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From Fear to Fierce: Embracing Your Pregnancy Body, with Love and Confidence

Pregnancy transforms every layer of a woman’s being- body, mind, soul and identity. This honest blog post explores pregnancy body changes beyond the surface, addressing the complex emotions tied to pregnancy body image, prenatal anxiety and maternal mental health. From weight gain and physical discomfort to sleep disruption, hormonal shifts and fear of childbirth, get compassionate guidance and practical tips for embracing your evolving body with love—not criticism. Whether you're glowing or struggling, these tips will support you on your journey.

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Meditation for Motherhood: A Path to Calm and Grounded Presence

Discover how meditation can support calm, presence and emotional balance in pregnancy, birth and early motherhood. With 5 easy steps for getting started, learn how meditation can be your steady foundation amid the chaos and a balm for your nervous system. It helps you meet motherhood as you are—with love, patience and power. It supports you in becoming your calmest, clearest self—not only for you, but for your child and is a practice you can share with your children as they grow.

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Transforming Language for a Safe and Empowered Birth

Are you ready to feel confident, safe and empowered during your pregnancy and birth journey? This powerful post explores how the language you use — and the words used by care providers — directly shape your mindset, birth experience and even your baby’s development. Learn to reframe negative thoughts, shift internal beliefs and choose affirming, supportive language that honors your body and power as a mother. From pregnancy to postpartum, learn practical tools that promote a positive, empowered birth.

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How to Make Confident Choices in Pregnancy: A Guide to Informed Consent

Discover how to make informed decisions throughout pregnancy, labor and birth with a simple and powerful technique that you can use as a mom for years to come. Transform questions, thoughts and worries into a clear understanding of your choices and your rights. With informed consent, guided by your intuition, you’ll feel in control as you prepare for a positive birth. 

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Postpartum Core and Pelvic Floor Exercises: Gentle, Safe and Natural Recovery

Discover a gentle, effective approach to postpartum core and pelvic floor strengthening designed specifically for NYC moms navigating early motherhood. This blog covers essential techniques for diastasis recti healingpelvic floor exercises for new moms, and postpartum ab rehab that promote recovery without strain. Learn how safe core exercises and simple breathing exercises for core healing can reconnect you with your body, improve stability and support long-term health. Whether you're newly postpartum or still pregnant, this guide evidence-based roadmap to help you heal, move with confidence and feel strong again—naturally.

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It’s not too late: How to induce labor gently and naturally

Are you at the end of your pregnancy with no signs of labor and wondering what you can do to encourage things to start naturally? This post explores natural labor induction methods that support your body’s wisdom—including acupressure, raspberry leaf tea, curb walking and more. Discover gentle ways to start labor naturally while learning how to stay calm, informed and in control during the final weeks. Perfect for mamas looking to avoid medical induction and trust the process of physiological birth.

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Pregnancy Yoga: Strength, Stillness and the Power of Preparation

Discover how pregnancy yoga empowers you during pregnancy by blending physical strength, emotional resilience and mindful preparation for birth. With these pregnancy-safe poses, you’ll experience the unique benefits of prenatal yoga — from relieving discomfort and improving sleep to enhancing pelvic mobility and reducing anxiety through breath work. Whether you're in your first or third trimester, this guide offers safe poses to help you ground and strengthen so you can be calm and confident when labor comes.

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“Birth Reclaimed: VBAC After Cesarean and How to Prepare for the Birth You Want”

In this personal and informative blog post, I share my transformative journey from a disempowering cesarean to an empowered VBAC and share how you can prepare, be informed and trust your body again as your prepare for birth. Learn what VBAC involves, how to prepare physically and emotionally, and why having a doula increases your confidence, reduce risks and helps you achieve a positive, empowered birth experience.

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Breathing for Pregnancy & Birth: Breathe your way into birth

Discover how breath awareness can transform your pregnancy, birth, and postpartum journey. Learn key techniques like Womb Breathing and Torso Breathing to reduce stress, deepen connection with your baby and prepare for labor. Your breath is more than oxygen—it’s your guide and anchor. Your rhythm and inner strength. This blog offers practical steps and mindfulness tools to help you feel grounded, focused and ready, no matter how or where you’re giving birth.

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Creating and Protecting Sacred Space on the Threshold of Motherhood

Pregnancy is a time of profound physical, emotional and spiritual transformation. As your body changes, you’re also creating space in your heart, home and schedule. In this blog, learn how to manage overwhelm, reduce stress with tools like belly breathing and journaling, and build sacred rituals that ground you during this journey. Learn how doula support can help protect the space you're creating as you prepare to birth with intention, confidence, and calm.

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Letting Go of “Bounce Back” Culture After Birth: Embracing the Fullness of the New You

Forget “bouncing back” after birth — postpartum is about becoming, not returning to who you were. As a NYC birth doula, I share a real story about the hidden struggles behind the “fit mom” myth and offer nourishing tips for new mothers. From the sacred first 40 days to embracing your body’s transformation, learn why true postpartum healing takes time, rest, and compassion. Discover how to honor your journey into motherhood with healthy, holistic support.

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My Journey as a Doula and Coach: Committed to Nurturing and Ensuring Your Empowered Birth and Healthy Start

Discover how doula and pregnancy coaching supports empowered, holistic birth experiences—from pregnancy to postpartum. In this blog, learn why early preparation, emotional support, and continuous care are essential for reducing birth trauma, enhancing confidence, and creating a healthy start for both mother and baby. Perfect for new parents seeking a calm, connected, and informed path to birth and beyond.

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Staying Grounded: Shifting into Spring with Harmony and Calm

You may be feeling like it’s a good time to make a few small changes to your diet and exercise to minimize the effects of the windy, wet season that can cause imbalances and anxiety and harness the energy of renewal. Practices that keep you grounded will help alleviate stress and anxiety and help you tune into a state of deep appreciation. 

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How to Protect Your Energy as a New Mom -And Why It’s Important for Preventing Postpartum Depletion

Behind the perfect snapshots and glowing captions, the reality of motherhood can be far messier and more challenging than what we see on screen. Learning how to protect your energy and focus your mind is one of the most powerful tools you can develop—before, during and especially after pregnancy. As you prioritize quality time with your child, you also help prevent postpartum depletion.  This serve you as your child grows, and it will also protect your health later on in life. Would it make sense to make a few tweaks in your routine, in the early days of motherhood? If the answer is yes, read my newest Blog post for the top 3 daily habits you can transform your life now.

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The Sacred Continuum of Motherhood: A Journey of the Heart and Soul

Motherhood isn’t a set of separate, isolated events. Instead, it’s a continuum, a dynamic and evolving process that stretches from before the moment of conception through postpartum and beyond. From fertility challenges to reframing labor to understanding postpartum, learning to be present, setting healthy boundaries and bonding with baby is an ever-evolving process for a mom. Get tips on how to navigate the early days of motherhood. 

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Creating Space for Stillness and Ease Amid the Chaos

Living in constant noise adversely effects our nervous system as well as our ability to think clearly. Without silence, an overwhelmed and exhausted mom tends to react, rather than respond. Learning how to turn down the external noise is necessary for a new mom. When you do, you’ll reduce stress and anxiety and begin to experience greater relaxation while learning to listen to your intuition.

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