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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.

October 2014

October 28, 2014

Follow-up on reader survey

Survey results: what Pagan Families readers want on the blog and social media.

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 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 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 07, 2014

How to choose a doula

Advice on choosing a birth doula.

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 05, 2014

Our Top 5 Posts #Patheos5Yrs

In honor of these milestones, here are the 5 most popular Pagan Families posts (by...

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 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

October 2013

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,...

July 2013

July 22, 2013

A Mother’s Nest

I am planning a mother blessing ceremony for a good friend in September and we...

July 13, 2013

Book Highlights: Birth, Breath, & Death

I just finished reading a lovely little book by Amy Wright Glenn. Lyrical, gentle, contemplative,...

June 2013

June 07, 2013

Book Birthday: And the winner is…

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

June 04, 2013

Book birthday party — Day 2: An excerpt

Today I want to gift you with a book excerpt about birth stories. The words...

June 03, 2013

Book birthday party kick-off

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

March 2013

March 09, 2013

The magic of making a life

A brief reflection on the holiness and magic of creating a new human.

February 2013

February 11, 2013

January link round-up

This is a doozy of a monthly round-up.

January 2013

January 28, 2013

All about my Birth book

"I want to give kudos to the author for writing a text that recognizes that...

January 02, 2013

Wednesday Wisdom: Altered states

A weekly Wednesday Wisdom post with two or three profound or beautiful thoughts on a...

December 2012

December 27, 2012

How you envision birth at the deepest level

Birth art can be meditative, relaxing, problem solving and fun. You don’t have to be...

December 19, 2012

Wednesday Wisdom: Sacred Space

A weekly Wednesday Wisdom post with two or three profound or beautiful thoughts on a...

December 10, 2012

November Link Round-Up

I share a lot of fantastic links and quotes on our social media pages. Here's...

December 03, 2012

Hello Patheos!

Hello Patheos! I’m so excited to be writing this greeting. I can't wait to share...

November 2012

November 19, 2012

From the editor’s desk: Thanksgiving

In case you're just tuning in now, I've been experimenting with a weekly short message...

October 2012

October 18, 2012

From the editor’s desk: Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day

Pagan Families has mostly been a place to amass our collective resources related to Paganism...

August 2012

August 29, 2012

Review: Sacred Pregnancy

"Growing a baby offers a woman the opportunity to be part of Mother Nature's mysteries,...