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The Tonic of Wildness: Coming of Age as a Night Creature

I don’t ever remember being afraid of the dark. I remember knowing in my intellectual mind that I should be in the way all humans hold a...

A Call to Return to Social Childbirth

For the vast majority of women, social childbirth is a safe, supportive and natural option. Within this concept, birth is seen as normal...

To My Postpartum Body on Valentine’s Day

It has taken me two years to begin to see the beauty in my postpartum body. That vision is still a work in progress, but every day it’s...

Finding Power in Struggle & Peace in Rest

When we burn, we grow. When we rest, we integrate. It is a beautiful, nuanced dance between expansion and reflection, between energy and...

Movement is the Essence of a Healthy Birth

I’m sure many of us have seen this scenario: a client has been contracting for many hours, is fully immersed in active labor, and decides...

Is Inclusive Language Truly "Inclusive?"

Potentially unpopular opinion, but hear me out. Or don’t. I recognize that there are people who won’t like this post and who will choose...

The Deeper Work of Birth Planning

Much of the time, when we begin the work of birth planning, we often do so considering the things that we don’t want to do or don’t want...

Musings About Forging My Own Path in Birth Work

Sometimes on the road to finding our truth, we lose people who were more comfortable with who we were when we were still seeking. When...

A Love Letter to Life, Birth & Death in a Wild Place

This land doesn’t do many favors and it doesn’t cut many breaks. It is harsh and stark, beautiful and vast like the surface of the moon....