The amazing heroic women in labor, they are the truest inspiration, and when they push their babies into the light... I am astonished every time.

I am just one of many many thousands of midwives, who are devoted to saving lives gently.

I cry when I work in the garden, because the Sun, the rain, the wind and the Earth all work together to make us food and flowers. It just blows me away.

In a nutshell, I am a mom, a grandma, and a midwife.

Oxytocin is the hormone of love. We share it when we have a good conversation, we share it when we make love, and when we hug, and BIRTH is the biggest brightest time of rich oxytocin-sharing.

The amazing heroic women in labor, they are the truest inspiration, and when they push their babies into the light... I am astonished every time.

Birthing is the most profound initiation to spirituality a woman can have.