All too often we fall into the pitfall of trying to be superwoman, of trying to do it all, and of comparing ourselves to others who seem to do more or who seem to do better. How do we avoid this? One way is to understand what’s most important to you. What are your values? Is…
Amy Riley on the Experience Pros radio show! Listen to Amy Riley, Pregnancy Coach, on Experience Pros Radio with Angel Tuccy and Eric Reamer by clicking here. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
Every woman has a different thoughts and rationale about when she’ll share the news that she’s pregnant. Many don’t want to start telling others until after the likelihood of miscarriage is down to a really low probability because they think it’s a jinx or they worry about the possibility of having to tell all the people in…
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…
Georgia prepared for her birth process by actively visualizing the experience she wanted to have. I asked her, How can you visualize something you’ve never done? How can you picture what you want to have happen? She admitted this was a good question and proceeded to try to explain. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
Especially for something you’ve never experienced before? Jill spent her pregnancy preparing in a particular way for her birth process. She was aware of practice called kiva (in fact she teaches that in her doula practice) in which a person becomes internally focused. It’s a type of focus where you are super present to the…
So, I’m writing this the day before I get on a plane to spend 6 luxurious, fun, margarita-filled days with my sister in Mexico. I’m proud of us – my sister and me – for creating this. We both had babies last fall. She gave birth to twins in August and my Jake was born…
There are reasons that pregnancy is nine months long (or ten months long, depending on how you count). Do you agree? There are things that I needed to learn before my baby came out of the womb. On a basic level, there were shifts occurring in my daily routine – drinking very little alcohol, not…
As you begin to look forward to your pregnancy, I encourage you to expect the best. Do uncomfortable, unwanted things happen during women’s pregnancies? Certainly. Yet, if we focus on those uncomfortable and unwanted potential aspects of the experience, that is what we will attract. Expect the best and even when the unexpected or undesirable…