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Higher Self with Carina Devi
Higher Self is a nurturing podcast dedicated to guiding awakening souls on their journey toward embodying their higher selves.
Each episode provides practical tools, transformative stories, and intuitive wisdom designed to support listeners in navigating the complexities of being both human beings and spiritual beings. Topics range from navigating an uncertain world and growing through challenges, to conscious mothering and holistic wellbeing.
Hosted by Carina Devi—a teacher of mindfulness, meditation, yoga, and somatic healing; a childbirth educator, doula, and intuitive Reflector—this show offers a refreshing blend of joy, humor, authentic human experience and peaceful serenity.
Whether you’re a lightworker, highly sensitive person, or someone seeking deeper self-connection, Higher Self with Carina Devi offers insights to inspire and empower your personal growth journey.
Higher Self with Carina Devi
My Birth Story Part 2: A Painless, Pleasurable Home Birth
In this episode, I tell the story of my son's wonderful home birth. I go into detail of every stage of the journey: what I found easy, the challenges I faced and how I got through them, what surprised me, what I loved, it's spiritual nature, and more. If you're looking for a good, happy birth story that also keeps it real, this is it.
Here's what you'll hear:
0:00 - Preview & Intro
1:20 - The Cocoon Loosens
2:31 - The First Early Labor Contractions
5:12 - "My water is about to break"
06:03 - Using Hypnobabies to Release Fear
06:36 - The Early Labor "It's Happening" Warm & Fuzzies
07:25 - What Are The Midwives Doing Here Already?
08:53 - Feminine Fury & a Pause in Labor
10:15 - "I'm going to restart my labor. No one follow me."
11:25 - The Perfect Spring Day and Finding My Flow
12:23 - Learning to Understand and Control Contractions
14:15 - Hummingbird Medicine & Hating The Toilet
16:22 - Active Labor Begins
18:19 - My One Painful Contraction
19:48 - My Favorite Part of Labor
22:10 - Getting Into The Birth Pool
24:10 - A Deep Pool of Bliss
26:37 - Transition
27:53 - Getting Overwhelmed and Telling My Contractions "No"
28:57 - The Rest & Be Thankful Phase
29:49 - Retrieving My Baby's Soul From The Cosmos
30:34 - Pushing Is Powerful
31:17 - My Inner Escape Artist
33:05 - Facing Fears
35:05 - Phwoom! Getting Baby Into Position
36:31 - In An Altered State of Consciousness
37:30 - I Have To Decide To Do This
38:50 - I've Never Seen My Vulva Look Like That Before
39:42 -Calling On My Birth Altar
40:35 - The Only Way Out Is Through
41:18 - Summoning Ancient Power
43:13 - Crowning and Ecstatic Pleasure
44:40 - The Most Pleasurable Sensation I've Ever Felt In My Life
47:14 - "Am I Having A Hemmorage?"
48:53 - I Didn't Tear!
49:33 - Getting Tucked Into Bed As A Family of Three and Breastfeeding For The First Time
52:27 - The Lessons I Learned In Labor
59:13 - An Invitation To Share Your Empowering Birth Story
If you'd like to share your birth story on the MotherSpeak podcast, you can go to podinbox.com/MotherSpeak to share your birth story.
If you'd prefer to share it in written format or be interviewed for the podcast, email me at carina@carinadevi.com.
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