Ever since deciding to take a different direction with my work, I’ve been soul searching what my next steps will be. My beautiful friend who runs Nourish with Tanya (who was also my amazing doula after having our fourth baby two years ago!) has recently opened up a new offering called Mother Helper. When she shared… {read more}
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Exploring A New Path to Support Families
UPDATE APRIL 2025: After much deliberation, I have officially decided to end my study of the cert in early childcare not because I didn’t enjoy the experience but because I have so many little people in my life already that I don’t think I’ll be able to start a family daycare anyway (I wish I… {read more}
Motherhood Affirmation Cards ~ Free Downloads or Inspiration to Make Your Own
In preparation for my Postpartum Ceremony, I decided to create a vision board to guide and inspire me as I started a new phase in my life. Because I really enjoyed creating my own inspiration cards for postpartum time, I decided to make a new set of cards to suit the new stage as well. How… {read more}
My Experience of Postpartum Ceremony
Just over three months after my baby was born, I was blessed with a beautiful postpartum ceremony offered by my doula Tanya of Nourished Beginnings. This was my first pregnancy where I considered hiring a doula and I am forever thankful for having her support. It made such a difference to my mental, physical and… {read more}
10 Ideas for Supporting a New Mother after an Emergency Hospital Stay
I had a wonderful birth experience with our fourth baby. I even had what seemed to be a dream-like postpartum experience during the first 10 days after giving birth. Everything seemed to be going to plan, in the best ways possible! But on day 11, I was rushed to the emergency room with secondary postpartum… {read more}
Inspiration Cards for a Peaceful Postpartum Experience
Since a couple months prior to my due date with baby #4, I’ve been working with a beautiful doula named Tanya from Nourished Beginnings who I hired to help support me during my initial postpartum period. Even though I’ve had three babies before, I am learning so much from her about leaning in to the postpartum… {read more}
Rebirthing Myself as a Mother
After I gave birth to my three older children, I wrote a detailed summary of their birth story. This helped me process the experience and also record the day’s events so I could share the story with each child in the future. However with my last child, born a few weeks ago, my husband actually… {read more}
Starting Again: Mid Year 2023 Update
It’s been over a year and a half since I’ve even logged in to post on this website! It took me a good 20 minutes to find my way around again LOL. This online space was a huge part of my life from mid 2013 to about 2019, and I learned so much about not… {read more}
