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On The Same Paige with Paige LeaceyAuthor: Paige Leacey
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E31. The Protective Potential of Giving Birth Naturally
Episode 31
Saturday, 21 March, 2026
What if giving birth could resolve years of painful intimacy you'd never noticed was there?Angel Drake is a spiritual teacher and energy practitioner who works with women at the intersection of mystical traditions, meditation, and psychological healing. She studies within Vedic and Sufi lineages and has been working with women as a coach and guide for over a decade. What I love about Angel is that she's willing to put language to things most people leave in the category of inexplicable - without making any of it precious or performative. She holds serious spiritual practice and a real sense of humor together, and this conversation moved to places I neither of us expectedWe talk about what the practice and skill of concentration made possible across her 16 hours of labour, how birth can resolve years of painful sex, post-birth intimacy and how the body changes, what Sufism is and how it's practiced, the invisible load of new motherhood, and the story of a dark energy encounter Angel had at 22 - and how it shaped the path she's on now. 00:00:00 - What's coming up00:01:54 - Word of the year: channel 00:07:24 - Meditation as a new mum 00:13:28 - Focus and the world 00:20:14 - What Sufism actually is00:25:22 - Angel's 16-hour birth00:28:29 - Working with fear in labour00:49:04 - Relationship after a baby01:03:37 - Post-birth intimacy01:16:43 - What is God?01:20:46 - Dark energy encounter Get in touch with Angel Drake:Instagram: @angelikaalanaWebsite: https://www.angeldrake.com/Somatic Healing Institute: https://www.angelikaalana.com/Get in touch with me:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PaigeLeaceySpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4sVFkvFcj3DW1wuVZuGd4UApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/on-the-same-paige-with-paige-leacey/id1573526370Newsletter: https://paigeleacey.substack.comInstagram: @samepaige__TikTok: @samepaige__Three new episodes a month - subscribe for more!
