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I’ve been sharing about my birth team—so far my midwife, Lea Ritter, and the doulas, Mana Shams and Susan Bratton—and today I’m introducing the “psychic doula,” Naia Leigh. My story with Naia [...]

In the lead up to my birth, I was blessed to have a homebirth midwife (Lea Ritter) and not one, but 4 doulas, supporting me. Each played their own unique role, and in this post I tell the story [...]

I’d like to continue introducing you to my birth team. I been in a previous post with my midwife, Lea Ritter, and now I want to tell you about my doulas—there were 4 of them! Whereas my midwife [...]

I’d like to introduce the “captain” of my birth team, the group of women that helped me prepare for the birth of my daughter, Zoë Uma Rose, my midwife, Lea Ritter. Lea is a licensed homebirth [...]

Just before the pandemic was announced, I hit rock bottom in my inner world. Physically I was safe, but internally I was falling apart. 🥺 I was racked with grief over a regretted abortion and a [...]

The history of women’s pleasure is a fascinating tale. It has 3 distinct phases, and swings from one pole to another. PHASE 1.0 The first phase began when humanity emerged into existence as [...]

Truth be told, I’m emerging from a dark time, and stepping back into the light of the privilege of being alive. 💡 The child in my womb is motivating me to turn a corner from depression, to [...]

I received an overwhelmingly positive response to my last post in which I revealed not only that I’m pregnant, but that this good news comes on the back of a very dark time of regret and despair [...]

I have big news to share… I am 7 months pregnant and expecting a girl in December. 🤰 I am thrilled. My husband Deva is thrilled. And we feel celebrated by our community in our conscious choice to [...]