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.

Why do we think preparing for birth is so important? Why, as doulas, do we believe women often benefit from a doula even more in the hospital than they do at home? Why do we get so fired up about the language around birth, like being "allowed" to do something? Because as a society, women are deep...

May 29, 2026

Medicaid coverage for doulas - yay or nay?

Leslie here 👋 I recently had the chance to sit down with HeHe Stewart from The Birth Lounge Podcast, and we had an absolutely amazing conversation about something that, on the surface, sounds like a great idea, but that I have some serious concerns about. The topic? Medicaid coverage for doulas. ...

May 22, 2026

Thank God you were in the hospital…

Birth in the hospital is not the same thing as undisturbed, physiologic birth. We feel the need to say that because when conversations around home birth, midwifery legislation, and "birth safety" come up, this feels like one of the biggest missing pieces that people do not understand. We hear th...

May 15, 2026

You don’t need more childbirth education

This might sound a little backwards coming from someone who literally teaches childbirth education, but here it is anyway. Most people don’t need more information about how birth works. If you know how the baby got in, and you have a general understanding of how the baby is going to get out, you ...

May 07, 2026

Let’s tell the truth

Today is International Day of the Midwife. We celebrate all midwives, but today we want to tell the brutally honest truth you may not already know. Midwifery as it exists today is not what midwifery has been historically. Traditional midwifery practices didn’t fade away because they were unsafe. ...

May 05, 2026

The missing stage of labor

There’s a stage of labor that is completely missed in the medical model of care. In fact, it is so widely missed that most providers, even some home birth midwives, will intervene to bypass it completely. But it’s something that Whapio talks about in her model of the holistic stages of birth, and...

Apr 30, 2026

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

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