In this unforgettable episode of Soul Evolution, I sit with Laura—mama, circle keeper, and host of The Embodied Mother podcast—for a deep dive into the initiation of motherhood, the rupture of medical birth trauma, and the sacred path of reclamation.
Laura shares the story of her undisturbed labor turned coerced hospital transfer and cesarean, the severance from her son, and the slow, holy work of finding her way back to her body, her pleasure, and her voice. We speak on nervous system repair, breast milk as medicine, ancestral midwifery wisdom, and how women become the elders we once sought.
This is a love letter to every mother who has walked through fire, and to the daughters being born to women remembering who they are.
Laura Guinnane is an INNATE Traditions postpartum care provider and a student midwife studying under elder midwife Whapio through The Matrona. She is a somatic practitioner, storyteller, and the creator and host of the Embodied Mother Podcast—a space devoted to raw, embodied conversations about birth, trauma, healing, and the sacred journey of motherhood.
Born in Ireland and drawing from her Celtic lineage, Laura lives in deep reverence for the cyclical nature of life. Her path is rooted in feminine wisdom, earth-based practices, and storytelling as medicine. Following the emergency caesarean birth of her son, she was initiated into a powerful reclamation of her body and feminine essence—a process she calls the Wonder in her Wound. This experience awakened her devotion to supporting women in reconnecting with their own innate knowing. She has since refocused her work to support mothers in coming back into connection with their embodied wisdom and pleasure through somatic movement, touch, and sound.
Laura weaves pre and perinatal dynamics throughout her work, bringing awareness to how our nervous systems are shaped from preconception, conception, gestation, birth, and the first three years of life. She supports identifying imprints from this period, known as the primal continuum of life, and using tools to orient back to the original blueprint—where life can thrive.
Now living in northern Thailand, Laura is co-parenting and worldschooling her five-year-old son while seeking the next place for her family to put down roots and grow in community and connection to land. Her work is an invitation into the depths of embodied motherhood—where trauma meets transformation, and the whispers of the womb can once again be heard.
Laura offers 1:1 support for women in all stages of their evolution: cyclical living, pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and beyond.
Stay connected with Laura:
Email: lauraguinnane@gmail.com
Instagram: @lauraguinnane
Substack (musings on motherhood & womanhood): embodiedmothermusings.substack.com
She believes that our stories carry deep medicine, and that by honouring the cycles of our bodies and the earth, we can return to a way of mothering that is whole, wise, and profoundly alive.
My new website is live at www.emilygracenixon.com—a space where all of my offerings now live under Embodied Women’s Wisdom.
Here you’ll find:
– The Wise Woman: A Path to Remembrance: a 6-week journey into feminine remembrance
– So You Want a Home Birth?: my self-paced guide to a sovereign, physiological birth
– The Embodied Wise Women’s Community: a soulful $6/month gathering space
– Current offerings, mentorships, and more
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Music The Ancients (feat. Loga Ramin Torkian) by Azam Ali
Disclaimer:
The information and resources provided by me are not intended to constitute or replace medical or midwifery advice or a Mother’s intuition. Instead, all information provided is intended for education purposes only. My advice is not to be seen as medical diagnosis or to treat any medical illness or condition of Mother or baby/fetus.