#427: Changing The Narrative with Girls Who Know® Founder Laurisa Paul

Birthing Instincts

Dr. Stuart Fischbein + Midwife Blyss Young

Parenting, Kids & Family, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.5 • 631 Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2025

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of the Birthing Instincts Podcast, Dr. Stu and Midwife Blyss interview Larissa Paul, founder of 'Girls Who Know®,' an organization dedicated to educating young girls about their bodies, menstrual cycles, and childbirth. They highlight how early education, and the knowing one's body can empower young girls, reduce fear, and lead to better birthing experiences.

About Laurisa:

Laurisa Paul is a Registered Nurse, home birther, writer, and founder of Girls Who Know®, an organization that inspires girls to love who they are and to know and respect their bodies.

Medically trained, Laurisa stumbled across homebirth when she was actively seeking for better birth experiences. Since then, she has worked as a midwife assistant and an instructor for Evidence Based Birth.

Laurisa has a deep passion for supporting women and connecting with those she loves. She resides in Texas, where she is a mother of five and an outdoor adventurer. Laurisa loves a good challenge like Spanish speaking, hiking, running, tree climbing or raising wholehearted human beings.

Laurisa and her team at Girls Who Know® are improving childbirth outcomes through the education of girls while they are young.

Instagram: @officialgirlswhoknow

Website: www.girlswhoknow.com

Mentioned in This Episode

Birth Is Not a Medical Emergency: The Fight for Autonomy in Women’s Health: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ny0fuPYaKo

The Pregnancy Scam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXki4uYWOQ8

Birth Outside the Box: https://BirthOutsidetheBoxSeries.com/stfi

ACOG IG Post: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DNDgCeVs8N-/?igsh=ejBqdmlwMWVwYjlo

Bridge Midwives IG: @thebridgemidwives

In This Episode

Girls Who Know: Mission and Vision

Educational Gaps and Cultural Taboos

Empowering the Next Generation

Teaching Reproductive Anatomy to Young Girls

The Power of Childbirth Education

Hollywood vs. Reality in Childbirth

Podcast Produced by: Raquel Hernandez, Pride and Joy Doula Care

This show is supported by

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Burling Instincts Podcast. I'm Dr. Stuart Fishbein, community-based practicing
0:07.7	obstetrician and longtime advocate for birth choices. And I'm Bliss Young, a licensed midwife.
0:12.8	Join us in our conversational style podcast where we talk about everything birth. Sometimes we laugh,
0:18.3	sometimes we cry, but we're happy that you're here. So here we go.
0:23.6	Good morning.
0:24.7	Good afternoon.
0:25.6	Good evening and good middle of the night wherever you are.
0:29.0	Thanks again for joining us on another episode of the Burthing Instincts podcast with me,
0:34.3	Stuart Fishbein and Bliss,, who's on the road.
0:38.8	Still in Texas or on the way to Louisiana?
0:43.0	I am in Texas for one more interview,
0:45.4	and then tomorrow I head out to Louisiana.
0:48.4	Yeah.
0:49.2	So, yeah, I've been in Texas a while.
0:52.5	Yeah, how many interviews have you?
0:53.8	How many goats are there?
0:57.2	Seven or eight interviews here in Texas.
1:00.0	So that's great.
1:01.2	Yeah, it's been great.
1:02.3	Texas, you know, it's, you can just feel that hospitality, you know, like one of the women that I interviewed, Kathy, actually, she's
1:14.9	met you before. She just, they went off on vacation and she's like, you can just stay here,
1:19.7	do your interviews here. You know, I mean, it's just so lovely. Yeah, you know, it sounds like
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