#453: Energetic Imprinting & Integration with Pre & Perinatal psychology practitioner, Mary Jackson
Birthing Instincts
Dr. Stuart Fischbein + Midwife Blyss Young
4.8 • 692 Ratings
🗓️ 18 February 2026
⏱️ 100 minutes
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Summary
In this week’s episode of the Birthing Instincts podcast, Blyss Stu challenge one of the most ignored questions in modern obstetrics: what does birth actually do to a human being? Joined by midwife and pre- and perinatal psychology educator Mary Jackson, they explore how experiences from conception through early childhood leave lasting imprints on the nervous system, emotional development, and lifelong behavior.
Mary unpacks how routine medical interventions, often dismissed as benign or “necessary”, can carry psychological and physiological consequences for both babies and mothers, consequences that are rarely acknowledged or integrated. The conversation pushes back against a system that prioritizes efficiency and control over awareness, connection, and respect for the baby’s lived experience. This episode is an invitation to slow down, question what has been normalized in birth culture, and reconsider what it truly means to protect, honor, and support the innate intelligence of birth.
About Mary:
Mary Jackson started her journey to become a home birth midwife in 1975. She has had the honor to catch her second generation of babies. She supports families to integrate their early experiences of preconception throughout their life span.
She incorporates Castellino somatic pre and perinatal psychology, Somatic Experience, Circle of Security, BCST, her training as an RN and Licensed Midwife. She is an international teacher/speaker and has brought her work to 12 countries. She currently teaches the Castellino foundation Training.
Website: birthinconnection.com / castellinotraining.com
Email: mjmidwife@gmail.com
References:
WSJ Article: ‘My Family Thought I Was Crazy’: More Women Are Choosing to Give Birth at Home
Substack: There’s Now a Medical Code for Vaccine Counseling Without Giving a Vaccine
Dr. Joe Tate, Peachtree Corners, GA
The Association for Prenatal & Perinatal Psychology & Health
Discussed in This Episode
Pre and Perinatal Psychologist, Mary Jackson
Recognizing Birth Interventions in Adult Life
Understanding Birth Sequences and Their Impact
The Phases of Labor and Birth
Effects of Interventions During Labor on Baby and Mother
The Baby's Experience and Long-Term Effects
Repairing Birth Imprints in Children and Adults
Supporting Babies and Parents Post-Birth
The Importance of Birth Stories
Podcast Produced by: Raquel Hernandez, Pride and Joy Doula Care
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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. Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, good middle of the night, fellow |
| 0:26.0 | travelers. Time for another edition of. The birthing instincts, well, can. Yeah, today is February |
| 0:35.2 | 4th of 2026, probably the 18th when you guys are listening to this. |
| 0:41.0 | Before we get into catching up, I just wanted to read something about our guest today real quickly. |
| 0:46.9 | Our guest is Mary Jackson today, and you'll be introducing her later. |
| 0:50.0 | But imagine a world where all babies feel welcome and nurtured beginning in the womb. |
| 0:56.5 | Imagine a world where all pregnant women feel fully supported throughout pregnancy, birth, |
| 1:00.3 | and the postpartum time. |
| 1:02.3 | Imagine where all support members of the birth process are educated about the impact of pregnancy |
| 1:06.8 | and birth throughout our lives. |
| 1:10.4 | This is from the website of the Association of Prenatal and Periatal Psychology and Health |
| 1:17.4 | people that Mary Jackson will be talking about today. |
| 1:20.7 | Yes, we'll be talking about. |
| 1:22.4 | And I've alluded to this topic many times in my conversations, |
| 1:27.4 | but pre and perinperinatal psychology is a entire |
| 1:30.6 | discipline. And I felt like to do it, this topic justice, it would be to bring someone on. |
| 1:36.6 | And I had the great privilege of interviewing Mary Jackson in her home for at her feet. That |
| 1:43.3 | interview has not yet been produced and released, but it will. |
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