A good number of stories that I’ve gathered for my Loving the Pregnant You book have clearly pointed to the power of “tuning inward” or staying in the present moment throughout delivery. Women have found this helpful in minimizing pain and/or identifying what they want and need physically and emotionally throughout the birth process. There…
As LuAnn moved into her second trimester, her body changed quickly and she suddenly felt sloppy and fat. To her it seemed that from her boobs to her belly she was just a series of fat rolls. She’d never been a thin girl. She’d always been more curvy and voluptuous, but this was just too…
Last week I traveled to an organizational client site to facilitate a workshop in which participants received a comprehensive feedback report filled with perceptions from their managers, peers, direct reports, and other co-workers (360-degree assessment feedback); and I played a dual role: I was a facilitator/coach and I was a participant who got my own…
“Don’t sweat the small stuff.” This is inarguably great advice. And, I think, often easier said than done. To not sweat the small stuff, I think you need to know yourself, know what’s most important to you, and do it your way. Simply stated – I think so. And, again, these are ALL endeavors that may…
This week I wrote a guest blog for the Pregnancy & Motherhood blog hosted by Deborah Meggitt. (She’s cool. Check out her site here.) The blog entry is entitled Discover Your Trailblazer and you can read it here. In the blog I state that it’s useful to have role models – to connect with people who…
Naoli is a midwife and she talks of the amazing depth of maternal instinct that we all have that gets ignited during pregnancy. She believes it’s most useful for us as pregnant women to expose ourselves to a wide range of advice and then apply only what feels useful to us. She says that we…
Christina is someone who lives her life intentionally. She stays in touch with what she wants and continually considers what she can do today to position herself for what she wants in the future. Last year, Christina was getting clearer and clearer about what she wanted in a couple different aspects of her life. She…
Anita had always been an athlete. She was known in all her different circles as a fit, athletic person. Even people she’d meet for the first time would comment that she looked like she was in great shape or really strong. She’d get an occasional, “Wow, I think you could take my husband!” Anita enjoyed…
You may agree with the idea that you, and only you, need to be fully comfortable with and understand the choices that you make regarding your pregnancy. And sometimes you may agree…only in theory. In reality, you might be dealing with people who question decisions you’ve made, who tell you about why another course of…
What felt good to Georgia was to know that she got to create her own experience of pregnancy and delivery – especially delivery. When she was pregnant she noticed that many women wanted to tell her their labor and delivery stories. Georgia decided that she didn’t want to hear them! She didn’t want to “take…
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