Self Care 101
I've had the opportunity to facilitate a few Self Care 101 sessions with different groups recently and I wanted to also share the...
- Jan 24
Gratitude Challenge
Gratitude is a way to... Be Happy - Evidence shows that practicing gratitude has strong ties to long-term happiness. Be Positive -...
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- Aug 3, 2021
Let’s help moms together and advocate for extending Medicaid postpartum coverage for 12 months
If you are interested in writing your Senator Jim Stamas or your local legislator, here is the letter I sent. Dear Senator Stamas, I am...
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- Aug 3, 2021
Natural Childbirth is a Reproductive Right
I had the opportunity to speak on the SheHive's podcast about one of my favorite topics - natural childbirth. When the SheHive first put...
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- Jun 16, 2021
Amanda Palmer - Good Enough
This really spoke to me so I'm sharing it with you all. Enjoy! Thank you, Amanda! hello my loves. greetings from aotearoa. what is...
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- May 28, 2021
A compassionate letter to myself
Dear Cara, I know that when you are short or angry with your kids because you feel stressed, overwhelmed, disappointed, and like you just...
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- Feb 21, 2021
Text from dad: Do you remember this?
I do remember this. A poem by one of my all time favorite poets - Langston Hughes. He wrote this poem in 1925. Rereading it now, almost...
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- Feb 3, 2021
STOP SIGN
A simple mindful practice I use regularly is a STOP Sign. You can identify anything to be your STOP sign - when you see a certain color,...
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- Dec 30, 2020
2020, you’ve been a wild ride.
While much about this year has been hard, I am grateful for everything that it taught me. I learned that we can live with less. Less...
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- Nov 28, 2020
I love you of history of history. It means you love someone important so much.
That's what Charlie told me in bed this morning.
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- Mar 29, 2020
Looking back
I was looking through my journal to update Romeo's baby book and stumbled upon this entry. I was struck about how much I needed to hear...
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- Mar 7, 2020
Is this art?
I’ve been craving to create. To make something. To put paint to paper. To draw something other than a stick figure princess, a dino or a...
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- Feb 16, 2020
Dear Romeo,
I’ve been wanting to write you this note for so long. And tonight, as I sit with you in my arms listening to Da and Sissy belting out...
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- Jan 10, 2020
2020: be kind
I’ve been feeling completely unprepared for the start of this new year and the start of a new decade. I had grand plans to be very...
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- Dec 14, 2019
Meeting our Inner Mentors
Facilitated a Vision Board Workshop with my good friend’s team yesterday. Started with the Inner Mentor meditation from Tara Mohr and...
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- Oct 22, 2019
Today is the day.
Every day I have a thought, I should write on my blog more. Usually smack dab in the middle of my mental to-do list between finding a...
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- Aug 19, 2019
My Second Birth Story
On the evening of May 25th, I started to feel not great and I knew what I was feeling was my blood pressure higher than normal. I took my...
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- Jun 2, 2019
Postpartum Preeclampsia
On Wednesday morning, I read this DONA International article and I’m so grateful I did. Since Monday night I was feeling off - had a...
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- May 21, 2019
Potential Birth Day
This is my journal entry from the day I thought my water broke. I've debated sharing it but I decided I wanted to because it helps to...
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- Apr 15, 2019
Birth Mantras (Round 2)
I am not afraid I can do this I trust my body and my pain I am powerful It’s not pain, it’s power Breathe in light and love, breathe out...
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