My sister had health insurance; she should have been warned by her doctors that she was at risk. But she was a minority. The doctors took little interest in her as an individual, and she fell through the cracks. And died.

There is a largely-ignored healthcare calamity in the United States that sees between two and three women die every day during pregnancy and childbirth.

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.

I became a fierce advocate for gentle birth as a solution for the most pressing problems of our times - a solution that begins at the source.

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.

As a midwife, I am immersed in Oxytocin day and night.

I came to the conclusion that bringing Humans to earth with an intact ability to LOVE is essential if we are to survive as a species.