Hot+Brave
Hosted by birth worker and activist Bianca Sprague from bebo mia Inc (https://bebomia.com/), Hot + Brave is like a hilarious conversation with your feisty friend who doesn’t give a f*ck. Brave stories, business support, hot topics and #truthbombs that will either balm your soul or light fire to your rage.
Episodes
67 episodes
S5E13 - Should You Offer Sliding Scale? Let’s Talk About It
Should you offer sliding scale pricing in your doula business? This solo episode of Hot + Brave dives into the heart of that question with honesty, nuance, and strategy. We’re unpacking the roots of sliding scale, how race and gender shape expe...
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Season 5
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Episode 13
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21:30
S5E12 - Global Wisdom, Local Roots: How Bobette Returned to Ghana to Transform Birth Care
What does birth look like in Ghana today? In this powerful episode, Bianca sits down with Bobette, founder of Uzuri Birth, to explore how ancestral knowledge, global education, and personal experience c...
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Season 5
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Episode 12
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1:05:42
S5 E11 - Breath as Medicine: A Doula’s Guide to Embodied Healing with Jillian Marchand
In this tender and powerful episode of Hot + Brave, I’m joined by Jillian Marchand, founder of Exploring Embodiment, for a deep dive into breathwork, reproductive health, and the cultural disconnection so many of us carry in o...
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Season 5
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Episode 11
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55:20
S5E10 - How to Be a Great Backup Doula (and Choose Yours Wisely)
In this episode of Hot + Brave, Bianca breaks down the essential (but often overlooked) topic of backup doulas: how to choose one, how to be one, and why this role is a vital part of building a sustainable, ethical doula practice.<...
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Season 5
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Episode 10
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25:38
S5E9 - The journey from maiden to mother with Anna Lundqvist
In this episode of Hot + Brave, we’re joined by Anna Lundqvist of Sacred Birth International (www.sacredbirthinternational.com) to explore one of the most profound and often overlooked shifts in a woman’s life: the transition from maid...
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Season 5
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Episode 9
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48:14
S5E8 - The Best Doula Tools You Already Have (No Shopping Needed)
In this episode of Hot + Brave, Bianca Sprague is busting a huge myth in the birth world... the myth that you need a bag full of fancy tools to be an effective doula. Spoiler: the best doula tools are already within you.F...
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Season 5
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Episode 8
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24:39
S5E7 - Talk Like a Doula: Understanding the Language of Birth
In this episode of Hot + Brave, Bianca Sprague breaks down common birth terms you’ve probably heard, like effacement, dilation, VBAC, golden hour, and more... but maybe never fully understood.Whether you’re brand new to doula tr...
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Season 5
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Episode 7
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35:41
S5E6 - I Didn’t Love the Newborn Stage...And That’s Okay
In this episode of Hot + Brave, Bianca Sprague breaks the silence around one of parenthood’s biggest taboos: not loving the newborn stage.From hormonal crashes to sleep deprivation, from identity loss to emotional overload, this...
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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38:23
S5 S5 - The Epidural Debate Is Missing the Point
In this episode of Hot + Brave, Bianca Sprague breaks down why the birth world’s obsession with “natural vs. medicated” is a distraction, and how the real issue isn’t the epidural itself, but the lack of choice, support, and honest ...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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33:36
S5 E04 - The Myth of the “Perfect” Birth: Why We Need to Change the Narrative
In this powerful episode of Hot + Brave, Bianca Sprague unpacks the damaging myth of the “perfect” birth...and why it’s time to let it go.From unmedicated water births to curated Instagram stories, the fantasy of a flawless birth experie...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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29:15
S5 E03 - Birth Isn’t the Problem, The System Is: Birth in the Age of Misinformation
What if I told you most due dates are based on a formula from the 1800s? Or that you’re still being told not to eat during labor because of a study from 1946? Or that the system profits when you’re too scared to ask question...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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51:14
S5E2 - Giving Birth in a Foreign Country: What No One Tells You with Hannah Preil
Giving birth in a foreign country comes with surprises, challenges, and a whole lot of translation errors. Maternity mentor and expat mama Hannah Preil shares what it’s really like to navigate pregnancy, birth, and postpartum abroad. Plus, how ...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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1:07:31
S5 E01 - Parenting, Mental Health & the Thief of Joy: A No-BS Chat with Nikki Steel Osborne
We are talking all about mental health and talking about it in a way that is not happening in other places. This will shake you up and give you ideas to find joy. Want to find Nikki? Check her our here: https://www.thesc...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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1:16:55
S4 E12 - Referrals Made Easy: How to Grow Your Doula Business Fast
Building a referral program is a great way to have an awesome marketing machine made up of your community members! We will walk you through how to do this and we have done all the work for you with the free referral building kit.Get the...
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26:08
S4 E11 - 10 Things NOT To Do With Loss Families with Vallen Webb
Content Note: We discuss loss, so please make sure you take care of yourself and step away if needed.Find out more about the 911 Kit go here: www.bebomia.com/911kitTo find out about Vallen's Loss Certification go here: www.evely...
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Season 4
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Episode 11
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1:02:06
S4 E10 - Pregnancy after 9 losses with Rachell Dumas of A Light After Nine
Content Note: We discuss loss, so please make sure you take care of yourself and step away if needed.Find out more about Rachell and her incredible work at: www.alightafternine.orgwww.instagram.com/alightafternine
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Season 4
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Episode 10
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1:00:57
S4 E09 - Scaffolding Your Doula Game: The Unfiltered Blueprint with Kaely Harrod
This week I had the pleasure of chatting with my gal pal Kaely Harrod and she is a flippin’ gem. She cracks me up and we wanted to go through some critical scaffolding for doulas to have success in their business. We cover everything from contr...
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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1:17:18
S4E8 - Births, Boundaries, and the Quest to Become a Relaxed Woman
What would it be like to be a relaxed woman? Inspired by Elizabeth Gilbert, Bianca looks at this almost impossible but wildly sexy concept of a relaxed and calm state rather than the state of fight and exhaustion we stay in. What would ...
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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23:05
S4 E07 - The flaws of the ARRIVE Trial for induction with midwife Sara Holt
There is a study called the ARRIVE Trial that boasts that 39 week inductions lower operative birth rates in nulliparous birthing people. Well, join Nurse Midwife Sara Holt and Bianca Sprague as they highlight the deep flaws with the study and l...
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59:41
S4 E06 - More Adventures, Less Compromises: The Power of Platonic Joy
After last weeks episode about the gender inequity at home (and every where), I wanted a feel good episode about friendship as the antidote. My heart is bursting with joy after a wonderful long weekend, and I share some nerd facts about friends...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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28:39
S4 E05 - Why you're justified in hating your husband
This episode talks about the inequity at home for women and mothers and business owners. This stuff is infuriating and what are we going to do about it? Content note, y’all: I am going to keep this convo pretty gendered so that I...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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25:11
S4 E04 - Risk vs. Reward: Myths About Safety in Childbirth, Education, and Parenting
Ok, we could talk to Brad for hours... literally. I almost panicked when I had to get down to just 1 topic for the interview. Soooo, we jammed a few hot topics into 1 - and it mostly fit. I really just wanted you to hear how incredible he...
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57:18
S4 E03 - Fighting for Fairness: Workplace Rights from Pregnancy to Menopause
Join Bianca as she chats with Jack and Catherine, lawyers fighting for working women at all stages of their reproductive life cycle, from pregnancy through menopause. Jack's practice focuses on combating sexual harassment, pregnancy discriminat...
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1:15:01
S4 E02 - Doula Co-ops: A Blueprint for Collective (& Unregulated) Empowerment
September is my birthday month and I am ALL about community. So I thought that having a 'how to build community co-op' chat would be the perfect episode to be released on my big day. I reached out to one of my favorite community b...
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1:04:28
S4 E01 - My healing around PPD & Suicide loss for Suicide Prevention Day
September is suicide prevention month and today is suicide prevention day. I am sharing my personal experience with suicide ideation and loss to expand the conversation and to shift the narrative - which is the theme for 2024's Suicide Preventi...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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59:25