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Midwife Life: Midwifing you through health, motherhood, and the sacred mess of life’s transformations with Diane Ortega

Midwife Life: Midwifing you through health, motherhood, and the sacred mess of life’s transformations with Diane Ortega

Diane Ortega of Willow Birth Center

94 episodesEN

Show overview

Midwife Life: Midwifing you through health, motherhood, and the sacred mess of life’s transformations with Diane Ortega has been publishing since 2024, and across the 2 years since has built a catalogue of 94 episodes, alongside 1 trailer or bonus episode. That works out to roughly 50 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence, with the show now in its 11th season.

Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 11 min and 49 min — with run-times ranging widely across the catalogue. It is catalogued as a EN-language Health & Fitness show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 2 days ago, with 37 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2025, with 46 episodes published. Published by Diane Ortega of Willow Birth Center.

Episodes
94
Running
2024–2026 · 2y
Median length
20 min
Cadence
Weekly

From the publisher

Welcome to The Midwife Life—part podcast, part revolution that empowers and educates women on all things related to pregnancy, birth, postpartum care, and careers in healthcare. Whether it's understanding the options available to you, advocating for yourself in a health care setting, or simply knowing that you're not alone, I want you to leave each episode feeling stronger and more equipped.

Latest Episodes

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78: I'm Scared You Won't Think You're Worth It

Sep 14, 202612 min

77: The Workshop I Cancelled

Sep 7, 202612 min

BONUS REPLAY: Your Body Isn’t Broken: Rethinking Women’s Health, Hormones, and Longevity with Stephanie Gambetta

Aug 31, 20261h 9m

76: There's No Such Thing As Dad Guilt

Aug 24, 202614 min

75: The Room That Held Up a Mirror

Aug 19, 20269 min

BONUS REPLAY: You Are Not Broken — Nourishing Your Body Through Life's Transitions with Courtney Smith

Aug 17, 20261h 2m

74: More Than One Moment of Birth

Aug 10, 202612 min

73: Burn, Slow, Listen, Move: What My Pilot Taught Me About Being Witnessed

Aug 3, 202610 min

72: Holistic Healing Through Pregnancy and Motherhood with Ashley Andrews

Jul 27, 202651 min

71: Nobody Told You Summer Would Feel Like This

Jul 20, 202614 min

70: Starting Over at 40 (And Why That's Not a Crisis)

Jul 13, 20268 min

69: What's Been Running You: Healing the Patterns Underneath Your Patterns with Molly Rubesh

Jul 6, 202643 min

68: You Don't Need Permission

Jun 29, 202614 min

67: You Are the Medicine: Holly Million on What Blossoms After the Fire

Jun 22, 202649 min

66: When the Life You Built No Longer Fits

Jun 15, 202655 min

65: You Were Always Creative: Reclaiming Your Potential with Lydia Phelps-Alexander

Jun 8, 202655 min

64: The Next Page Is Coming

Jun 1, 202616 min

63: The Women I’m Most Drawn to Right Now

May 25, 202616 min

62: What Happens When Survival Mode Ends

May 18, 20269 min

Bonus Replay: Confessions of a Midwife: Stories, Healing & the Human Side of Birthwork with Brielle Jenson

May 11, 202641 min