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    Blog | Ceremonies

    Holistic Weddings & Commitment Ceremonies

    Making a commitment to each other is a powerful and deepening process that enriches the relationship. Whether a heterosexual or an LGBTQ+ relationship, a commitment ceremony marks the promise we give to one another in the presence of those who are near and dear to us.

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    Blog | Ceremonies

    Beginnings & Endings

    Holistic ceremonies touch us on many levels and move us as spiritual beings no matter what age. Baby naming, house blessings, miscarriage memorials, funerals and woodland burials are some of the ceremonies Diane facilitates.

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    Blog | Ceremonies

    Transformations

    Croning Ceremony (Menopause) These are also known as Change of Life Ceremonies. When a woman reaches a certain age, her value increases through the experience and wisdom she has gathered in life. In most western societies older women are often denigrated for losing their youth and beauty. The focus on appearance is a shallow perspective…

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    Blog | Ceremonies

    Blessingways

    Blessingway is a Native American Indian tradition celebrating a variety of rites of passage, especially birth, womanhood (menarche) and marriage.

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    Blog | Ceremonies

    Ceremonies

    There are watershed moments in our lives when we need to mark the occasion in a personally meaningful way. Ceremonies are delightful ways of integrating important changes that are happening, honoring those changes in a powerful and positive way. The change from who we were to who we are becoming is carried out in ceremonial…

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    Blog | Parenthood

    Mothers and Other Birthing People

    American Mother’s Day is coming up, and while reflecting on motherhood I considered a recent development in the ecosphere regarding all-inclusive language. There are those who are advocating for more diversified terms regarding people who have babies, and there are those who are adamant that this language has the unintended consequence of erasing words like…

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    Blog | Pregnancy and Birth

    Postpartum Doulas: Filling a Gap in Much Needed Postpartum Care

    The end of March marked World Doula Week 2024, and it reminded me of how important doula care can be in making the fourth trimester a positive experience for new parents. A doula is someone who mothers the mother, whether it’s during the labor and delivery process or during the fourth trimester, when she offers…

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    Empowering Our Health via Medical Consumerism

    Recently, during a podcast with @mymommymentor, we discussed how to avoid a traumatic birth experience, which is a workshop that I offer. The subject of medical consumerism came up, and it inspired me to write this blog about how to become a medical consumer when dealing with medical or health related issues. We don’t tend…

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  • Cultural vs. biological femininity
    Blog | Therapy

    Self-Love: Just in Time for Valentine’s Day

    As a newly minted Somatic Attachment Therapist, I recently attended a Master Class on self-love as an embodied practice. What does that mean? Many of us find it hard to love ourselves, especially the ‘unlovable’ places within. Through our conditioning and our upbringing, we receive the message that we are not lovable, and that can…

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    Blog | Parenthood | Pregnancy and Birth

    Fathers and Hormones Before and After Birth

    Here’s a little nugget that I found in my upcoming book during the editing process. I thought it was important to share with fathers in the childbearing year. Fathers and Hormones* © Diane S Speier, PhD One of the most exciting developments in the last decade is the discovery that fathers go through natural hormonal…

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