Yep, I've been there. I think I assumed doing so was evidence I was healed from prior #traumas. I received poor midwifery care, nearly seventeen years ago now, and my son died. I thought creating a midwifery practice and ultimately raising the standard of care, offering families a safe place to birth would help right some of the injustice we suffered. I earned my doctorate with a focus on improving neonatal outcomes in the home and birth center settings, and went to law schoo

Maybe a weird conversation from your primary care provider, but you would be amazed by how much this issue impacts one's health! A new partner who has a very different relationship to food than you or who has a very different activity level may make you vulnerable to rapid weight gain, which may sneak up on you quicker than you may realize. New relationships are also opportunities which test your boundaries, because we often leave previous relationships with the belief we sho

I've had a few things on my mind these past few weeks, primarily my own #insecurity in moving forward as a yoga instructor and even a wellness clinician. I see this same insecurity in my teenage son. He waits for his work to be perfect before submitting to his teachers so he often misses deadlines and sometimes freezes up entirely. I fear being #vulnerable as a new yogi teacher whose body doesn't meet the general expectation of a yogi. Yes, I know yoga is for everyone and eve