Category: HOLISTIC LIFESTYLE
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Reclaiming Your Cycle: Why Reusable and Organic Period Products Matter for Womb Care
Periods are not a nuisance to manage but a rhythm to honour. How you care for your cycle affects your comfort, hormones, and long-term reproductive health. The products you use each month directly touch some of the most absorbent tissue in your body. That means their materials matter. The Problem with Conventional Products Most mainstream…
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🩸 Free Bleeding, Period Stigma, and the Hypocrisy of Global Sympathy
By Melissa Philippe Let’s talk about something raw, honest, and long overdue: free bleeding, menstrual shame, and the two-faced nature of the global conversation around period access. Not long ago, I made a post about something deeply personal: being allergic to my own period blood. Yes, allergic. Since my very first cycle, I’ve experienced discomfort,…
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“Incorporating Holistic Practices into Postpartum Doula Care”
By Melissa Philippe, Afro-Indigenous Traditional Midwife + Holistic Wellness Practitioner Postpartum care is sacred. It is spiritual. It is ancestral. And yet, in modern Western culture, it is often treated as an afterthought, a brief “recovery” period instead of the profound rite of passage into the rest of your life as it truly is. As…
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🌿 Healed & Whole: Wellness for the Mind, Body, & Spirit
Presented by Rooted in Wisdom 📅 Saturday, 13 September 2025 🕚 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. 📍 New Covenant Faith and Miracle Arena, Forest Park, GA ✨ A Sacred Day of Rest, Reconnection & Renewal Join us for a one-day wellness retreat designed for women of faith. Rooted in biblical healing, sisterhood, and spiritual nourishment,…
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Understanding the Physiology of Birth: Insights from a Traditional Midwife
Birth is not a medical emergency but a sacred rite of passage. It is a physiological process that, when honoured, unfolds with divine precision. Yet, in modern times, we’ve been conditioned to fear our bodies. We’ve been taught to distrust our wombs, to silence our intuition, and to surrender our power to systems that do…