kept Secret (Documentary Trailer)
Experience the film that started the global conversation about pleasure in birth. 👉 / @orgasmicbirth
Ep. 19 – Transform Pain to Power With Pleasure
Discover how to shift fear and pain into power, love, and oxytocin-rich birth experiences. 👉 • Ep. 19 - Transform Pain to Power With Plea...
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In this powerful episode, Debra Pascali-Bonaro sits down with reproductive health coach and mom of three, Liya Teplitsky, to explore how mindset, nutrition, and intentional pleasure turned birth from excruciating pain into ecstatic orgasmic bliss. Liya shares her three home birth stories—from a long, painful first labor on a yoga mat to a painless second birth and finally an intentional orgasmic birth supported by a vibrator, midwife, and an unshakable belief that birth can be pleasurable.
You'll hear how Liya:
-Discovered the concept of home and orgasmic birth from a chance encounter in Las Vegas and the film "Orgasmic Birth."
-Used visioning, hypnobirthing, and a "no Plan B" mindset to manifest a home birth while others in her class transferred to hospital.
-Crafted a controversial but powerful nutrition approach focused on animal-based fats, protein, and bone broth to support pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.
-Experienced a pain-free, midwife-free second birth at 37 weeks where her husband caught the baby before the midwife arrived.
-Trained her body and mind for an intentional orgasmic third birth using a vibrator, spiritual work, and radical clarity about her desires.
-Shifted her beliefs around age, physiology, and "biblical" ideas of suffering in childbirth, choosing instead to pursue pleasure as a birthright.
This episode is for you if:
-You're curious or skeptical about orgasmic birth and want to hear a detailed, grounded story.
-You're preparing for birth and want to explore mindset, manifestation, and physiology as tools for a different experience.
-You support birthing people and want a deeper understanding of how nutrition, beliefs, and sexual energy shape labor.
Connect with Liya Teplitsky:
Liya currently works one-on-one as a mentor and nutritional coach, supporting women with fertility challenges and those preparing for natural conception and birth. She offers guidance in multiple languages and shares more about her nutritional approach, pregnancy preparation, postpartum nourishment, and mom life,
Website - https://liyateplitsky.com
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🌸 Welcome to the Orgasmic Birth Channel!
Discover the beauty, power, and pleasure within birth. If this video resonates with you, please like, share, and subscribe for more empowering stories and resources that awaken your body, mind, and spirit.
🔔 Subscribe now: @OrgasmicBirth
Stay tuned for new videos celebrating connection, healing, and birth wisdom around the world.
Explore Debra's Pleasurable Birth Essentials online course to discover tools for comfort, connection, and reclaiming birth as powerful and pleasurable. https://www.orgasmicbirth.com/pleasur...
Purchase your own pleasure device for birth - our innovative finger vibe https://www.orgasmicbirth.com/fin-ple...
🎬 Watch These Next:
Orgasmic Birth: The Best-Kept Secret (Documentary Trailer)
Experience the film that started the global conversation about pleasure in birth. 👉 / @orgasmicbirth
Ep. 19 – Transform Pain to Power With Pleasure
Discover how to shift fear and pain into power, love, and oxytocin-rich birth experiences. 👉 • Ep. 19 - Transform Pain to Power With Plea...
⚠️ Disclaimer:
This content is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not medical advice. Please consult qualified healthcare professionals for medical questions. By watching this content, you acknowledge that you assume full responsibility for how you apply the information shared.
✖️ Copyright Notice:
All content — including dialogue, music, and visuals — is the property of Orgasmic Birth. You are welcome to share or embed this video as long as proper credit and a direct link to our channel are included: @OrgasmicBirth.
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What if maternal health goals expanded beyond "alive and healthy"? In honor of Maternal Health Awareness Day, Debra Pascali-Bonaro invites us to imagine a world where pregnancy, birth, and postpartum care are not only safe but also deeply respectful, emotionally whole, and infused with comfort and pleasure.
In this moving solo episode, Debra shares her personal connection to the origins of Maternal Health Awareness Day—beginning in her home state of New Jersey—and explores how far the movement has come, and how far we still must go. With maternal mortality rates rising across the U.S. and nearly 80% of pregnancy-related deaths proven preventable, Debra calls us to collective action: to hold ground, raise our voices, and reclaim maternal health as a human right.
From advocacy and policy to embodied care and global collaboration, this episode invites you to consider: what does it mean to move from surviving to thriving with safety, love, and pleasure?
In this episode, you'll learn:
The origins of Maternal Health Awareness Day and its urgent mission. Why systemic inequities—not personal failures—drive maternal mortality rates. How safety, equity, and pleasure are biologically connected in birth. The protective power of respect, love, and support during birth and postpartum. Practical advocacy steps for expectant parents, birth workers, and allies.Mentioned in this episode:
International MotherBaby Childbirth Organization @internationalmotherbabychi3946 International Childbirth Initiative (ICI) @internationalchildbirthini2273 FIGO (International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics) ICM (International Confederation of Midwives) @WorldMidwives American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Eat Pray Doula Advanced Retreats www.eatpraydoula.com Pleasurable Birth Essentials https://www.orgasmicbirth.com/pleasurable-birth-essentials
Resources & Next Steps:
Learn more and access free resources at https://www.orgasmicbirth.com/black-maternal-health-birth-equity-resources
Share how you're holding ground on maternal health using #OrgasmicBirth and tag @orgasmicbirth on social media.
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🌸 Welcome to the Orgasmic Birth Podcast!
Discover the beauty, power, and pleasure within birth. If this video resonates with you, please like, share, and subscribe for more empowering stories and resources that awaken your body, mind, and spirit.
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Stay tuned for new podcasts celebrating connection, healing, and birth wisdom around the world.🎬 Watch These Next:
Orgasmic Birth: The Best-Kept Secret (Documentary Trailer)
Experience the film that started the global conversation about pleasure in birth. 👉 / @orgasmicbirth
Ep. 19 – Transform Pain to Power With Pleasure
Discover how to shift fear and pain into power, love, and oxytocin-rich birth experiences. 👉 • Ep. 19 - Transform Pain to Power With Plea...
Ep. 74 – Orgasmic Birth as an Ocean
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In this episode of the Orgasmic Birth Podcast, Debra Pascali-Bonaro sits down with Dr. Diane Mueller—board-certified sexologist, naturopathic doctor, acupuncturist, and host of The Libido Lounge—to explore how pleasure can become your most powerful mindfulness practice and a lifeline for intimacy after baby. Dr. Diane shares how slowing down, savoring sensation, and weaving pleasure into everyday moments can reset stress hormones, support mental health, and rebuild connection in long-term relationships.
Together, Debra and Dr. Diane unpack why passion often fades over time (and especially postpartum), how "new relationship energy" and dopamine work, and why many women need arousal before desire—not the other way around. You'll learn what "libido codes" are, how mismatched turn-on styles can lead to feeling rejected, and how to use simple, doable practices—like five-minute sensual check-ins—to bring back warmth, curiosity, and sexual vitality, even when you're exhausted.
If you're ready to move beyond obligation and "just getting through it" and instead cultivate presence, pleasure, and playful intimacy in this season of life, this conversation is for you.
In this episode, you'll learn:Why pleasure is a powerful (and fun) form of mindfulness that helps reset stress, support hormones, and bring you back into your body.
How new relationship energy, novelty, and dopamine shape long-term desire—and ways to reawaken that spark without sacrificing stability.
What libido codes are, why partners often miss each other's turn-on cues, and how to begin decoding your own.
Why many women experience arousal before desire and how this changes the way we approach sex after birth.
Gentle, realistic practices for postpartum couples: sensual touch, micro-doses of pleasure, and scheduled "pleasure dates" that feel nourishing, not pressured.
Connect with Dr. Diane MuellerWebsite & resources: mysexdoc.com / mylibidodoc.com
Libido Code Quiz: libidocode.com
Libido Root Cause Quiz: libidoquiz.com
Free guide – 5 Easy Steps to Orgasms and Romance: hotterlife.com
Podcast: The Libido Lounge
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Stay tuned for new podcast episodes celebrating connection, healing, and birth wisdom around the world. Explore Debra's Pleasurable Birth Essentials online course to discover tools for comfort, connection, and reclaiming birth as powerful and pleasurable. https://www.orgasmicbirth.com/pleasur... Purchase your own pleasure device for birth - our innovative finger vibe https://www.orgasmicbirth.com/fin-ple... ⚠️ Disclaimer: This content is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not medical advice. Please consult qualified healthcare professionals for medical questions. By watching this content, you acknowledge that you assume full responsibility for how you apply the information shared. ✖️ Copyright Notice: All content — including dialogue, music, and visuals — is the property of Orgasmic Birth. You are welcome to share or embed this video as long as proper credit and a direct link to our channel are included: @OrgasmicBirth. 🌺 Explore More: #pleasurehealing · #birthwisdom · #selfdiscovery · #consciousbirth · #femininewisdom · #empowerment · #puregrowth · #DebraPascaliBonaro -
In this transformative episode of Orgasmic Birth: The Podcast, Debra Pascali‑Bonaro is joined by bestselling author and pleasure mentor Genevieve for a fierce, tender, and wildly honest story of birthing a 10‑pound baby at home in New York City.
Genevieve entered pregnancy expecting soft, sensual, "bliss‑in‑the‑birth‑pool" vibes—only to meet a very different expression of pleasure: the raw, fiery power of Kali. She shares how her labor moved from serenity and sensual touch into full‑bodied rage, speaking in tongues, drumming, dancing, and primal vocalization, and how claiming that intensity became its own form of deep pleasure and sovereignty.
Genevieve also reflects on how daily pregnancy sex, intentional clitoral stimulation, midwifery support, and trusting her body may have contributed to birthing a 10‑pound baby without tearing, and how pausing, position changes, and unwavering choice shaped her experience. This is a story for anyone who needs permission to birth outside the box—loud, kinky, sacred, and utterly their own.
In this episode you'll hear:
How Genevieve's second birth awakened unexpected Kali energy—fierce, fiery, and wildly pleasurable in its intensity.
Why pleasure in birth is not always soft and quiet, and how screaming, laughing, and rage can also be pathways to power.
The role daily sex and embodied pleasure played in her pregnancy, relationship, and possibly in preventing perineal tearing.
How music, movement, and "having a party" in labor helped her turn a corner and open more fully.
The subtle, skillful midwifery that navigated a 10‑pound baby, meconium, and a stuck shoulder while preserving Genevieve's sense of safety and choice.
Why resting late in pregnancy, honoring intuition, and choosing the right provider can make birth more joyful and empowered.
About Genevieve:
Genevieve is the bestselling author of Fck Yourself Open*, a memoir, and The Orgasmic Arc™: Mastering the Six Steps to Pleasure. She is the founder of The Orgasmic Arc™ Community and framework, and a former professional dominatrix. A Certified UPLVL™ Communication Coach, Certified Erotic Blueprint™ Master Trainer, and Certified Accelerated Evolution Coach under Satyen Raja, she bridges deep embodiment with precise transformational tools.Genevieve is also certified in Somatic‑Based Chakra Therapy by Anodea Judith, author of Eastern Body, Western Mind and Wheels of Life, and holds a magna cum laude undergraduate degree in psychology with a Master's in Education. When she's not turning people on to the fullness of their pleasure, she's having dance parties with her family in New York City, where she resides.
Connect with Genevieve:
https://www.instagram.com/genevievepleasure/
Connect with Debra:
Website: www.orgasmicbirth.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orgasmicbirth
Watch this episode https://www.youtube.com/@OrgasmicBirth
Resources & Next Steps:
Explore Debra's Pleasurable Birth Essentials online course to discover tools for comfort, connection, and reclaiming birth as powerful and pleasurable. https://www.orgasmicbirth.com/pleasurable-birth-essentials/
Purchase your own pleasure device for birth - our innovative finger vibe https://www.orgasmicbirth.com/fin-pleasurevibe/ -
Get ready to challenge the dominant narrative around birth in this deeply inspiring conversation with Australian midwife, researcher, and rebel, Dr. Melanie Jackson — host of The Great Birth Rebellion podcast.
Melanie joins Debra Pascali‑Bonaro for a heartfelt and provocative exploration of what happens when we choose to birth outside the system — and within our power. Together, they unpack why more families are stepping away from institutional birth, how true midwifery care transforms outcomes, and how bliss, laughter, and joy can ripple through even the most intense moments of labor.
Melanie shares intimate stories from her own births — one long and slow, the other fast, powerful, and joyfully filled with laughter — and offers profound wisdom about matrescence, physiological birth, and how honoring women's autonomy creates safer, more pleasurable births for everyone.
In this episode you'll hear:
The bliss and laughter that surprised Melanie in her second home birth
What matrescence means and why it matters in understanding the transformation to motherhood
Why "birth outside the system" can be the safest, most aligned choice for some families
The evidence behind continuity of midwifery care — and why it should be the universal standard
How pleasure, joy, and oxytocin weave through both sex and birth
The global movement of rebellious midwives creating change from within
Episode Highlights 2:44 — Melanie shares her journey into midwifery and the concept of "Matrescence." 5:07 — Melanie describes her two very different birth experiences. 13:12 — Discussion of "The Great Birth Rebellion" and its origins as a podcast. 14:25 — The importance of evidence-based maternity care and the role of midwives. 17:03 — Exploring the connection between birth, pleasure, and sexuality. 18:15 — The power of oxytocin and the potential for joy and bonding in birth. 19:00 — Where to find Melanie online and her offerings for midwives and parents.About Melanie Jackson:
Dr. Melanie Jackson is a private midwife, researcher, mentor, and host of The Great Birth Rebellion podcast. With a PhD in midwifery on "Birth Outside the System," she is reshaping how midwives and mothers understand evidence, power, and physiology in birth. Through The Assembly and Convergence of Rebellious Midwives, she mentors practitioners and uplifts the profession with passion and purpose.Connect with Melanie:
Website: melaniethemidwife.com
Instagram: @melaniethemidwife
TikTok: @melaniethemidwife
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgYNzASpo0UbzyzRkNb-s-w
Podcast: The Great Birth RebellionConnect with Debra:
Website: https://www.orgasmicbirth.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orgasmicbirth
X: 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-------
Pleasure isn't a luxury,
It's your birthright Discover the secret to a Safe, Sensual & Empowering Birth ExperiencePleasurable Birth Essentials is your toolkit for a birth that's as safe as it is sensual, as evidence-based as it is soulful.
This is not your average childbirth class.
This is a revolution—a journey designed for mamas who trust their bodies and their minds.Here, pleasure isn't an afterthought – it's foundational.
Evidence isn't dry – it's empowering.
Community isn't optional – it's essential.You deserve a birth that honors your strength, your sensuality, and your sovereignty.
https://www.orgasmicbirth.com/pleasurable-birth-essentials/
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Orgasmic Birth Story
Ep 170 Description:
"Embodiment only happens if you have a body, so if you have a physical shell, and that physical shell is showing you signs. That physical shell can be sore, it can be tender, it can ache, it can also feel good and nurtured and soft and warm." —Lisa Strohdach
What if the secret to a more joyful birth and life isn't about pushing harder, but about tuning in, letting go, and giving yourself permission to feel good? If you've ever felt disconnected from your body or doubted that pleasure belongs in pregnancy and parenting, you're not alone—there's a gentler, more powerful way forward. Consider this: your body already knows how to connect pleasure, rest, and birth, and it's time to trust that wisdom.
This week, Debra sits with Lisa Strohdach, whose journey began with her own craving for self-pleasure and embodiment during pregnancy, which she later realized was key to her smooth breech home birth. This personal awakening inspired her to become a doula, yoga teacher, and retreat leader, now guiding others to cut through shame and confusion so that they can reconnect with their body and mind.
Hear real talk on embodiment, oxytocin, masturbation, radical rest, simple breathwork, and how to create a supportive community—plus, get tips you can use right now to make pleasure and rest part of your everyday routine in this episode. Tune in!
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*since the recording the "wild&bloom" Retreats are now founded and hosted through Lisa Strohdach only.Connect with Debra!
Website: https://www.orgasmicbirth.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orgasmicbirth
X: 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
Episode Highlights:
00:50 Meet Lisa: From Breech Birth to Doula and Retreat Host
03:18 How Pleasure and Birth Physically, Hormonally, and Mentally Linked
10:02 Tools for Pleasure: Vibrator, Oxytocin, and Real Talk
16:13 What is Embodiment?
21:46 Easy Embodiment Practices for Pregnancy and Life
25:26 Radical Rest: Why It's Revolutionary, Not Lazy
31:18 Wild Bloom Retreats
35:13 Reclaiming Pleasure and Power
Resources:
💗We have some special gifts for you, visit: https://www.orgasmicbirth.com/more/
💗If you are already a doula, nurse, midwife, or birth worker and in need of continuing education units, join Debra's Orgasmic Birth Practitioner Training. Birthworkers gather from around the world to learn together and create an Orgasmic Community. Learn more at https://www.orgasmicbirth.com/orgasmic-birth-practitioner-training
💗 Fin Pleasure VIBE, a wearable finger vibrator that can be used in pregnancy, labor, birth, and postpartum for pleasure, oxytocin enhancement, pain reduction, and healing: https://www.orgasmicbirth.com/fin-pleasurevibe/
Listen to Lisa's Breech Birth Story: https://www.orgasmicbirth.com/ep-85-journey-to-a-harmonious-breech-homebirth/
Connect with Lisa:
Lisa Strohdach is a dedicated doula, prenatal and postnatal yoga instructor, and embodiment coach passionate about supporting women and families through pregnancy, birth, and beyond. As an orgasmic birth practitioner, Lisa integrates pleasure, radical rest, and holistic self-care into her work, empowering clients to reclaim intimacy and connection during the transformative journey of birth. She is the founder of "wild&bloom" retreats, offering restorative experiences focused on movement, rest, and community. Lisa provides both in-person and online sessions from her Aroha Studio, and is committed to creating safe, open spaces for conversations about sexuality, self-care, and personal growth.
Aroha Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aroha_begleitung_studio?igsh=NGtudWF0M25xMXUy Aroha Homepage: https://aroha-begleitung.com/ E-Mail: [email protected] Aroha Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/16ojFdKmkZ/ Wild&bloom Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wildandbloom_retreats?igsh=MWd5OXdkZXFyZ3Z0Zw== Wild&bloom booking: https://www.fyndery.de/upcoming_dates/ Link tree: https://linktr.ee/aroha_begleitung Yoga: https://www.fyndery.de/coach/14497/aroha-doula-begleitung/?ref=14497 -
Human Rights in Birth Series
Ep 169 Description:
"Information is power. It will allow you to differentiate scaremongering and fear mongering and just detect the red flags, and that's important for you to advocate for yourself." —Maria Alejandra Cardenas
Have you ever felt sidelined in your pregnancy journey? A lot of women do. Navigating birth can feel like running up against a system that forgets women are the ones at the center. But there's a powerful truth: our experience isn't just about bringing a baby into the world—it's about standing up for our rights and reclaiming agency.
Alejandra Cardenas, a human rights attorney with decades of global advocacy, once found herself silenced during her first birth—despite her expertise. Her journey from disempowerment to a triumphant, self-directed second birth fuels her mission to help others break free from outdated norms and reclaim control.
This episode unpacks Alejandra's personal stories, the realities of obstetric violence, the life-changing impact of midwives and doulas, and practical ways to advocate for yourself, challenge fear-based care, and build a birth team that puts you first.
Connect with Debra!
Website: https://www.orgasmicbirth.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orgasmicbirth
X: 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
Episode Highlights:
04:22 Meet Alejandra— First Birth Experience
08:57 Challenges and Decisions During First Birth
19:42 Being a Protagonist of Own Birth Pregnancy Journey
23:23 Second Birth Experience
31:20 Reflections on Birth and Systemic Issues
39:03 Advice for a Positive Birth Experience
Resources:
💗If you are already a doula, nurse, midwife, or birth worker and in need of continuing education units, join Debra's Orgasmic Birth Practitioner Training. Birthworkers gather from around the world to learn together and create an Orgasmic Community. Learn more at https://www.orgasmicbirth.com/orgasmic-birth-practitioner-training
💗A pleasurable, safe birth begins with quality, positive childbirth education. Join Debra's online childbirth class, Pleasurable Birth Essentials: https://www.orgasmicbirth.com/pleasurable-birth-essentials
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Series: Human Rights in Birth— Birth Options
"Birth is a powerful moment of human life. It deserves the care that honors your rights, your choices, and your profound capacity for strength, trust, and pleasure." —Debra Pascali-Bonaro
Ep 168 Description:
Every birth tells a story, but too often those stories are shaped by fear, misinformation, or lack of choice. Respectful, informed, and pleasure-aware care can change the way we experience birth. Autonomy and knowledge are as vital as safety.
In this episode, Debra shares insights from her recent travels to Japan and highlights a powerful open letter from UK midwives, showing how human rights in childbirth can transform care. She unpacks why pleasure, anatomy education, and self-advocacy must be part of every conversation.
Press play to rethink birth and explore how care can honor the whole person:
Topics discussed:
Human rights in childbirth and why they matter
Integrating pleasure into birth experiences
Anatomy, sexual education, and empowerment
Navigating medical interventions with knowledge
How culture, providers, and self-advocacy shape outcomes
Connect with Debra!
Website: https://www.orgasmicbirth.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orgasmicbirth
X: 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
Episode Highlights:
01:36 Why Human Rights Matter in Childbirth
05:07 What's Missing: Pleasure, Education, and Autonomy
08:24 Why These Missing Pieces Matter
09:46 What Needs to Change—And What You Can Do
13:25 Challenges and Realities
15:19 Birth is Safety, Dignity, Autonomy, Respect, and Choice
Resources:
💗A pleasurable, safe birth begins with quality, positive childbirth education. Join Debra's online childbirth class, Pleasurable Birth Essentials: https://www.orgasmicbirth.com/pleasurable-birth-essentials
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Ep 167 Description:
"When you heal yourself, you can also influence the healing of your children. And I think every healing of oneself is a healing for the rest of the world." —Dr. Anemone Hedtstück
Feeling anxious about birth, or wondering if it's possible to actually look forward to the experience? You're not alone. So many parents-to-be carry quiet fears, old stories, and doubts about what birth "should" feel like. There's a gentler, more connected way to prepare that honors both your body and your heart.
Dr. Anemone Hedtstück's first birth shook her confidence, but it also sparked a lifelong mission: to guide others toward empowered, healing, and even joyful births. Drawing from her own transformation—from a vulnerable hospital patient to a holistic OB-GYN and mother of two—she brings fresh, practical wisdom to the art of preparing for birth. Her approach blends medical expertise, deep listening, and a belief in every woman's inner healer.
Press play to hear how to clear old birth patterns, nurture a real bond with your baby before birth, and set yourself up for a gentle, pleasurable experience—plus, get Dr. Anemone's honest take on hospital vs. home birth, healing after trauma, and the small steps that make a big difference.
Connect with Debra!
Website: https://www.orgasmicbirth.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orgasmicbirth
X: 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
Episode Highlights:
02:32 First Birth: A Lesson in Vulnerability
07:18 Lessons Learned and Holistic Approach
10:36 Second Birth: A Transformative Experiences
16:55 Clearing Sabotaging Patterns
22:31 The Importance of Prenatal Bonding
26:36 It's Never Too Late to Start a Healing Process
Resources:
💗If you are already a doula, nurse, midwife, or birth worker and in need of continuing education units, join Debra's Orgasmic Birth Practitioner Training. Birthworkers gather from around the world to learn together and create an Orgasmic Community. Learn more at https://www.orgasmicbirth.com/orgasmic-birth-practitioner-training
💗A pleasurable, safe birth begins with quality, positive childbirth education. Join Debra's online childbirth class, Pleasurable Birth Essentials: https://www.orgasmicbirth.com/pleasurable-birth-essentials
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"I wish they would be less afraid... Instead of having health care, we have health scare. The things that make the baby usually help the baby come out. And if you didn't make the baby that way, the things with someone you love during the process of having the baby can really bring you from a place of fright to a place of delight.." —Theresa Lasbrey Peters
"Pleasurable birth is when we accept the pain, accept the hardship of birth, but we shift our focus to pleasure and joy and to the sacredness that we can experience." —Bettina Zagoni
"These need to become like natural language— orgasmic birth and sexuality and stuff like that— starting with us as healthcare providers, and then to the mothers and to the grandmothers and to all the people around. We need to start doing that." —Alejandra Lozano
Ep 166 Description:
Parents and providers are starting to question why pleasure is missing from childbirth education and care. Many people want a birth that feels safe, connected, and aligned with how the body actually works. This episode offers a clear look at how pleasure, intimacy, and trust can shift fear-based systems and restore human-centered care.
Theresa Lasbrey Peters, Bettina Zagoni, and Alejandra Lozano share how discovering the science and practice of pleasure changed their work and the families they serve. Their accounts show how small changes in language, touch, and expectation lead to calmer births and deeper bonding.
Tap play to hear practical ideas that can change how you prepare for birth and support others during labor.
Topics inside:
• What a pleasurable birth looks like in real practice
• Why pleasure is a valid tool for coping with pain
• The benefits of slow midwifery and intentional environment
• Provider fears that limit physiological birth and how to address them
• Training pathways and community support for practitioners
• Concrete techniques partners and caregivers can use todayConnect with Debra!
Website: https://www.orgasmicbirth.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orgasmicbirth
X: 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
Episode Highlights:
03:02 Meet Theresa, Bettina, and Alejandra
08:50 What is Pleasurable Birth?
12:13 How Pleasure Changes Outcomes
18:46 Misconceptions About Orgasmic Birth
25:11 What Providers Need to Know: Fear vs Trust
32:39 How the Practitioner Program Transforms Practice
39:10 Join the Orgasmic Birth Practitioner Program
45:18 Valuing Information and Community Support Around Pleasure
49:01 Vision: Pleasurable Maternity Care
Resources:
💗If you are already a doula, nurse, midwife, or birth worker and in need of continuing education units, join Debra's Orgasmic Birth Practitioner Training. Birthworkers gather from around the world to learn together and create an Orgasmic Community. Learn more at https://www.orgasmicbirth.com/orgasmic-birth-practitioner-training
💗A pleasurable, safe birth begins with quality, positive childbirth education. Join Debra's online childbirth class, Pleasurable Birth Essentials: https://www.orgasmicbirth.com/pleasurable-birth-essentials
💗 Fin Pleasure VIBE, a wearable finger vibrator that can be used in pregnancy, labor, birth, and postpartum for pleasure, oxytocin enhancement, pain reduction, and healing: https://www.orgasmicbirth.com/fin-pleasurevibe/
💗Check out Orgasmic Birth: The Best-Kept Secret, the film creating buzz around the world! https://www.orgasmicbirth.com/the-film/
💗Podcast:
Strategizing Your Powerful Birth Journey with Theresa Lasbrey Peters
Unlocking the Power of Affirmations: The Science and Spirituality of Inner Talk with Bettina Zagoni
Lessons from Mexican Midwifery: Rituals to Transform Childbirth with Alejandra Lozano Part 1
Lessons from Mexican Midwifery: Rituals, Rebozo, and Pleasure in Birth with Alejandra Lozano Part 2
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