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