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Discount Code for Empowering Fearless Birth Conference

We get to pass on to you special pricing for a tickets to the Empowering Fearless Birth conference: $39 with a free gourmet lunch for TGOGL fans. The price for this at the door is $59. Sheridan and...

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Preparing Our Daughters

Last week I celebrated the 10th anniversary of my birth into motherhood. It kind of boggles my mind that I’ve been a mother for a decade. It also boggles my mind that this baby… …just had her 10th...

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The Covenants of Mortal Birth

I recently attended two baptisms on the same day for two of my nephews.   As I watched these two boys stand next to their fathers surrounded by water I thought of their first baptism when their place...

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Sacred Space for Birth, Part 1

Cherise is an Arizona Mother, Doula, Childbirth Educator, Placenta Crafter, and Creator of the marvelous “Big Baby Project” (a website full of empowering vaginal births of babies 9 lbs and over). I...

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Gift Ideas for the Pregnant Woman You Love

Being pregnant this time of year is great. For one, you can blame the holidays for the ten pounds you gained from November through December. But I also just think there’s something special about...

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New Moon, New Year, New You

On New Year’s day, I had the privilege of gathering with eleven lovely souls in a cozy space in Utah County to celebrate the New Year on the new moon with a powerfully symbolic group meditation. We...

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Becoming Zion: Book Recommendations

So I’ve been a bit obsessed of late with Zion. Can you feel the momentum like I can? Things are happening. We are being prepared for big things. Perhaps it’s wishful thinking on my part, but I feel in...

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Focus Meditation for Birth Workers

I have been taking a midwife assistant class recently and one of the assignments I was given was to share a grounding exercise.  I pieced this focus meditation together based on some of the energy...

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Help Us Name Our New Baby

We have been teasing you with our posts about our new “baby.” And the truth is, none of the authors is actually pregnant but we are busy gestating a new project. We are birthing an online pregnancy...

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Approaching the Throne of God

I really loved conference as always. How is it that the messages are for such a general audience but feel so personal at times?  I wanted to share a few thoughts I had while listening to “Approaching...

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This book makes me feel like some sort of “Goddess”

We love our readers. We wrote this book for all of you! We also love getting feedback from you about the book. It is so great to read reviews of our book on Amazon. To say thanks, we are going to...

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How a Prisoner of War Story Helped Me Prepare for Birth

American and Filipino prisoners of war captured by the Japanese are shown at the start of the Death March after the surrender of Bataan on April 9 near Mariveles in the Philippines in 1942 during World...

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Book Review: The Sacred Gift of Childbirth

The Gift of Giving Life has a friend! It can be lonely when you are the only LDS birth book on the block so it is nice when a new friend moves in right? We think so.  It is wonderful that more voices...

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Each of my births transformed me in a powerful way – Episode 18

Part 2 of our interview with Melissa “Each of my births changed me in a different way.” Sheridan Melissa shared how her third birth gave her confidence and joy. How her 4th birth stripped her down and...

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How was Planning an Unmedicated Birth for My Own Spiritual Growth? – Episode 20

Something I used to frequently say regarding childbirth was that I was born in the last days because Heavenly Father knew I couldn't handle a natural childbirth and knew I needed epidurals. It was...

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Stunning, Spiritual Poems about a Girls First Period

For the past couple of weeks I've been thinking a lot about preparing my oldest daughter for menstruation and puberty. She will be turning ten next month, so I know these milestones are quickly...

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My Healing Repeat Cesarean by Jennifer

I was touched by Jennifer’s birth story. Things obviously didn’t go how she had wanted but I think her story shows how, when women are allowed to make their own choices– guided by the spirit– every...

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Approaching the Throne of God

I really loved conference as always. How is it that the messages are for such a general audience but feel so personal at times? I wanted to share a few thoughts I had while listening to “Approaching...

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This book makes me feel like some sort of “Goddess”

We love our readers. We wrote this book for all of you! We also love getting feedback from you about the book. It is so great to read reviews of our book on Amazon. To say thanks, we are going to...

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How a Prisoner of War Story Helped Me Prepare for Birth

  I want to thank my friend Natalie for this beautiful post. We became friends because of our mutual love for birth but beyond that Natalie really is a beautiful person inside and out. –Robyn I am...

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