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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...

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...

September 2014

September 30, 2014

September Link Round-Up: Back to school, autumn equinox, and sacred abundance

A look back at the month's highlights with best Pagan pregnancy & parenting links from...

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 14, 2014

Book Notes: Mothering From Your Center

Mothering From Your Center is a book focused on energy tools for pregnancy and birth...

July 07, 2014

How to choose a doula

Advice on choosing a birth doula.

July 03, 2014

The Revolving Wheel

"With a new awareness, both painful and humorous, I begin to understand why the saints...

June 2014

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 25, 2014

What makes a family? Opening up…

We've never experienced an unexpected pregnancy before. After my initial feelings of surprise and some...

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

Book Review: Rooted in the Body, Seeking the Soul by Tara “Masery” Miller

Rooted in the Body, Seeking the Soul: Magic Practitioners Living with Disabilities, Addiction, and Illness...

January 2014

January 21, 2014

Birth as Initiation

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

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 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 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 05, 2013

August link round-up: home birth, cesarean birth, body image after birth and more…

In August we read articles about home birth, cesarean birth, body image, raising Pagan children,...

August 2013

August 19, 2013

Birth Warrior?

I was surprised to find myself connect with the birth warrior metaphor in labor. Shortly...

August 01, 2013

Planning Pagan Families Includes Access To EC

After 10 years of debate in the U.S., emergency contraception is now on store shelves...

June 2013

June 07, 2013

Book Birthday: And the winner is…

But enough of the grand vision, who won the prizes?

June 06, 2013

Book birthday party: of life and labyrinths

It took me a little while, but I eventually discovered that a labyrinth is a...

June 05, 2013

Wednesday Wisdom, book birthday party edition: Labyrinths

This week's Wednesday Wisdom post is also part of the Birth On The Labyrinth Path...

June 03, 2013

Book birthday party kick-off

This week: "Birth on the Labyrinth Path" excerpts, book and jewelry giveaways, and lots of...

April 2013

April 02, 2013

How to support someone who’s having a miscarriage

Among the most important things support people can do is to not make assumptions about...