What if motherhood isn’t just a role we step into — but a rite of passage that invites us to heal, transform, and reconnect with the cycles of life?

In this rich and nourishing conversation, Naomi Glass shares her journey from disconnection to deep embodiment, from inner patriarchy to cyclical living. Together, we explore the sacred messiness of motherhood, the healing power of nature, and the quiet revolution that begins when we learn to listen — to the earth, to our bodies, and to the wisdom passed down through generations.

Naomi Glass is a conception, birth, baby loss, and postpartum doula, as well as a Matrescence Coach and Birth Story Specialist. Through her practice and space Embracing the Waves, she supports people in navigating the deep rite of passage into parenthood - helping them feel heard, anchored, and empowered.

She offers one-to-one sessions, circles, and workshops (both online and in-person), and is also co-Director of the Real Health Collective CIC, a community project focused on holistic wellbeing for families. Based in West Wales, Naomi is a home-educating parent, smallholder, and writer, committed to healing ancestral legacies and reconnecting with the earth

In this conversation we explore:

💫  Naomi’s story - from an urban upbringing marked by disconnection and struggle, to a soft rebellion that led her toward light, meaning, and healing.

💫  How rediscovering nature and growing her own food helped her heal from disordered eating and find a sense of place in the world.

💫  Her involvement in environmental activism, and how learning about the cycles of nature helped her come home to the cycles within dismantling inner hierarchies and patriarchal conditioning.

💫  Why reconnecting with the rhythms of nature is key to reconnecting with ourselves.

💫  The ongoing, often unspoken rite of passage that is motherhood - and how birthing and parenting her daughters launched her into the transformational process of Matrescence.

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💛 The Soft Rebellion Podcast is created and hosted by Flurina Dominique Thali. I love hearing from you. To contact me, email softrebellion@flurinathali.com.

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Links:

- Flurina Dominique Thali & The Soft Rebellion: @flurina.thali / www.flurinathali.com

- My guest, Naomi Glass Find out more about all her offers on her webpage www.embracingthewaves.com

Credits:

Intro/outro music – ‘Hymn for Jim’ by Aspyrian: Robin Porter – saxophone, Jack Gillen – guitar, Matt Parkinson – drums, composed by Robin Porter, listen to the full track here.

Graphic: Annina Thali, for more information click here

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