Yes, it’s one year! Both the longest and shortest year of my life, and by far my most life-altering birth experience. First I share some updates but in typical stream of consciousness style, weave in the lessons and beauty of this day one year ago. Happy Birthday Rumi Sol! (His birth story is here: https://indiebirth.org/rumisol) […]

Whether “death” is emotional or spiritual or even feels physical, what is the role of the death process when we are in the birth process? Thanks to a listener’s email, I offer you some thoughts around this topic at the darkest time of year. Download This Podcast Transcript

The tide has turned! I have been challenged with my own physical process lately (and really since Rumi’s birth!) and I’m beginning to see how this relates to my role as a midwife. Gosh, life is funny! Just when you think you have something figured out, the Universe shows up point you in a different […]

Yeah, taking back birth is still the theme! On this one, I share some ethereal stuff as an intro and then get into some nuts and bolts about Kentucky midwifery licensing as I understand it. Ultimately, it’s not a topic that I want to blab on and on about but basic awareness allows me to […]

And what I love about them, too! This was a list I started in my journal after some intense birth attending experiences. My list reflects the crazy nature of being an on call midwife, and is directly related to my own processing and emotional health. I will never “hate” birth, but there are some real […]

Melissa is a mother to four boys – ages 12, 11, 8 and 6 weeks – and an integrative health coach supporting mothers on their own personal journey of motherhood, in Twaine Harte, California. During her most recent birth, Melissa shares that the teaching that came through is the importance of connecting with the place […]

Emily is a reiki teacher, massage therapist and birthkeeper currently pursuing midwifery school outside of the system. Since experiencing the magic of undisturbed birth with her 2nd daughter Ixchel, she wants to share that the keys of reclamation for women can lie in trusting their deepest knowing and embracing birth as a sacred rite. Feminine […]

Caitlin is an aspiring doula and mother of 2 wildlings living in the Pacific Northwest. Through her two vastly different birth stories, she learned about the limitations of regulated midwifery, to trust her intuition above all else, and that doctors don’t always know what’s best. Her birth stories offer an important lesson on the value […]