Long before I became pregnant I knew wanted a homebirth. As a doula, I had seen everything from hospital births to birthing centers, epidurals to unmedicated births. Through this first hand...

This is the story of my son, Amadeus Prince, and our journey to get here.

I have been wanting to share this story for months but the truth is, I am still grappling with it.

I...

To be acknowledged is to feel seen, heard, understood and validated.

It doesn’t mean to pacify, fix, entertain, distract or even make better.

When it comes to our kids, usually the first...

Do you know I used to be a competitive boxer?

For six years, I trained and worked my ass off to become a champion.

 I think about that chapter of my life often and realized boxing and birth...

Now that I covered the principles and key components of RIE®, I wanted to share my personal experience with it. I think it can be easy to know and teach the concepts but integrating and...

The common mantra in our society is to have a "healthy mom and baby."

 And while OF COURSE that is what we all want, it's actually code for a mom and baby that end up alive after it's...

One of the final pieces of the RIE@ approach is consistency. We all know that babies and children thrive when expectations are clear and consistent. By establishing defined...

(Originally posted April 2016)

We just returned from our second Wellness Retreat version 2.0 and in one word, it was incredible. 

To be honest, I was a little nervous leading up to it....

The next two pieces of RIE@ go hand in hand with each other: a safe, challenging and predictable environment and time for uninterrupted play.

When following the RIE@ approach, it is...

The next piece of the RIE^®  approach is involving the child during care taking activities. This may seem strange because you’re probably thinking that of course the baby is...

What is self-love?

How do you define it?

 Is it...

Regard for your own well-being?

That which makes you happy?

 An inherent sense the being is enough?

And worthy?

 Is self-love...

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