#419: Thank you, I love you. Our Conversation on the book "Yoni Owner's Manual" with Ibu Robin Lim
Birthing Instincts
Dr. Stuart Fischbein + Midwife Blyss Young
4.5 • 631 Ratings
🗓️ 25 June 2025
⏱️ 84 minutes
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Summary
In this week's podcast, Blyss and Stu are joined by renowned midwife and author Robin Lim to explore her new book, The Yoni Owner's Manual. Robin shares her awe-inspiring experiences and insights into midwifery, childbirth, and the spiritual aspects of the female body, emphasizing the importance of pleasure and the interconnectedness of humans with nature and the divine.
About Robin:
Robin Lim CPM Filipina~American~Micronesian midwife founder Bumi Sehat Foundation maintains six clinics in Indonesia, Philippines.
Honors: 2006 Alexander Langer Foundation, 2011 CNN Hero of the Year, in 2012 APPPAH, The Association for Pre and Perinatal Psychology and Health, gave Ibu Robin the Jeannine Parvati BirthKeeper Award, and in 2016 she became Earth Company’s Impact Hero. Lim is an Ashoka Fellow.
Books authored: After the Baby’s Birth, Wellness for Mothers, Ecology of Gentle Birth Awakening Birth, Eating for Two, Placenta the Forgotten Chakra, Eat Pray Doula, The Geometry of Splitting Souls, Natural Family Planning Workbook, Butterfly People, Bali… A Cage in Paradise, Yoni Owner’s Manual, Bali… A Cage in Paradise. Seven health autonomy booklets in Bahasa Indonesia.
In the era of planetary and political change we must implement Humanitarian response geared to serve women, & children, including gender equality, cultural safety, and consideration for the needs of women left homeless, hungry, without water, and with no access to health services. Lim has headed up early response teams in the after math of disasters in:Bali, Aceh, Lombok, Palu, Padang, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Jacmel, Haiti, Philippines, Dhading, Nepal, Global Pandemic shutdown.
Robin Lim is an inspirational figure in health care, particularly in obstetrics, where she combines traditional midwifery & Doula wisdom and modern scientific knowledge to provide care that respects both mothers and babies. She and her team have saved thousands of women and newborns in difficult hygienic, social, or humanitarian conditions. As part of her lifelong commitment to resolving the impacts of climate crisis, she focuses on supporting women recovering from the effects of war, earthquakes, typhoons, volcanic eruptions, pandemic, climate change disasters around the world.
Instagram: @iburobin
Website: iburobin.com
Resources
Robin’s books: iburobin.com/shop
In This Episode
The Yoni Owner's Manual
Cultural Perspectives on the Clitoris
Historical and Medical Neglect
Empowerment and Sovereignty
Sexual Health and Menopause
The Menstrual Cycle and Moon Time
Reconnecting with Nature in Childbirth
Advocating for Women's Autonomy
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Burling Instincts Podcast. |
| 0:05.0 | I'm Dr. Stewart Fishbein, community-based practicing obstetrician and long-time advocate for birth choices. |
| 0:10.0 | And I'm Bliss Young, a licensed midwife. |
| 0:13.0 | Join us in our conversational style podcast where we talk about everything birth. |
| 0:17.0 | Sometimes we laugh, sometimes we cry, but we're happy that you're here. So here we go. |
| 0:22.5 | Hi, Bliss. |
| 0:23.0 | Good morning. |
| 0:23.7 | Good afternoon. |
| 0:24.1 | Good evening. |
| 0:24.5 | Good evening. |
| 0:24.5 | And good middle of the night. |
| 0:25.3 | Everybody, we're back for another week of our podcast. |
| 0:29.5 | And we're very excited this week because we are talking to the amazing legend Robin Lynn. |
| 0:35.2 | And she's just hard opening and amazing. |
| 0:39.0 | And we're talking about one of my favorite subjects, which is... |
| 0:41.5 | Yoni. |
| 0:43.9 | Not really, but... |
| 0:45.3 | Yeah, she's got a new book out called Yoni's Owners Manual. |
| 0:48.7 | And we're going to take a dive into that book with her. |
| 0:51.9 | And I'm sure we're going to be involved with some great storytelling. |
| 0:55.1 | Always. Because that's Robbins Forte. She just has this calming influence. So I'm really excited for this podcast today. Before we get to that, just some brief updates. What's happening with you? I am here waiting on two babies and lots and lots and lots of |
| 1:16.0 | amazing bridge stuff happening. Tomorrow is the release of At Her Feet by the time you guys hear |
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