Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 45 minutes ago
Moving from admittedly loving the drama of her high risk label, inductions, and medical providers to really clarifying what she wants and why - Kurin tells the beautiful story of her three births.
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Moving from admittedly loving the drama of her high risk label, inductions, and medical providers to really clarifying what she wants and why - Kurin tells the beautiful story of her three births.
Follow @Kurinadele
✨ Join REIGN ~ Emilee Saldaya’s action-oriented coaching container that is guaranteed to elevate you into your next phase of life for 2025 - freebirthsociety.com/reign
✨Connect with Free Birth Society on Instagram at instagram.com/freebirthsociety
✨Check out our best-selling course, The Complete Guide to Freebirth - freebirthsocietycourses.com/cgtf
✨Join us for our annual women’s gathering
matriarchrisingfestival.com
✨ Join the waitlist for the Matribirth Midwifery Institute - freebirthsociety.com/mmiwaitlist
✨Get our FREE Freebirth starter kit here! - freebirthsociety.com/start-here
✨Are you a sovereign birth professional? Get listed on the Matribirth Directory here - Matribirthdirectory.com
✨Join the Matribirth Directory and connect with sovereign birth professionals near you! - freebirthsociety.com/directorywaitlist
✨Get on the waitlist for the FBS private membership community “The Lighthouse” freebirthsociety.com/membership-waitlist
✨Donate to the podcast - paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=2YJBSCNYXT52Y
✨Subscribe to our Youtube channel - youtube.com/@FreeBirthSociety
✨Learn about everything we do at - freebirthsociety.com
🎙️ Check out Kurin’s Podcast “Mindful Mama” at open.spotify.com/show/2RkyJFB8Tz5a0HDqYLdWJS?si=O_IMJtOoT1OQ46CttCV_Yw
![How Being Targeted & Threatened Made Us Grow - Yolande Norris-Clark & Emilee Saldaya
What happens when the work you love, your life’s devotion, collides with public scrutiny, betrayal, and cancel culture?
In this intimate conversation, I sit down with my closest collaborator and soul sister in this movement, Yolande Norris-Clark. Together, we unpack what it’s been like to build groundbreaking programs for women, like our 10-month mentorship, The MatriBirth Mentor Institute (MMI), while simultaneously weathering the storm of online harassment, public misrepresentation, and the many initiations that come with success.
This is a raw and honest reflection on navigating backlash, strengthening boundaries, and staying anchored in your values while walking a path most don’t understand. We speak to the complex dance of sisterhood and collaboration, and how our friendship has been both tested and deepened by the work we continue to stand for.
This episode is for the women who know they’re here to disrupt the norm, build what’s never been built before, and stay the course even when darkness tries to push back.
Inside this episode, we explore:
• What hate groups taught us about privacy, protection, and spiritual hygiene
• Why we chose to rebrand the name of MMI to something that feels more aligned
• How scrutiny and slander can catalyze profound personal evolution and maturity
• The beauty and necessity of sisterhood that doesn’t flinch under fire
• Why being rooted in purpose is the only sustainable strategy for enduring cancel culture
• What it really takes to keep showing up when you know you’re being watched in bad faith
We created The MatriBirth Mentor Institute because we know the sovereign birth-work path isn’t easy—but it’s necessary. MMI is the container for women called to lead in truth, in integrity, and in devotion. This episode is a glimpse into the lived experience of harvesting the fruits of “mob mentality” and doing the inner work to become “uncancellable”.
Timestamps:
[00:00] Introduction
[04:22] Fear of visibility and public backlash in sovereign birth work
[12:54] Processing betrayal and loss of support
[22:28] Birth as a political and spiritual battleground
[42:05] Finding freedom and accountability in the face of public criticism
[54:59] Growing into leadership and re-evaluating boundaries
[01:08:32] Building a lasting movement for sovereign birth and mentorship
Resources Mentioned:
Matriarch Rising Festival | https://www.matriarchrisingfestival.com/
The Lighthouse | https://bit.ly/fbs-thelightlouse
Radical Birth Keeper School | https://bit.ly/fbs-rbks
The MatriBirth Mentor Institute | https://www.freebirthsociety.com/mmi
If you want to connect further with Yolande, give her a follow on https://www.instagram.com/bauhauswife/.
Find more from Emilee on:
https://www.instagram.com/freebirthsociety/, https://www.youtube.com/@UCW5LVxPY3UnJ3iS5CAaD97A and the Free Birth Society website: https://www.freebirthsociety.com/ How Being Targeted & Threatened Made Us Grow - Yolande Norris-Clark & Emilee Saldaya](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Y22eUQwqF1Q/mqdefault.jpg)





![She Fired Her Obstetrician At 36 Weeks Pregnant And Freebirthed
“I gave birth alone on linen sheets, and it was perfect.”
In this episode, I’m joined by Ash Anderson, mother of three and recent graduate of The MatriBirth Mentor Institute. After a traumatic induction with her first baby, Ash was certain she was done having children. But what she came to realize was that it wasn’t birth she was finished with—it was the hospital.
We unpack what it took for Ash to walk away from the industrial model of care, how she and her husband navigated the residual fear from her first birth, and why healing her relationship with motherhood was a necessary precursor to welcoming another baby.
From being coerced into interventions to catching her third baby alone in a moment of pure presence, Ash offers a grounded and powerful testimony to the transformation possible when a woman chooses trust, sovereignty, and self-responsibility.
You’ll Learn:
• Why “just in case” inductions increase trauma and strip women of autonomy
• How hospital birth plans are powerless against coercive systems
• What subtle manipulation in late pregnancy says about industrial birth priorities
• Why even “holistic” midwives still operate within controlling paradigms
• How freebirth dissolves fear and restores deep body-trust
• Why preparing for postpartum is a radical act of self-respect
• How birth witnessed by children shapes the future of womanhood
• What it means to birth alone and discover your strength, resilience, and sovereignty
This episode is a reminder that birth doesn’t have to be micromanaged, feared, or medicalized. It can be simple. It can be sacred. It can be yours if you choose it.
Timestamps:
[00:00] Introduction
[02:11] Realizing the hospital birth system wasnt aligned with her values
[14:16] Traumatic induction and vow to never birth that way again
[19:39] Perspective shift on motherhood and discovering freebirth
[32:52] Her first transformative experience freebirthing at home
[50:04] Unexpected second freebirth completely alone
[58:10] Breaking birth narratives and giving her children a new story
If you want to connect more with Ash, follow her on https://www.instagram.com/zenith_sovereign_birth and check out her website: https://zenithholisticcoaching.com/
Find more from Emilee on:
https://www.instagram.com/freebirthsociety/, https://www.youtube.com/@UCW5LVxPY3UnJ3iS5CAaD97A and the Free Birth Society website: https://www.freebirthsociety.com/ She Fired Her Obstetrician At 36 Weeks Pregnant And Freebirthed](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/__UDn9CiEDk/mqdefault.jpg)



