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7: Quitting Corporate America to Begin Again: Divorce, Freebirth, and Off-Grid Life
Season 9 Episode 7
What happens when you walk away from everything and find your own path to motherhood?
In this episode, we hear from Julia, a Montana mother of two who walked away from the corporate grind, sold her home, and set out on a radically different path to motherhood, one rooted in sovereignty, sisterhood, and self-trust.
Julia shares how her first wild pregnancy unfolded while traveling the West Coast in a trailer, living off-grid in national forests, and finding community through The Lighthouse membership. With a deeply ingrained medical upbringing, Julia had to unravel layers of programming to reclaim birth on her terms.
She tells the raw and beautiful stories of birthing her babies on raw land in the Montana winter, catching her first baby unexpectedly with bath towels and a shoelace, and welcoming her second in a fast, intuitive birth in the same off-grid trailer. From navigating boundaries with family to tandem nursing and raising her children outside the system, Julia’s story is a powerful testament to the courage it takes to live differently.
What You’ll Hear:
- How a divorce became the catalyst for questioning everything she thought she knew
- Why she sold everything and set out on the road with their RV
- A story of freedom that comes from leaving behind medical management and social expectations
- Why her first freebirth became the most magical experience of her life
- How living in the Natural Forest system rewired her mind and reawakened her intuition
- The lessons from two very different freebirths
- Her advice for anyone considering stepping away from responsibilities during their first pregnancy
Timestamps:
[00:00] Introduction
[00:51] From medical conditioning to embracing freebirth and body autonomy
[10:31] Leaving corporate life behind to travel in an RV and begin a wild pregnancy on the road
[30:23] First freebirth story in a winterized RV with unexpected postpartum challenges
[45:57] Second freebirth story with a toddler sleeping nearby and a smooth postpartum experience
[01:01:10] Postpartum recovery challenges, household dynamics, and lessons for next time
You can connect with Julia on her homestead Instagram page here.
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