I recently completed the Loving, Dying and Letting Go workshop offered by the Institute for the Study of Birth, Breath and Death. I first signed up for this course and read the required reading prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, and then, the world changed. I felt too depressed for a few months to continue studying these topics. In June, when I regained some sense of (new) normalcy, I felt ready to further my learning in this area. I felt like the pandemic had offered a whole ne

Reclaiming language and reclaiming birth are intimately connected, but how can I work toward reclamation of language within my birth work?

Here are some suggestions to increase your comfort as your prepare to meet your baby.