Integrating…and Processing

Just back from another Deepening weekend with Whapio, complete with a Blessingway for Britnee, who is due early April.  I’m so inspired by this circle of women–mostly doulas, midwives-in-training and a few midwives who live and work in Olympia.  They have been very welcoming and I am feeling the lack of a similar birthing community […]

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Ah-Hah #2 from the Trust Birth Conference

I was fortunate to attend two of Dr. Sarah Buckley‘s sessions at the conference.  The first I attended: “When Birth Goes Wrong–the Hormonal Impact of Interventions”  deepened my understanding of the what happens physiologically with many common interventions. But my biggest learning was truly “getting” the three key requirements that contribute to an Unhindered Birth: […]

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Ah-hah #1 from the Trust Birth Conference

  I’m still sifting through my experiences and learnings, but I thought I’d better share the big ones before I get too busy with work (and my needy garden!)  Here’s the first of many… Karen Strange talked about the importance of sequences in newborn brain development and how brain function can be damaged if these […]

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Trust Birth 2010!

I’m back–feeling inspired, energized and creative!  I will be sharing several blog posts to download all my thoughts on this amazing event–there’s just way too much for one post.

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Getting ready…

Spent the weekend finishing up my PowerPoint presentation for the conference.  The process was made much easier by having Karl’s notes from my EFT Level One and Two training as a guide.  I also watched the one EFT DVD set that somehow I hadn’t seen: “The Palace of Possibilities.”  Low and behold, there is Gary […]

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