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07/22/2025

𝗜𝗳 𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮 𝗯𝗮𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻… 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸?

For years, I believed the myth that if I let my anger show, it would mean I was failing as a woman.

That I’d be labeled difficult. Dramatic. Too much. So instead, I swallowed it. Smiled through gritted teeth. Pretended everything was fine while my chest burned and my jaw locked tight.
And maybe you’ve felt it too.

This is the myth I want to gently unravel today: “Good women don’t get angry.” Beloved, that’s a lie the world told us to keep us quiet.

Because here’s the truth: Anger is not a sign you’re a bad woman. It’s a sign that you’re a woman who’s alive. Anger rises in you because something precious is being threatened your boundaries, your integrity, your truth.

It’s your body’s sacred alarm, saying: “This is not okay.” The real harm doesn’t come from feeling anger. The harm comes from burying it.

When we force anger into silence, it doesn’t disappear. It festers into resentment, shame, exhaustion, and a deep, quiet grief for the woman we used to be.

Imagine a life where you can feel your anger… without shame… and let it guide you back to your truth instead of dragging you into self-blame. Because anger isn’t here to destroy your life. It’s here to save it.

You are not too much. You are not failing. You’re simply a woman whose soul refuses to disappear. And that, beloved, is sacred.

07/20/2025

🧬 You = 37 Trillion Cells
Your body is made up of 37 trillion cells across 200+ different types.

🧠 Brain Power
You have 100 billion neurons firing off up to 60,000 thoughts a day.

👁️ Vision in Vivid Color
Your eyes contain 127 million retinal cells, letting you perceive up to 10 million different colors.

🩸 Blood Breakdown
30 trillion red blood cells
42 billion blood vessels
6 liters (1.6 gallons) of blood
Blood makes up about 10% of your body weight

👃 Smell Sense
Your nose has 1,000 olfactory receptors capable of detecting 50,000 unique scents.

🧴 Skin Deep
Your skin — your largest organ — holds 100 billion cells all by itself.

07/14/2025

Great News for Indigenous Midwifery in Ontario!
Ontario is investing up to $250,000 in the Onkwehón:we Midwives Collective in Akwesasne, increasing their funding from $50,000 to $200,000 for 2025-2026.

This means not only more midwifery services, but the continuation of care that respects and revitalizes traditions that have existed long before provincial health systems ever arrived.

This is part of Ontario's $1 million commitment to Indigenous Midwifery Programs across the province.

07/14/2025

"Midwifery models of care are models of care in which the main care providers for women and newborns, starting from pre-pregnancy and continuing all the way through the postnatal period, are educated, licensed, regulated midwives who autonomously provide and coordinate respectful, high- quality care across their full scope of practice, using an approach that is aligned with the midwifery philosophy of care, which:

i. promotes a person-centred approach to care;
ii. values the woman–midwife relationship and partnership;
iii. optimizes physiological, biological, psychological, social and cultural processes; and iv. uses interventions only when indicated.
In midwifery models of care, midwives provide integrated care, addressing the needs of each individual woman and newborn, within functional and enabling health systems, equipped with necessary resources and streamlined consultation and referral processes. They collaborate within networks of care as part of interdisciplinary teams characterized by equality, trust and respect. This approach guarantees that every woman and newborn receives personalized care, tailored to their health needs.

Midwifery models of care are adaptable to all levels of care and contexts, including home-, community- and hospital-based settings; the public and private sectors and public–private partnerships; resource-constrained environments; and humanitarian and crisis settings. This ensures wide accessibility, equity and relevance across different cultural contexts for women, newborns, partners, families and communities."

Read More: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240098268

06/26/2025

I know I have a thought, but I don’t know what it is ….

Laverie Vallee, better known by her stage name , was the kind of woman who made Victorian audiences gasp—not just because she could lift staggering weights with ease, but because she dared to be powerful in an era that told women to be delicate. In the late 1800s, when corsets tightened and societal expectations tightened even more, she stepped onto stages across America and Europe in scandalously short shorts, defying gravity (and gender norms) with her trapeze acts, weightlifting feats, and muscle control performances.

She wasn’t just strong—she was strategic. At a time when women were discouraged from physical exertion, Charmion turned her body into art, performing jaw-dropping aerial routines that required both brute strength and balletic precision. Men in the audience gawked, women secretly marveled, and critics didn’t know whether to applaud or clutch their pearls.

But her boldness wasn’t just in her muscles—it was in her defiance. She refused to shrink herself, physically or socially. While doctors warned that exercise could make women "unfit for motherhood," Charmion proved that strength wasn’t just for survival—it was for spectacle, autonomy, and joy.

06/21/2025

I was pleased to help open the Five Counties Children's Centre's new accessible backyard. Northumberland County was pleased to be able partner⁷ in bringing this accessible and inclusive play space into reality. Providing outdoor play space to the children of Northumberland.

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