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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.

March 2015

March 03, 2015

3 great reads for Pagan parents

Pagan Families is a multi-author blog about Paganism, pregnancy, parenting, and family life, yes, but...

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 16, 2014

Haunted Time

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

August 2014

August 04, 2014

Flash Points: Where do babies come from?

In May we talked about sex and reproduction but what about where our souls, spirits,...

July 2014

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 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 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 07, 2014

March Link Round-Up: placenta-eating, water birth, spring equinox and more

Welcome to the March link round-up, in which I compile some of the best links...

March 2014

March 25, 2014

Breastfeeding as a (s)hero’s journey?

In what ways has breastfeeding been a hero's journey for you? How were you tested,...

March 03, 2014

Birth Spiral Chakra Blessing

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

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 17, 2013

November Link Round-Up: Self-care, pregnancy, and books

A monthly link-round up of pregnancy and parenting links, this time with a focus on...

December 12, 2013

Picture Books for Pagan Families: Winter Solstice

Meg Yardley shares picture books to read at Winter Solstice.

December 06, 2013

Inhabited by the Divine: Cut, Stapled and Mended

Loved reading the cesarean birth memoir Cut, Stapled, and Mended: “Only then does the Divine...

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 30, 2013

Wednesday Wisdom: Ancestors

Ancestors, beloved dead, mothers and fathers behind us, generations to be born long after us......

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...

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 08, 2013

Link round-up

It's time for a round-up of the best links shared on the Pagan Families Facebook...