Reflections on a Weekend with Michel and Liliana

Meeting online can feel disconnected and disjointed—but over the last five years of holding online spaces through True Midwifery, I have come to know that it is possible to create a beautiful and safe container virtually. That when intention is pure and messages come from the heart, they always find their way to the hearts of others.

This past weekend, we were honoured to sit with Michel Odent and Liliana Lammers. Two humble, living legends who have committed their lives to sharing the deep, often forgotten truths of birth. They speak of birth through the lens of physiology and true human nature—reminding us again and again just how simple birth is… and how easy it is to get it wrong.

Or in Liliana’s own words:

“It’s easy to make a birth difficult.”

What they share is profound and deeply moving. That birth is powerful, for both mother and baby. And that when we simply leave them be—not abandoning them, but protecting them (as Michel so often says, “The key word is protection!”)—then what is ignited is love, connection, and a deep sense of safety and belonging.

For the baby, this is the beginning of being received by the world.

For the mother, her Mama Bear is born. Her inner knowing awakens—what it means to mother this child.

Michel and Liliana are torchbearers, both living and teaching this truth. They walk their talk. They show us, again and again, that this is the reality—the physiology of labour. And they keep sharing it, tirelessly, because we need to hear it. Again. And again.

Coming back to the simple.

I am grateful.

And I want to honour and remind us that here in the True Midwifery space—through every course, circle, and interaction—we begin from this place:

The basic needs of mother and baby. Always.

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