If I’m Not Here To Tell You
Latest Episodes
Music Segment: Kaedra by Winsome Kind
Follow Winsome Kind on Instagram @winsomekind for more of their work and other custom kids’ songs!
Episode 7: An Honouring of Mothers (and their daughters) Who’ve Died At Different Ages
5 women whose mother’s have died at different ages (including my own grandmother!) answer 4 questions about having their mothers no longer with them. From 11 months old to 55 years, hear what they have learned, wish they knew, how they keep their mothers
Music Segment: Find You Wherever by Kristie Robin
A song written for us by our friend Kristie Robin, a birth and lifestyle photographer and doula with many other talents! Follow her birth and lifestyle photography work @vancitybirth on Instagram or find her at kristierobin.com
EPISODE 6: Talking To Kids About Death with Janie Brown
An exploration of talking to kids about death with Janie Brown, co-founder of Callinash Society, an organization I consider the midwifery of cancer care. Support my fundraising for them through the link in my Instagram bio @jessicaaustinchildbirth . (song
Mini Episode for the doulas, by request.
Mini episode for the recent doula grads by request from @bewithbirth: “a doula pep talk for us students to listen to on our way to a birth. Little reminders to stay true to who we are and what we we've learned!” She sent me her top seven reminders and I t
Episode 5: Lessons On Parenting, Learned Through Birth
I chat to my friend Josha McNab (@raising_humanz) about how connecting to the instinctual physiology of birth helped us connect to the instinctual nurturing of our kids. Enjoy! Supper my work through IG link @jessicaaustinchildbirth
Episode 4: Lessons On Life, Through Birth
Birth, in many ways, is simply a metaphor for life. I share the lessons birth has taught me about living life and finding strength through intensity and challenge.
Episode 3: Preparing For Death (Like Birth)
Preparing for death and how it overlaps with preparing for birth. Tal has a moment of raw emotion and we laugh-cry our way through being human together at the end. Enjoy :). Link in Instagram bio to support @jessicaaustinchildbirth
Episode 2: Facing Death Head On
We talked last episode about how I was born, and here’s an intro to confronting the idea of my death. Part one of a conversation on how looking death in the face helps me navigate life more powerfully while I’m still here and extremely committed to stayin
Episode 1: I have a mom: Intro to building a legacy for my daughter
I talk about how I want to leave lessons and stories from my life behind in order mother my daughter even if my metastatic cancer takes me from her too early, and tell the story of my own birth and what I learned from it. Follow or subscribe to get future