April is a nurse and mother of two girls living in a smallish town on the east coast of Australia. Through her process of self-discovery, trust and reconnection with women and sisterhood, April triumphantly birthed her second daughter in the sanctuary of her home after a cesarean with her first. She shares that by doing […]

Katrina is a Self employed, Hardworking off grid homestead mother of two. Deep in the forest in an earthship she built with her partner, she had an unassisted birth with her second son. On this journey she learned lots about patience, acceptance, and trusting your intuition. JADEN’S NOTE: Toward the end of the episode, Katrina […]

Hah, trick question. My answer when people ask me is: I have no idea! What I DO care about if someone asks is that they think about what they want, what they want their ENTIRE experience to feel like (NOT just the birth!) and if they’re ready to get real with themselves about their own […]

This is the medicine right now. Maybe it’s dog kisses; but really it’s the solitude and being quiet. The end of pregnancy for me brings on the feeling of wanting to focus on spiritual preparation; it’s not mental preparation but it does remind me of trying to cram for a test. You need to find […]

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Megan is a wife, mother of two, with a third baby on the way, and a current Indie Birth Midwifery School student. During the birth of her second son, Megan learned that letting go of her perceived “ideal” was just the shift she needed in order to connect within and hear the needs of her […]

In this Mothering podcast, I take the easy way out and answer a bunch of questions from our social network. I ended up blabbing about how it looks in our house with childcare, how we keep our house clean and how I think about relationships and spending time with each of them alone. Enjoy!

As the initiation of birth draws closer once again, I somehow am surprised to find myself needing so much solitude. ** Out in the desert this morning, I realize it’s not even the “being alone”, although that is important (and as my husband pointed out, I am not alone as this baby is with me:). […]