CARE: Nicolle L. Gonzales on Making Birth Sacred Again (Ep. 47)
“I think a lot of our problems with our health, when it comes to women, is how we’re valued or not valued in our communities.”
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In this episode of Moonwise, we speak with Diné nurse and midwife Nicolle L. Gonzales about her mission to make birth sacred again. We talk about birth equity, trauma and weaving traditional practices with medical care. Nicolle shares her experience of growing up with ceremony, birthing her own children, the challenges of leadership and carving her own path to promote reproductive wellness and community care.
We also talk about:
Systemic racism and inequity in maternal care
Engaging a community in preparing for birth
The benefits of culturally appropriate care
The challenges of work/life balance as a midwife
Speaking up and self worth as a woman
The importance of sharing women’s joy
Nicolle L. Gonzales is the Founder of Changing Woman Initiative whose non-profit mission is to “renew cultural birth knowledge to empower and reclaim indigenous sovereignty of women’s medicine and life way teachings to promote reproductive wellness, healing through holistic approaches.”
She received her Bachelor’s of Nursing and her Masters of Nurse-Midwifery at the University of New Mexico. She is a member of the American College of Nurse Midwives and is certified with the American Midwifery Certification Board. She has over 12 years’ experience as a nurse and has worked as a Nurse-Midwife doing full-scope midwifery for the last 10 years.
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