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✨️Motherhood as a Source of Wisdom, Self-Discovery and Personal Growth
✨️Uncover Meaning, Purpose and Fulfillment through your Mothering

Birth & Postpartum Doula Trainings
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Brazil, Sweden, Online

.Let us mother like wise gardeners with reverence, patience, and deep trust in the intelligence of nature. May we press ...
05/11/2025

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Let us mother like wise gardeners with reverence, patience, and deep trust in the intelligence of nature.

May we press seeds gently into the soil of our hearts and wombs and into the tender earth of our children’s lives and then step back, in awe, to witness the mysterious beauty that emerges.

Not every seed will sprout, or not in the way we imagined. Not every bloom will unfold on our timeline or even in our own lifetime. We are quite literally caretaking the future.

When we mother in the spirit of the gardener; when we tend to the soil of our children — the quality of the ground from which they root to grow — we are given the privilege of witnessing first hand the miracle of the cycles of life.

If, as Viktor E. Frankl said; “The meaning of life is to give life meaning”, then this is one of the most powerful ways I know how.

💗 Art by .klerks 🙏
"What does soil tending have to do with motherhood?"
The image is a fragment of a textile work in process - linen, hand embroidery, cotton thread, earth pigments, upcycled silk, sunshine.
www.josephineklerks.com

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03/11/2025

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Image 1: Art by
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Image 3: Photo taken at Sacred Birth Keeper Circle
Image 4: Photo from a Women’s Retreat I held many years ago
Image 5: Art by .joy
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"Walking, I am listening to a deeper way. Suddenly all my ancestors are behind me.Be still, they say.Watch and listen.Yo...
30/10/2025

"Walking, I am listening to a deeper way.
Suddenly all my ancestors are behind me.
Be still, they say.
Watch and listen.
You are the result of the love of thousands."
~ Linda Hogan

It’s humbling to pause and consider what it truly means to be someone’s descendant.

To be born, you need:
2 parents
4 grandparents
8 great-grandparents
16 second great-grandparents
32 third great-grandparents
64 fourth great-grandparents
128 fifth great-grandparents
256 sixth great-grandparents
512 seventh great-grandparents
1,024 eighth great-grandparents
2,048 ninth great-grandparents
4,094 tenth great-grandparents.

In just twelve generations, more than 4,000 people contributed to your existence.
That’s over 2,000 mothers, each one with her own story, her own fears, joys, sorrows and dreams...

💫 Imagine them for a moment; their struggles, sacrifices, and heartbreaks. As well as their victories and all they overcame.
All that they endured, all the choices they made, led to you. You are the living presence of their legacy.

Whether your relationship with your ancestry feels close or distant, the truth remains: they live on through you, and you now stand at the front of the line 👣

You carry what came before, and you shape what comes next.

Although it is beautiful, important to look back, it is in my view, as important to turn our gaze forward...

🌀 This is an extract from a longer text about becoming future ancestors. If you want to read the full text, which also includes a RITUAL to explore, sign up to my mailing list 📮 by following the link in comments

🧡 Art by Caitlin Connolly 🙏

.They try to box you in.To make you believe there are only a few “right” ways, to give birth, to mother, to be a woman.Y...
29/10/2025

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They try to box you in.
To make you believe there are only a few “right” ways, to give birth, to mother, to be a woman.

You are as vast as the universe that you were born into. 
The same creative force that births stars and galaxies,
moves through your breath, your bones, your womb.

The systems may try to confine you,
but below, above, and all around you, there are infinite possibilities. 

You are free. 
Anything else is a lie. 

But with this freedom comes immense responsibility.
To remember your power.
To birth with awareness,
and to use your freedom in service of life itself.

Because beyond birthing our children,
we are also birthing the world we live in —
every day, through our choices and actions. 

“We are the ones we have been waiting for”
is not just a cute metaphor or a slogan.
It is a truth to inspire us daily as a reminder of the great significance
that all our seemingly small lives play in the co-creation of our reality.  

💫 Art by  🙏

."Sit with your paincradle it closelean in and listentake it slowSit with your paincradle it closeand when you're readyl...
29/10/2025

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"Sit with your pain
cradle it close
lean in and listen
take it slow
Sit with your pain
cradle it close
and when you're ready
let it go"

~ Song lyric, Cradle it Close,
by Fia

What can help us to sit with our pain and grief?

Whatever the source of it, having someone else hold space for us (physically or energetically from a distance) may not speed up the process, nor
make it any less painful.
But feeling supported can aid in the meaning making process - in the transformation of pain into wisdom.

🖤 What have you learned from pain in your life?
🩶 What are you currently grieving? Do you need to call in more support to be able to sit with your pain?
🤍 Is there someone close to you who may need you to be a loving witness or space holder for them?

Art by 🩶

.Today, I'm preparing for one of the lectures I’ll be giving this weekend in the NYFÖDD Postpartum Doula Training () abo...
22/10/2025

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Today, I'm preparing for one of the lectures I’ll be giving this weekend in the NYFÖDD Postpartum Doula Training () about siblings and the postpartum period.

When babies come close together, the body and nervous system are invited into new kinds of strain — and new kinds of strength!

Subsequent postpartum periods often feel very different from the first.
You have more experience, yes, but often less space to rest, recover, and integrate.

For me, becoming a mother of three involved an immense amount of what I can only describe as growing pain: an expansion of capacity on ALL levels.

You hold more wisdom, but also more humility. You know now that not everything depends on you; each baby arrives with their own essence.
And yet, you also carry a deep awareness of the ways you shape them, and with that, sometimes guilt or tenderness arise.

Sometimes, the second time feels lighter.
Sometimes heavier.
But always, it’s different.

As postpartum doulas, we need to honour the differences, to see how each new baby changes not only the mother but the whole family system. Supporting the postpartum time with siblings requires sensitivity to everyone's adaptation and individualised care and support (not following protocols or "plans").

💛 What was the biggest difference for you between your first and later postpartum experiences?

🎨 Art by Brian Kershisnik (latest cover art for , a wonderful magazine for families that used to give me much inspiration back when I first became a mother myself)

🌀 Vill du arbeta som pospartumdoula? Det är ett fantastiskt stimulerande, intressant och givande yrke! NYFÖDD är en holistisk utbildning som ser till att du verkligen är redo att möta alla de utmaningar som en postpartumdoula kan ställas inför. Den är skapad av mig tillsammans med Julianna Werner .se. Vill du få mer info om nästa utbildningsomgång? Skriv upp dig på vöntelistan!

In Sweden, the divide in the "birth world" is only growing deeper. Home birth midwives are being stripped of their right...
20/10/2025

In Sweden, the divide in the "birth world" is only growing deeper. Home birth midwives are being stripped of their rights to work, and articles are being published that ridicule women who choose to give birth outside of the system.

This past week, a conflict has erupted within the doula community. My heart aches for all involved and for the unnecessary stress and division it’s causing.

When you feel wronged, do you act from a place of revenge, or can you sit with your feelings long enough to reflect and respond with maturity and care for the greater good?

When something you've worked hard to build and develop is questioned, can you pause long enough to try to understand the intentions behind the critique or alternative ways? At the very least - before reacting in defence or with accusations.

Is what you’re hearing really what they meant, or might there be a gap between their intention and your interpretation? Are you willing to hear them out before judging?

Whether we’re dealing with our children, colleagues, or strangers, every interaction shapes the kind of world we are contributing to.
Are we fostering felt safety or eroding it?
When people no longer feel safe to express themselves for fear of public shaming or silencing, what is the result?

I reject the idea that justice for one group must come at the expense of another.
We can, and must, hold space for the rights and needs of all communities; whether defined by race, origin, sexual orientation, or gender identity. And, beyond the needs and rights of those seeking doula support, we must also protect and nurture doulas as a community that can develop but also thrive in the process.

There is space for all. Building systems that honour and uplift everyone isn’t impossible. But it becomes much harder with blame, accusation, and public shaming.

All of this applies to me, too. I certainly can be fast to judge. This is a reminder for myself, too: kindness, self-awareness, support? What are the values that I choose to live by?

🌱 Let’s hold space for growth, not just for ourselves, but for one another 🌻

Art by

.A mother’s joy and a child’s joy are intimately connected.When a mother feels fulfilled, grounded, clear on her values,...
17/10/2025

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A mother’s joy and a child’s joy are intimately connected.

When a mother feels fulfilled, grounded, clear on her values, and connected to a deep sense of purpose and meaning in her role as mother, it shapes the emotional world her child grows up in.

Motherhood doesn’t have to be about constant giving at the expense of self. In fact, the more a mother is able to enjoy her own experience, the more space there is for her child’s joy, curiosity, and confidence to flourish.

🌸 This is one of the many reasons that my work centers around the mother.

Today I received this from a woman who recently finished my course Mothering as a Spiritual Practice: 🙏

"This course gave me the courage to meet myself deeper, where I would find the real treasures in being a mother. Your guidance took me in a direction where mothering feels so deeply meaningful and fulfilling. You are such a wise, experienced and generous teacher and space holder and your guidance and wisdom will keep following me along in my mothering." Emma

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.Following on from my last post, I want to share a little more about the importance of feeling held.Recently, I had the ...
11/10/2025

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Following on from my last post, I want to share a little more about the importance of feeling held.

Recently, I had the privilege of spending time with the Tupinambá people here in Bahia, and learning from the medicine woman Nádia Akawã Tupinambá . One of the rituals that affected me most was a gentle yet profoundly moving massage and caretaking ceremony guided by her.

We took turns “mothering” one another — not through words, but through deep presence, loving touch, and attuned care.

I knew I had been longing for this kind of holding for quite some time (it was long overdue!), yet I was still taken aback by the immense wave of emotion that surfaced almost instantly — in fact, even before any touch, simply as it dawned on me what was about to happen. Grief rose like water behind a broken dam.

This was nothing like going for a massage and lying on a table to receive a paid service. It moved on an entirely different frequency — one of reciprocity, of giving and receiving in sacred balance, touching something ancestral and tender.

I was reminded of something another teacher of mine, Rachelle Garcia Seliga of , says: that the purpose of all healing work — whether through therapy, ritual, or ceremony — is to make "medicine of our trauma". To be in devotion to our own healing is not for ourselves alone, but so that we may be of service to life and contribute to collective healing through the actions we take.

This experience became a living reminder of that truth — of how those of us whose work is to hold others must also be held ourselves. That includes all who mother, regardless of what other work we do in the outer world.

It was also a beautiful reminder of what’s possible across the illusionary barriers of language and culture. At our core, we share the same essential capacities, needs, and feelings.

Photos shared with permission.
Photos taken by Alass Derivas

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