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Musings on women's health, sexuality, and empowerment.
My Why What motivates me to offer the Pelvic Health Summit? I want to share some of my own story of living with a pelvis, while featuring the presenters I have the honor of hosting and the profound impact they have had on my life. Today features ALisa Starkweather. As a young child of five,…
I didn’t know about the Duxbury tragedy when I held a grief ritual last night. When someone has their grief process in ritual and then re-enters the community of the ritual, they are received and asked, “Have you grieved enough yet?” No. We have not. Now we grieve for this family. The loss of these…
I went to Luray Caverns with my sweet family recently. It is like being in the womb. Deep in the womb stories of the earth. There was a moment when I looked up and saw a birthing canal. Complete with a clitoris. This is the image that is featured here. Can you see it? In…
Three essential ways to support womb health. All three involve warmth. These specific suggestions to support womb health below are especially important as we enter the cold season. 1. Keep your neck warm. Our jaw and neck have so much relationship to our pelvic bowls. It is no accident that we have a “cervical” region…
I was lucky. I loved breastfeeding. It worked for me, it worked for my baby and it worked for our family. I made plenty of breastmilk that nourished and fed my son until he was ready for food, and then he continued on to be physically nourished and emotionally nourished by breastfeeding, along with ingestion…
Covid Support and Resilence Protocol I have crafted this protocol to share with you all, as people seem to be continuing to get sick. Knowledge is power. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. And preparation is everything. I purchased all the supplements I would want if my family got sick, so…
Dark Blood Have you noticed dark blood at the beginning or the end of your menstrual cycle? Dark blood at the beginning of your cycle tends to be leftover blood from the previous menstrual cycle. Dark blood at the end of your menstrual cycle tends to be leftover blood from many moons before. What is…
Which Menstrual Products work for you? It is one of my great passions in life to support women and other menstruating folks to love and embrace our wombs and cycles. One aspect of embracing our menstruation is figuring out what menstrual products work for you! Many people ask my opinions and recommendations, so here they…
Are you one of the many women who struggles with painful menstruation or irregular menstrual cycles? The good news and the bad news is that you are not alone. Nearly half of women struggle with painful menses, or dysmenorrhea. Symptoms of imbalanced and painful menstruation Big emotional mood swings Unmanageable cramps leading up to or…
Since March 15th, that fateful day when we got the call that school would be closed for 2 weeks, when people have casually asked me the date, I shrug my shoulders, smile impishly and say, “March?” A commentary on how days have felt the same since then in a certain way. As we approach the…