our vision and mission

We believe that birth is an unpredictable, epic event encompassing the body, mind and spirit.

Birthing Freedom honors pregnancy, birth, and early parenting as a spiritual journey. Focusing on inner wisdom, evidenced-based information, and clinical experience, Birthing Freedom offers a positive shift from contemporary childbirth education that goes beyond the single act of childbirth and, instead, encompasses a lifestyle.

Inspiring confidence while guiding families and individuals to follow their intuition, Birthing Freedom focuses on letting go of expectations and preconditioned ideas of what birth should be, producing more positive birth experiences regardless of birth- setting or circumstance. We believe there is power found when we free ourselves from the barriers of fear, doubt, or trauma so that our experience can be one of love and fulfillment. Letting go of our expectations, trusting ourselves, letting our intuition guide us, evolving with new challenges and opportunities – these are some of the things that lead us to lives wherein we’re happy and whole! 

Our vision is to provide an informative and holistic change in the way birth is experienced by families around the world.

Angela Rennie, RM, RYT, Spiritual Mentor, Reiki Master

Angela is the founder of Birthing Freedom, a holistic birth education curriculum and course that encompasses the whole person: body, mind, and spirit.

Angela studied in the US and graduated from the Seattle Midwifery School (Bastyr University). Angela’s passion for supporting people on their journey toward parenthood began many years before midwifery school. In the years prior, Angela studied and taught childbirth education, offered breastfeeding support, and worked as a postpartum and birth doula. Her interests and passion have also led Angela to study homeopathy, holistic nutrition, yoga teacher training, Reiki, and spiritual healing.

Angela is a mother of three – one born in the hospital and two born at home. She has experienced first-hand – with her first – what it is like to be pushed blindly, unprepared through the birth system. Of course it was not a joyful or loving experience despite being, by all accounts, a “normal” vaginal delivery. Angela knew she needed to educate herself and intuitively evolve in order to ‘create’ a better birthing experience with her subsequent babies; and it worked! She chose an amazing midwife who educated and supported her every step of the way; she looked after her physical body, created a positive birth team, and in so doing, fostered a fearless birth environment.  Contrary to the labour and delivery of her first child, the hours spent in her second and third labours were pivotal, empowering and life-changing.  It was because of her own experience that Angela determined to become a midwife and healer.

Meet the birthing freedom Team

Our team has poured hours of creativity and wisdom into our courses. We all have a background in birth and empowering families to feel informed and empowered.

  • Founder

    Registered Midwife, Birth Educator, Spiritual Mentor, & Reiki Master


  • Photographer & Videographer

    The creative behind capturing our courses and documenting our birth stories. She is a Vancouver Island-based birth and family photographer you can find her at Coastal Lifestyles Photography.

Our Story

After attending the births of over 550 women across Canada, the US, and the Caribbean in her 14 years of practice as a registered midwife, birth doula, and primary care provider, Angela gleaned invaluable insights. She discovered a remarkable trend: families who took the time to educate themselves about labor and worked through their personal challenges, both physical and emotional, before stepping into parenthood, often experienced profoundly better births. These individuals, armed with support, knowledge, and self-trust, reported higher satisfaction levels with their birth experiences, even if they deviated from their initial birth plans.

Moreover, Angela observed that many of these same birthing families enjoyed smooth, uncomplicated, and relatively swift deliveries that closely mirrored their original intentions. This positive outcome was largely achieved by relinquishing rigid expectations and surrendering to their own intuition. Conversely, those who fixated on fear, self-doubt, and external opinions often found themselves facing longer, more challenging labors, higher rates of operative deliveries, and ultimately, less satisfaction with their birth journey—even when the outcome was ultimately positive. Angela's driving force in creating Birthing Freedom is to arm as many birthing families as possible with the knowledge and tools needed to empower them not only during childbirth but also in the transformative journey that lies beyond.

Join the Birthing Freedom Email Community

With open arms, we welcome you

We all thrive when we are sharing wisdom and finding connection through the transformative seasons of pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and parenting. Our email community is a space to connect with positive, powerful, like-minded people! We share regular free education and support for families and birth workers.