This past May, I opened my independent doula business. My birth work is invested in ensuring that all people have access to quality birth support – I offer my doula services on sliding scale and hope to create free/reduced cost classes in the future. You can read more about my birth work philosophy and services […]
I’m back! The last you heard of me, in late February, I was setting out my goals for the coming months and trying to strategize how to use my limited time/resources. I thought that I would be able to get a blog post up monthly and planned for my next one to be in late […]
Brown dog with ears up peering out of shadowed doorway. The skin of my hands; the skin of her back; the beat in my chest; the long pause. Her breath, shuddering. There are so many things I found impossible to put into words last year. I massage a woman’s back with a feather-light touch as […]
I’ve been working myself sick lately. Taking a step back from my commitments so that I can recommit to myself — a lesson that I am always in the process of re-learning, but that has especially come up since the month of Ramadan — has proved to be way more challenging than just canceling a […]
I’ve always talked about wanting to get more involved with healing work – psychological, physical, and spiritual. These past few months, I’ve been diving in. I am naturally drawn to characters who make it their focus to care for others and provide resources. They create change in ways that aren’t as visible as putting a […]