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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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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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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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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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Overcoming Anxiety: Top Pregnancy Practices to Prepare for Birth and Motherhood 

With 20% of moms experiencing anxiety during pregnancy, it’s important to take steps to reduce stress and anxiety as soon as you find out you’re pregnant. Mindfulness, meditation and breathing practices are simple and powerful. Learn how to spend a few minutes each day, learning how to stay calm and centered as you move through pregnancy and prepare for birth, postpartum and motherhood. 

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Top Tips to Reduce Your Risk of a Maternal Mood Disorder: Part I

Did you know 33% of women develop symptoms for anxiety and depression during pregnancy? Pregnancy is the time to put healthy practices into place as you prepare for motherhood. Prioritize sleep, nutrition and exercise because the way you treat yourself during pregnancy and in the early days of postpartum matters - for yourself and your family. 

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Are You Giving Away Your Power?

When I think of the word “delivery,” I picture packages showing up at my door from Amazon, or the occasional flower bouquet. In business, goods and services are “delivered” in exchange for money. So why are we using this same word to describe a sacred, transformative experience like birth?

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Breath by breath, moment by moment

Discover how to create space - for your body, mind and soul- with mindful, conscious breathing. Learn how to create a sense of calm and presence. Whether you're using Womb Breathing to nurture your baby as you prepare for birth or Womb Healing  to heal and recover from birth, each breath is an opportunity to create space, restore balance, and promote healing.

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Learning to surrender: How to prepare for your first, with embodied presence and relaxation.

Whether you’re birthing a baby or a new project, at some point, you need to let go, and trust. Trust that you’ve prepared enough and that you’re well taken care of. Otherwise, it’s impossible to be fully present for whatever arises. I knew that in order to birth this project successfully, I’d need support.

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What do I need to know to prepare for birth?

Women in the U.S. have been led to believe we can’t birth without medical interventions. As a doula, I’ve seen a spectrum of choices. Whether or not you choose medical interventions, ensure your positive birth experience. Get the right information practices and preparation to stand and birth in your power.

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