WISE WOMEN DIARIES

Carolina (@carolinaxhaddad) a mother, homesteader, and doula, shares her journey to motherhood...her personal awakening, faith, miscarriage, pregnancy, homebirth, and experiences with plant medicine. We discuss the parallels between plant medicine journeys and the birth portal. Carolina shares her experience of the challenges of her first labor experience - the feeling of being in a never-ending journey, the mind's desire for comfort and painlessness and the need to trust the birthing process. She is a testament that massive personal growth that can come from facing and overcoming fear. Lastly, Carolina shares her breastfeeding journey and the power of one person's seed of doubt on the mind. The conversation explores the challenges of seeking validation and information from external sources in motherhood. 

Our daily life is oriented around BODY SENSATIONS. Everything we do is about gaining certain "good" sensations and getting rid of others! I also discuss my favorite inner shadow work 'Existential Kink (by Carolyn Elliott).' 

Brenna (@celestialhoneyb) shares the journey of her two birth stories: her first son's birth (at ~43 weeks and 3 days) was an attempted freebirth at home but then she transferred to the hospital for an unexpected reason. She explains the guilt and forgiveness she had to process because of that choice. Then with her second son's birth.... she was in bliss and pleasure with God, at home with her son, partner, and mom present. Brenna also speaks to the grieving process of the huge life change from one child to two children she was so surprised by. 

Gigi chose radical trust: no ultrasounds, no testing, no medical intervention whatsoever during pregnancy and birth. She explains her beautiful surrendering process of the preconception phase with her baby and the deep communication they had together... that ultimately kickstarted labor at 37 weeks because of a probable cholestasis situation. If Gigi was in a hospital setting, she would have been an emergency c-section, especially because her baby was breech, but she knew what she wanted: a peaceful homebirth. Gigi has deep, beautiful reflections about the magic of co-sleeping and how the first year of life is for creating a secure attachment. This is a remarkable, astounding story that showcases what is possible between mother and baby.

Nicole (@theseedofjoy_ on instagram) is a truly conscious and intentional emotional guide to her four sons. She is a safe authority figure for her children. Nicole speaks on the physicality of raising boys, how she guides them through emotional sibling dynamics, and asserting boundaries for herself and for the family unit.  Nicole shows me that parenthood the way I know is possible.... is possible, because she is doing it. She has an online offering called "Raising Sons," which is a two hour workshop exploring the challenges, the honor and the gift of raising sons into great men! Part 1 with Nicole details her four births: two hospital births and two unassisted homebirths, with so much wisdom gained and lineage patterns healed.

Nicole (@theseedofjoy_ on instagram) is a powerful storyteller. She journey's us through the four births of her sons: two hospital births and two freebirths... with incredible wisdom gained and lineage patterns healed.  I also suggest listening to Nicole's beautiful episode on the Healing Birth podcast titled "Channeling the Cosmos." This is the episode where I discovered Nicole and knew I had to connect with her!  Part 2 is an episode about Nicole's conscious, intentional parenting of her four sons. She has an online offering, "Raising Sons," for conscious mother's navigating the challenge and complete honor of raising sons into great men.

Ego Parenting: Power + Control + Fear + Victimhood |  Conscious Parenting: Empathy + Curiosity + Radical Responsibility Most conscious parents were raised in classic, conditional, punishing homes, yet are doing the deepest work of overriding ego programming to be the parent they needed when they were a child! For anyone wanting more information, I love Dr Shefali's work on Conscious Parenting.... she has numerous books and podcasts!

Every week I get obsessed with certain topics, then talk about it on my Instagram stories, in my journal, and with friends. This week I am talking about: Do you believe you need to make your child Good? What is agency? As an adult are you acting like you don't have agency, which perpetuates your victimhood? Dr Shefali Tsabary talks about how the parent-child relationship is transactional, so why is it transactional (conditional)?  Why is food addiction so popular? Why do many women knee-jerk say "no" to their partners in regards to sex? What could transform that no to a yes? 

Taylor Cole (@taylorcole) is a mother of three and a root cause nutritionist, passionate about helping mothers nourish themselves and feel better. Taylor and I discuss her personal growth as a mother, how she nourishes herself amongst the busyness of three children, why she chose to cut alcohol out of her life for a full year so far, and the shifts that occur in marriage when we drastically change but our partner doesn't at the same pace.

Kassie is now an authentic midwife but reflects on her four births, beginning at the age of 19. Throughout her 20's, she discovered her passion of homebirth, becoming a doula, then a midwife, and she even got fired from a midwife practice for "trusting birth too much." Hence, she now practices as a traditional midwife, attracting clients that do not want an authority figure in birth, just the simple presence of a wise woman.