In episode 8 of the GinaCology Podcast, Gina Cloud sits down with Jane Hardwick Collings, former home birth midwife, teacher, writer, and founder of the School of Shamanic Womancraft. Together, they explore the sacred power of menstruation, pregnancy, birth, menopause, and the lost feminine wisdom hidden within women’s bodies. This conversation challenges the shame, medicalization, and cultural conditioning around female life stages while inviting women to reclaim their cycles, rites of passage, and embodied power.

00:00 – Welcome to the GinaCology Podcast

01:00 – Introducing Jane Hardwick Collings

02:30 – Menstruation as a spiritual practice

04:00 – The menstrual cycle as a vital sign

06:00 – Rest, intuition, and honoring the bleeding phase

08:00 – Returning menstrual blood to the earth

10:00 – The luteal phase as truth-telling time

13:00 – The shamanic power of menstrual blood

14:30 – Menstrual shame, body shame, and patriarchy

17:00 – Why rites of passage matter for girls

18:30 – Understanding patriarchy beyond men vs. women

22:00 – Pregnancy, epigenetics, and generational impact

24:00 – Honoring pregnant women as life creators

26:00 – Menstruation, birth, and menopause as portals of power

29:00 – “Birth is an emergence, not an emergency”

31:00 – Why safety matters during birth

33:00 – Teaching daughters to trust their bodies

35:00 – Expanding maiden, mother, and crone

40:00 – Menopause as sacred transformation, not disease

43:00 – Sagescence: becoming a wise woman

46:00 – The menopause industry and reclaiming sovereignty

51:00 – Jane’s School of Shamanic Womancraft

52:30 – Gina’s reflections on body wisdom and motherhood

55:00 – Final question: Where are you in your feminine journey?

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