#489: How We Choose To Respond Is Our Choice with Jenée Carlson
Can we prepare for the birth we want while still surrendering to the birth we get?
Our guest, Jenée Carlson, experienced two births that couldn't have been more different. Her first was a home birth filled with suffering. Her second? A free birth she describes as completely painless, peaceful, and blissful.
Same woman. Same body. So what changed?
Jenée joins us to explore the power of our beliefs, the conditioning that teaches women to distrust their instincts, and what happens when we stop outsourcing our authority to everyone else.
We get into manifestation, meditation, generational trauma, the uncomfortable truth about personal responsibility, and why some people seem downright offended when another woman has a beautiful birth experience.
About Jenée
Jenée is a prenatal mentor helping women across the globe align with their dream birth experience through intentional mindset shifts, paradigm transformation, guided meditation, & nervous system regulation. Her work bridges neuroscience & intuition, helping women understand how their beliefs, thoughts, & emotions can shape their birth experience. She guides women to reconnect with possibility & consciously create the experience they desire.
After experiencing two profoundly contrasting births—from a homebirth full of suffering to a freebirth that was completely PAINLESS, calm, & filled with bliss—Jenée discovered firsthand that a difficult birth experience does not have to define what is possible in the future. That transformation changed the course of her life & her work.
Since then, she has supported women from Mexico to Australia, & across the United States. Her experiences have shaped an empowerment-based framework, that provides women with the tools to approach their birth experience with greater awareness, intention, & trust.
Website: JeneeCarlson.com
Instagram: @Jeneecarlson14
References:
Dr. Stu’s Podcast #162: Let’s Talk About Skye
Birthing Instincts #314 Low Platelets & Deficiencies of Wisdom
BroadandLiberty.com: Midwives, doctors discuss home births
https://broadandliberty.com/2026/10/05/midwives-doctors-discuss-home-births/
28 Pennsylvania Code Chapter 137
https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/secure/pacode/data/028/chapter137/028_0137.pdf
Pain Perception in Advanced meditators
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23000783/
Rewired by Dr. Joe Dispenza
https://www.gaia.com/series/rewired
Reclaiming Birth
https://www.reclaimingbirthconference.com/
Discussed in This Episode
Breaking Generational Trauma
Have Women Been Conditioned to Ignore Their Instincts?
Meditation, Manifestation, and Changing Your Mindset
Free Birth, Feminism, and Women's Autonomy
Acknowledging Risk Without Letting Fear Lead
What Happens When Partners Disagree About Birth?
Learning to Welcome the Unknown
How Birth Preparation Can Transform Motherhood
Podcast Produced by: Raquel Hernandez, Pride and Joy Doula Care
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