{"podcast":{"title":"Pathways to Family Wellness","slug":"pathways-to-family-wellness-906626","podcast_index_feed_id":906626,"rss_url":"https://pathwaystofamilywellness.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://pathwaystofamilywellness.org/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/3/3/6/3/336352d54ddc8843/CurlyPreg_Geo_BG.jpg","author":"Brendan Riordan","episode_count":100,"summary":"Pathways to Family Wellness is a podcast as well as a quarterly print and digital magazine whose mission is to support you and your family's quest for wellness. The creators of Pathways to Family Wellness envision a world of thriving, empowered families who easily connect to inner and outer resources, practitioners and a supportive community needed to create wholeness on all levels of existence. We believe stepping onto our personal pathway to wellness is a consciousness-raising act with the power to regenerate and transform ourselves, our families, our communities and our world.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-24T02:17:05.743097+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pathways-to-family-wellness-906626"},"episode":{"title":"Empowered Pushing and the Importance of Birth Skills","slug":"empowered-pushing-and-the-importance-of-birth-skills","published_at":"2025-04-30T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pathways-to-family-wellness-906626/empowered-pushing-and-the-importance-of-birth-skills","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pathways-to-family-wellness-906626","url":"https://pathwaystofamilywellness.libsyn.com/empowered-pushing-and-the-importance-of-birth-skills","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/pathwaystofamilywellness/2025-4-30-Empowered_Pushing.mp3?dest-id=801496","summary":"In this episode we will speak with Chantal Traub about the nature of pushing, birth skills, and the imporance of the right support. Chantal Traub, NBC-HWC, CD(DONA), LCCE, CCCE is an experienced birth doula, childbirth educator and wellness coach. In her 20-plus years in practice, she has gained international recognition for her expertise on pelvic health and her innovative Pushing Power method. Through her classes, her one-on-one work and her doula practice, she helped thousands of moms to successfully journey through childbirth with increased understanding, ultimately minimizing trauma and enhancing the birth experience. You can find Chantal on podcasts such as \"Next Question\" with Katie Couric, \"The Women's Health Podcast\" and the Polyvagal Institute Conference. She co-authored an Amazon #1 best selling book, The Pelvic Floor: Everything you needed to know sooner. Find her Pushing Power workshops and one-on-one birth-coaching at chantaltraub.com . Current and past editions of the magazine can be found at: https://pathwaystofamilywellness.org/","meta_description":"In this episode we will speak with Chantal Traub about the nature of pushing, birth skills, and the imporance of the right support. Chantal Traub, NBC-HWC…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2365,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/pathways-to-family-wellness-906626/episodes/empowered-pushing-and-the-importance-of-birth-skills/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pathways-to-family-wellness-906626/empowered-pushing-and-the-importance-of-birth-skills.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}