I’ve been feeling a bit haunted by a recent post I shared of the “Your Body Is Powerful” card on Instagram. Not because it isn’t true, or because the reminder isn’t something deeply welcome during pregnancy and labor, but because, like all the cards, it isn’t the full picture. Sometimes these words can feel painfully untrue. A client, like others before her, recently emerged from the birth of her child feeling traumatized. A birth that had the potential to leave her with a pr

If you read my most recent posts, you know that my own grasp of the potency of the Wisdom of Birth deck has expanded and transformed since using her more and more in practice. The original and still lasting intention is for this deck to be used during pregnancy to offer guidance and insight to support people in feeling well prepared for all that birth is and can be. I envision an expectant mother flipping through the deck and guidebook being drawn to imagery and prompts t

I remember the moment I realized our Wisdom of Birth Oracle & Tarot deck was an invitation into something even deeper and beyond what I'd originally even imagined. I was working with a client who's baby was breech. She was about 33 weeks pregnant, though this pregnancy was by far the longest lasting pregnancy after multiple miscarriages. She had one living, first child, born via cesarean, and she was planning this birth at home. When she sat down to pull a card from one of