001. Introducing Born to Know

Welcome to Born To Know with your host, Eyla Cuenca. For this premiere episode, she will explore the transformative power of self-responsibility and empowerment in childbirth and beyond. Eyla critiques the conventional medical system, urging women to take back their autonomy and make informed choices. As a certified childbirth educator and doula, she shares her insights on how reclaiming birth experiences can shift them from traumatic to empowering. Learn how delving into family systems and addressing deep-rooted traumas can lead to profound healing and personal growth. Join Eyla as she unpacks societal narratives, encourages introspection, and inspires a path toward authentic and fulfilling living.

Eyla Cuenca is a Childbirth Educator, Doula, health freedom advocate & birth trauma alchemist.

Her work is dedicated to offering guidance that supports women and men in returning to their deepest knowing about birth, individual sovereignty, and the body’s innate intelligence.

With a BA in Anthropology and Ethnographic photography from Bennington College, Eyla studied family systems and is passionate about helping change the conversation around the way women birth and initiate into the world. She brings an anthropological lens to her work, with an eye for institutional critique.

Eyla trained with the AAHCC founded by Robert A. Bradley, MD, where she specialized as a Birth Educator and Doula. Her work as a Guardian Ad Litem for the 11th Judicial Circuit of Florida as well as attending over 200 births as a Doula – in both hospital and home settings – brought her into health freedom and advocacy work.

Eyla thoroughly believes that it is everyone’s right to have access to empowering education from conception to parenting and that by using the tool of birth we can understand the origin of chronic illness, and access freedom, connection and the most authentic version of ourselves.

Timestamps:

5:57 Understanding the core of why trauma persists.

14:51 Making different decisions that align with your instinct.

24:24 Developing a healthy permission field for others.

30:31 Taking responsibility for your own choices and healing.

Want to connect with Eyla through education or training? Check out her offerings at the Uncovering Birth Website and use discount code BTK10 on any Uncovering Births Digital products or classes.

Another way to connect with Eyla is through her Instagram.