Since writing my chain breaking post, I have been blessed with more inspiration and some cool experiences. I was reading The Natural Medicine Guide to Bipolar Disorder by Stephanie Morohn (I am planning to write a two-part blog post for this blog about parenting with mental illness) and I came across some interesting work by […]
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On December 21, 2012, (the day we transitioned fully into the Aquarian age,) I was weighed down with the heaviest energy of my entire life. A few days before, I started doing some energy work that I didn’t realize would have such a huge effect on me. I blogged about this on Dec 20th,here. If
Today we have a book review from Heidi. Heidi is a doula, birth photographer, and childbirth educator in the DFW area of Texas. She is the mother to six little ones and has birthed in hospitals, a birth center, home, by vaginal, cesarean, and VBAC! She blogs about all sorts of birth related topics for
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I just wanted to share a few gems from Polly’s Birth Book: I loved that the dedication in her book said “To all who hold in reverence the gift of life.” Sound familiar? Does it remind you of the title of our book? The following are two poems that she had written and included in
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In honor of Women’s History Month, I’d like to share some of my ancestral birthing history. I so look forward to meeting this strong women some day. -Lani I was pondering my ancestors recently and got wondering about their birthing experiences. How cool would it be to go back in a time machine and watch our
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This guest post is by Mandy Williams, who I came to know through my work with ICAN (Internatinal Cesarean Awareness Network). Mandy has shared part of her inspiring journey in the past on our blog. She also happens to also be a talented photographer. You can find her beautiful work on her blog MandyJaneDesigns. I hope
If you find yourself weighed-down by dark clouds of despair, take heart. The sun will come out again. It will. And you may even be grateful for the clouds that made the sunshine all the more welcomed and cherished. Hang on, my friend.
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Today I’m happy to share the birth of Claire Eleanor, the fourth child of Liz. This birth came after an anxiety-filled pregnancy, and a previous stillbirth. This was her first birth without an epidural. I hope you enjoy it (and Liz’s priceless sense of humor) as much as I did.
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I love the Christmas season so I wanted to share some of my favorite Christmas traditions in hopes that you will share some in the comments section below. Decorating, Music, and the Best Christmas Pageant Ever We love decorating the house together while listening to Christmas songs and reading The Best Christmas Pageant Ever aloud. I usually
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This picture was taken on Halloween 2006. We had this fun plan as a family to each be one of the “Incredibles.” I was really excited about this because we had the perfect number of children to pull this off. My husband was, of course, “Mr. Incredible,” I was “Elastigirl,” my first daughter was
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