So many women tell me how they wish they would’ve known about the art of traditional postpartum care when they were having babies. There is grief around the not having. There is shame around the not knowing. There is a longing to have a do-over. There often feels like there are loose ends that need Read more about Opening timelines for postpartum healing[…]
Did you use your voice in labour? Have you ever thought about the connection between the throat and the cervix? Some musings…. Physiological labour and birth is designed for women to experience a hormonal cocktail that enables the veils to thin, waters to break and internal doors within the body to open so we can Read more about The power of speaking up in labour and birth[…]
What is communicated to me without words when I enter the space of a new mother? Do you see me in all of my divinity? Can you hold me in the vastness of what I have just been through? Can I trust you to walk with me and help guide me through this delicate landscape? Read more about New Paradigm of Postpartum[…]
As I pick the flower heads off of these dandelions, it becomes a bit of a meditation. The snapping sound of the head releasing from the stem, the birds chirping away and a dog bark in the distance. My brain shifts frequencies and while my body is in the prairies, my head is thousands of Read more about Fields of gold[…]
I sliced open the last of my fresh butternut squash harvest this morning to add into a lentil soup. Amazing heartiness and shelf life for something I gathered in early October. But you know … the quality of the seed affects the quality of the stock. This squash pictured here is from a third generation Read more about Seeds of Sovereignty[…]
I had a long and overdue brain jam with my dear friend, Sarah yesterday, where our conversation eventually lead us to talking about (as it so often does) plant medicine and our love for it. We chatted about our creations with plants and the politics and differences between “all natural” products and plant medicine. I Read more about Plant Medicine vs All Natural Products[…]
Imagine that every day you wake up you are given a certain amount of energy to get through that day with. Once you use it up, it’s done and you begin to use your energy reserves. On a larger scale imagine that when you are born you are allotted a certain amount of energy for Read more about From fear to focus[…]
Gardening in minus temperatures is not as fun as when the sun is beaming down on me, but I finally got the rest of my onions, beets and carrots out of the ground. My hands were frozen!! It’s a hell of a lot of work and commitment to grow your own food. It’s possible, as Read more about Real Food Rebellion[…]
I had to work hard and truly want to change my life to wear a grin like this on my face, which is why I am proud to show it. I spent many of my years walking through what felt like an endless winter. Happiness and joy were visitors that would come by occasionally and Read more about Life is for learning[…]
For the past 6 years, on August 28th, I have had to pause and acknowledge the pivotal mini-death that happened in my life on this date. It was the beginning of my re-wilding and series of not-so-unfortunate events that occurred after this big moment. I believe we are given experiences to help us grow, and Read more about Mini-Death and a Re-birth[…]