Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
This week, Emilee is joined by Raquel, who shares her extraordinary first pregnancy and sovereign birth at the age of 41.
Raquel speaks candidly about the profound transitions she navigated during this time. The death of her mother, leaving her job, moving homes, and entering into the work of congruency, boundaries, and privacy. Choosing a wild pregnancy, she hired a Radical Birth Keeper graduate to hold space as she walked this sacred path.
She opens up about the challenges she faced postpartum with nursing and her child’s tongue tie, reflecting on what she might do differently now. And she speaks with clarity about her sense of completion after one child, naming that she does not desire more.
This conversation carries the archetype of the death of the maiden, a story of initiation, sovereignty, and the power of claiming motherhood on one’s own terms.
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If you want to connect with Raquel, follow her on Instagram at instagram.com/inner.sanctuary.guide and you can find her website here: raqueldarowe.com/.
Find more from Emilee on:
instagram.com/freebirthsociety/, youtube.com/@UCW5LVxPY3UnJ3iS5CAaD97A and the Free Birth Society website: freebirthsociety.com
This week, Emilee is joined by Raquel, who shares her extraordinary first pregnancy and sovereign birth at the age of 41.
Raquel speaks candidly about the profound transitions she navigated during this time. The death of her mother, leaving her job, moving homes, and entering into the work of congruency, boundaries, and privacy. Choosing a wild pregnancy, she hired a Radical Birth Keeper graduate to hold space as she walked this sacred path.
She opens up about the challenges she faced postpartum with nursing and her child’s tongue tie, reflecting on what she might do differently now. And she speaks with clarity about her sense of completion after one child, naming that she does not desire more.
This conversation carries the archetype of the death of the maiden, a story of initiation, sovereignty, and the power of claiming motherhood on one’s own terms.
✨Donate to the podcast - paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=2YJBSCNYXT52Y
If you want to connect with Raquel, follow her on Instagram at instagram.com/inner.sanctuary.guide and you can find her website here: raqueldarowe.com/.
Find more from Emilee on:
instagram.com/freebirthsociety/, youtube.com/@UCW5LVxPY3UnJ3iS5CAaD97A and the Free Birth Society website: freebirthsociety.com
