Sacred Reflections

More than tips and to-do lists — this is a soft landing place. A mix of stories, reflections, poems, playlists, and gentle invitations back to yourself. Rooted in evidence, intuition, and transformation, this offering is for anyone who believes birth is a rite of passage and wants to explore it with reverence and curiosity.

Medicaid is covering doulas… but at what cost?

More states are covering doulas. Awesome, right? Nebraska just advanced a bill that would require Medicaid reimbursement for doula services. A lot of people are celebrating, and I understand why. Across the country, more states are adding Medicaid coverage for doulas. This is becoming the new mo...

Apr 10, 2026

A word I wish I knew before giving birth

Have you ever heard of the term iatrogenic? I hadn’t either until recently, but it is soooo relevant to modern birth. Iatrogenic simply refers to harm that happens as an unintended result of medical care. Not because someone made a mistake or had bad intentions, but because every intervention ha...

Apr 02, 2026

What does a doula actually do?

It is World Doula Week, so I want to take some time to celebrate and talk about doulas for a minute. Because a lot of people have heard the word… but aren’t totally sure what that actually means or how it’s different from a midwife or doctor. There is a lot of misinformation about these different...

Mar 26, 2026

Trusting yourself when it doesn’t make “sense”

We skipped last week’s email because I did something very unlike me. I took a very last-minute trip to Colorado. (Like, I had the idea on Saturday and we left on Sunday…) If you know me, you know I like to plan things out, especially when it involves travel, kids, logistics, money… all of it. I l...

Mar 19, 2026

What if you don’t trust the system?

We’ve been noticing a shift lately. More and more women are starting to question the maternity system they’re preparing to give birth in. For good reason. The modern maternity system doesn’t center moms and babies. It wasn’t designed that way. It was built around liability, efficiency, and manag...

Mar 05, 2026

Why fewer people are taking childbirth classes

There’s been a noticeable national decline in people seeking out childbirth education. And honestly, we totally understand why. Information is everywhere. You can Google any intervention. You can watch videos about labor positions. You can read breakdowns of pain management options. You can look ...

Feb 26, 2026

Why surrender is power, not defeat

One of the core messages we share around here is the idea of stepping into your power in birth. We truly believe that if every person gave birth fully in their power, not only would they be transformed, but the ripple effect would transform the world as well. But often the word power carries a co...

Feb 19, 2026

The difference between consuming content and preparing intentionally

There’s a point in pregnancy where you realize you’ve read a lot… but you still don’t necessarily feel ready. You’ve listened to the podcasts.You’ve followed the birth accounts.You’ve saved the reels. But information alone doesn’t create confidence. Integration does. Confidence comes from underst...

Feb 12, 2026

If your birth didn't go as planned, this is for you...

Unless you're new around here, you know that we believe birth is not a medical event, but rather a transformative rite of passage that sometimes requires medical intervention. A birth that requires medical intervention does not "skip" the rite of passage piece - far from it. It can seem though (...

Feb 05, 2026

New research that could save you hours of pushing...

This week we want to share some new research that was recently published by the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology about the "pushing stage" of labor. In most hospitals, it is standard practice to encourage active pushing with each contraction once it has been determined that the cerv...

Jan 29, 2026

Is home birth or hospital birth safer?

This is a topic that is passionately debated, and it’s usually framed as if there’s one correct answer: Is home birth safer, or is hospital birth safer? If you look at the research, you'll see that the outcomes between planned home birth and hospital birth are actually very similar, which surpris...

Jan 23, 2026

What we lost when birth stopped being sacred

This week inside The Birth Prep Circle, we’re zooming out and looking at the history of birth — not in a textbook way, but in a “how did we get here?” kind of way. For most of human history, birth happened in community. It was overseen by women, supported by other women, and held within matriarch...

Jan 15, 2026

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