Ep 221: Healing Through Birth Story Medicine with Amelia Kriss
Birth With Power
Dr. Nicole C. Rankins
4.8 • 650 Ratings
🗓️ 22 August 2023
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Have you heard of birth story medicine? Today’s guest, Amelia Kriss, is a therapist who helps parents work through unresolved issues connected to the experience of giving birth. Not everyone will necessarily need to work through their delivery narrative with someone else. But for those who experience trauma it can be a helpful tool.
When people are unhappy with their birth it’s generally not because of the specific course it took but rather because they hadn’t anticipated the possibility of it deviating from what they envisioned. Even if you’re sure of the birth you want, it’s important to explore all possibilities. You can’t control birth so the best thing you can do is educate yourself so you can be prepared.
In this Episode, You’ll Learn About:
- Why it’s important to process your birth story
- What a drama therapist does
- How to balance processing your birth story while staying in the present moment
- What you can do during your pregnancy to help shape your birth story to be more positive
- How our narratives about our birth stories affects us in the long term
- How your opinion of your birth story can affect your opinion of yourself
- What the most common reasons are that people seek counseling for their birth
- Why it’s important to acknowledge that not everything about parenting is great
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| 0:00.0 | This is a really great interview with Amelia Chris about processing your birth story. |
| 0:13.0 | Welcome to the All About Pregnancy and Birth Podcast. I'm Dr. Nicole Calloway Rankins, a board |
| 0:20.0 | certified OBGYN who's been in practice for nearly 15 years. I'm Dr. Nicole Calloway Rankins, a board certified OBGYN, who's been in practice for |
| 0:22.6 | nearly 15 years. I've had the privilege of helping over 1,000 babies into this world, and I'm |
| 0:29.2 | here to help you be calm, confident, and empowered to have a beautiful pregnancy in birth. |
| 0:36.1 | Quick note, this podcast is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for medical advice. |
| 0:42.3 | Check out the full disclaimer at Dr. Nicole Rankins.com forward slash disclaimer. |
| 0:46.9 | Now let's get to it. |
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| 1:20.6 | Hello there. Welcome to another episode of the podcast. |
| 1:24.5 | This is episode number 221. Whether you are a new listener or returning listener, |
| 1:30.7 | I'm so glad that you're spending some of your time with me today. In today's episode, |
| 1:35.9 | we have Amelia Chris. Amelia is a drama therapist and certified coach in private practice in the |
| 1:41.4 | Bay Area in California. She lives there with her partner and her two |
| 1:45.1 | powerhouse daughters. She's also a certified daring way facilitator, and she works primarily |
| 1:51.9 | with recovering people pleasers and nice girls to deconstruct self-shrinking patterns |
| 1:58.0 | and find more ease and joy. Amelia is deeply committed to birth story medicine |
| 2:04.8 | work, which is about helping folks integrate and move forward from unresolved issues connected |
| 2:12.5 | to the experience of giving birth. She's proud to be listed in the newly formed pro-choice therapist directory, and she's |
| 2:21.8 | dedicated to redefining postpartum support as a holistic, inclusive, radical practice encompassing |
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