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...

I had the opportunity to speak on the SheHive's podcast about one of my favorite topics - natural childbirth. When the SheHive first put...

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...

Dear Cara, I know that when you are short or angry with your kids because you feel stressed, overwhelmed, disappointed, and like you just...

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...

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,...

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...

That's what Charlie told me in bed this morning.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Facilitated a Vision Board Workshop with my good friend’s team yesterday. Started with the Inner Mentor meditation from Tara Mohr and...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Since I was a freshman in college, I’ve been in awe of the beauty and magic of natural childbirth and was adamant about having a natural...

I am lucky to have an incredibly supportive and thoughtful husband who gifted me two sessions at Motor City Float for my birthday. That...