Full Spectrum Midwife

This is one of the four “strategies for the long haul” proposed by Laura van Dernoot Lipsky in her new book The Age of Overwhelm: Strategies for the Long Haul. This book is a much anticipated follow up to her first book, Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others. Both of these … More Less Attachment, More Curiosity

Sweet Darkness by David Whyte When your eyes are tired the world is tired also. When your vision has gone, no part of the world can find you. Time to go into the dark where the night has eyes to recognize its own. There you can be sure you are not beyond love. The dark … More The Gestation of a New Midwife

Hello dear readers. And hello, April. I’ve officially been working as a midwife for three months. I’ve survived the first trimester. And just as I reassure my pregnant patients that most of the time, the worst of the nausea wears off by second trimester, I’m reassured by the fact that I feel more settled and … More Monthly Chai: April 2017