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July 2015

July 09, 2015

Birth Guardians: Catherine Rivera

Catherine Rivera, birth doula: "I hold their hand, I rub their back, I can pray...

June 2015

June 26, 2015

Ritual after a traumatic birth

It can be devastating when birth doesn't go as planned.

April 2015

April 08, 2015

The 4 best reads from March

Articles on birth and death, families and ancestor work.

February 2015

February 11, 2015

2 Mama Essays and 2 Pregnancy Prayers + 1 Roadmap To a Healthy Birth

A round-up of January's best reads for Pagan families from around the web.

December 2014

December 31, 2014

10 Great Reads of December on Paganism, parenting, social justice, and celebrating the season

A monthly round-up of the best links shared and discussed on our active Facebook and...

October 2014

October 29, 2014

Announcing: Rooted In Love, A Virtual Circle for Pregnant Mamas

Announcing my first virtual circle! This will be a lovely way to connect with other...

October 16, 2014

Haunted Time

I read somewhere that it's not just our ancestors who come back at this time...

August 2014

August 20, 2014

Where Babies Come From: A Heathen View

Learn more about the Heathen concept of Wyrd, and how it relates to birth, children,...

July 2014

July 31, 2014

July Link Round-Up: Body theology, parenting, loss, and the spiritual path

A round-up of resources from around the web on body theology, raising Pagan children, pregnancy...

July 22, 2014

Birth Guardians: Moriah Burke

"There’s nothing I’ve found more touching than watching women be Goddess and witnessing the first...

July 08, 2014

The Birth Candle

Guest contributor Moriah Burke describes how she uses birth candles.

July 07, 2014

How to choose a doula

Advice on choosing a birth doula.

July 01, 2014

June Link Round-Up: Our words, our pictures, our bodies

In June, the Pagan Families community wrote about writing, shared photos of parenting, and, as...

June 2014

June 06, 2014

Flash Points: Birthing the Mother-Writer

After my first son was born in 2003, I felt silenced. Stifled. Shut down. Squelched....

June 02, 2014

May Link Round-Up: Birthdays, bodies, and bacteria

In May we celebrated the two-year anniversary of the Mother's Wisdom Deck. We held our...

May 2014

May 08, 2014

April Link Round-Up: Medicine, magic, motherhood, and more

Every month I read back over the links and things shared and discussed on the...

April 2014

April 18, 2014

Cesarean Courage

“Her courage is written on her body.” –Molly (Talk Birth) Last year I made several...

March 2014

March 03, 2014

Birth Spiral Chakra Blessing

Let the sparkles of these chakra colors remind you to bring your whole self to...

February 2014

February 26, 2014

Breastfeeding and Parenting as Spiritual Practices

Motherhood is an intensely embodied experience. It is profoundly empowering to know that you can...

January 2014

January 21, 2014

Birth as Initiation

In our modern lives, there are few remaining rituals of initiation, few events that challenge...

January 13, 2014

Birth Mystery

The power and intensity of your contractions cannot be stronger than you, because it is...

January 02, 2014

Pregnancy, Childbirth, and your Ancestors

When I came to the hospital the morning my son was born, pausing every few...

December 2013

December 18, 2013

November 2013

November 19, 2013

Review: Birth, Breath & Death: Meditations on Motherhood, Chaplaincy, and Life as a Doula

Reading Birth, Breath & Death makes me want to hold my family close and also...

November 04, 2013

October Link Round-Up: Blessings, births, babies, and more

An round-up of October events and links on Pagan pregnancy and parenting: blessings, births, babies,...

October 2013

October 21, 2013

Hollekreisch: Honoring Childbirth

If power does indeed rest in the stories that are told, how would the birth...

October 09, 2013

Wednesday Wisdom: On our knees

What mysteries bring you to your knees? How do you kneel and kiss the ground?

October 08, 2013

Midwives Make a Difference

We don't have a whole lot of social scientific data about what Pagans want, choose,...

September 2013

September 09, 2013

Birth Guardians: Leslie Stager RN, LMT

In the midst of highly technologized birthing, I bring a reminder of the original Source...