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Creativity and Birth

by | July 18, 2019

Giving birth is a highly creative act, possibly the most creative act we can engage in as women. Experiencing birth can help us tap into and align ourselves with a greater creative power. One way to prepare for birth is to become comfortable with our own creative powers. The more we trust in our creative process, the more open we can be to the creative power of birth. Creativity is about expression; when we give voice to our deepest, innermost selves, we then become comfortable trusting our inner knowing. Read more…. Creativity and Birth

Media Reviews: Issue 130

by , and | June 1, 2019

Media Reviews: Issue 130
Coming Home: How Midwives Changed Birth, These Are My Hours, and Dissident Doctor: Catching Babies and
Challenging the Medical Status Quo Read more…. Media Reviews: Issue 130

Photo by Vince Fleming

Revitalizing Midwifery: Reimagining the Doula’s Role

by | June 1, 2019

A doula delves deep into the role of the doula—what it is, what is could be, what it should be, and why we need to seriously consider it Read more…. Revitalizing Midwifery: Reimagining the Doula’s Role

Photo by Manuel Schinner

Life of a New Midwife: The Heart of Healing

by | June 1, 2019

A new midwife of color tells about some challenges she faced in her journal through midwifery school and how her first year as a midwife is now bearing fruit. Read more…. Life of a New Midwife: The Heart of Healing

Photo by Mabel Amber

Tools for Easing Grief and Birth Trauma

by | June 1, 2019

Whether naturopathy, herbalism, homeopathy, counseling, or energy work—all are tools for to help birthworkers ease grief and birth trauma in their clients. Read more…. Tools for Easing Grief and Birth Trauma

Photo by Denis Oliveira

Birth Behind Bars: The Difference Trauma-informed Doula Care Can Make

by | June 1, 2019

With mass incarceration in the US, we now have more women of childbearing age in prison than ever before. Lieser discusses the shortcomings of giving birth behind bars, and how doulas can help support these women to have a better birth. Read more…. Birth Behind Bars: The Difference Trauma-informed Doula Care Can Make

Photo by Volkan Olmez

There You See It, There You Don’t? Postpartum Depression

by | June 1, 2019

Women can suffer from postpartum depression for a variety of reasons. Using real stories and common sense, Wainer helps us get to the root of some of the causes and how birthworkers can help them. Read more…. There You See It, There You Don’t? Postpartum Depression

Photo by Gustavo Cultivo

How Recognizing and Healing Trauma Helps Clients

by | June 1, 2019

Working with trauma is not easy. The author discusses how to identify trauma in clients and to work with them to heal their trauma and ours. Read more…. How Recognizing and Healing Trauma Helps Clients

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