Episode 18: Sara Pixton of Birth Words on Language in Pregnancy and Birth

Episode Summary

This is a special bonus collaboration episode. Hillary talks with Sara Pixton from the Birth Words podcast, and the whole conversation is about the words we choose and what those words quietly do.

Sara walks us through three ways to communicate better for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum, including how pronouns, nouns, intention, power, and even prepositions shape what someone hears. If you have ever rewritten a class handout three times trying to figure out why something felt off, this is the episode that explains the why.

Especially useful if you care about the intersection of language, birth, and anthropology, or if you just want your words to land more like you intended.

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Sara Pixton, Birth Words podcast

Pronouns, nouns, intention, power, and prepositions in birth language