How was your summatime? Mine was pretty alright.

Much to celebrate:

new collaborations (see events) with old friends (Birth Bruja),

connecting with like-minded folks in the area (The Broad Room),

and in full transparency, I had some personal challenges too as I had a miscarriage early this summer. It feels right to share as so many of you have shared so much with me and I am a commitment to being my full self, all aspects, not just the fakery of 'professionalism'. We're all swimming in it - contradictions, capitalism, climate change, crap and other challenges despite what our social media projects :-). Hormones are a bitch though, I will say that. So, in trying to practice what I preach, I took care of me which for me looked like a LOT of sleep and figuring out the best nourishment for my body and not working too hard. 

So it's been a while. I'm happy to be back, feeling really good, and as you can see from this newsletter's imagery, I'm not ready for summer to end.

I look forward to connecting with you!

Below you'll see some upcoming events. Please also stay tuned to Birth Bruja Podcast as I'll be on an upcoming series (episodes 16-18, I think) where we discuss the intersections of sexual assault/survivorship and birth (pregnancy, birth, and post-partum), AND I tell my birth stories :-).