Category: MATERNAL HEALTH
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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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“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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How to Get Insurance to Pay For Your birthkeeper/Doula
One of the big questions I get asked is if I hire a birthkeeper or doula, will my insurance company cover her fees? And if so, how do I go about it? This is a very good question because if you’re olanning for a home birth understand most of the costs are out-of-pocket and it…
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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…