A Joyful Journey Holistic Doula and Energy Healing

10/10/2024

Illinois parents! This event is happening this Sunday in Joliet! You can register to attend at the link below.

03/18/2024

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My parents visited when you were four weeks old. Dad quietly got to work. He cleaned our oven and fridge. The smell of Dettol filled our flat and felt like love.

Mum kept the washing rolling over and made the beds. They bought organic strawberries from a local farmers' market. "This will do you good. Get those vitamins zinging" Mum said.

They could see I was delirious with no sleep so they took you after a feed and packed me off to bed. I could hear them trying to pacify you for a wee while as I zonked out.

Dad apologetically nudged me from my slumber: "Sorry doll. He's hungry again." I didn't understand why he was apologising. I had woken up smiling and refreshed. "How long was I out for? It felt like ages" I said, as if I were emerging from a coma. Dad half-laughed his reply: "About 20 minutes".

Between feeds, Mum held you and you melted into her arms. You looked more content with her than with me. But I didn't mind. I put it down to the bigger b***s but really it was some innate calmness.

I watched her little ways. She knew exactly how to hold you. How to pat you. How to talk to you. "Tell me a wee story" she'd say as you looked up wide-eyed and round-mouthed. It felt like a masterclass in mothering that I needed to see. I had felt silly talking to you up until that point.

There is nothing quite so delicate as a first-time mum. She will never forget the way people tried to help. Those who wrapped her up in love and for a moment made her feel like a baby again.

Words: Mother Truths

10/13/2023

📸: Baby Lemon Prints

09/12/2023

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08/14/2023

"I'm the first of my family in a couple generations to breastfeed. My mother hasn't done so, neither has her mother. As my partner and I planned our pregnancy, we knew that breastfeeding was vital to our baby being loaned to us from the Creator.

I've felt it deep inside me. The milk being made was a spiritual process in itself... A sharing of myself after the birth. My body knew,from the beginning, that this babys nourishment will not end after the cutting of the cord. That first sacred food would enter my babys mouth when she was ready, to give her all the nutrients she would need and then some.

This spiritual process led to a beautiful bond with nitanis (my daughter) 17 months later I still nourish her with the milk that she needs. Making it this far has been a blessing, there is no sign of "weaning" her off soon because this is our spiritual connection, she decides when...

This is food sovereignty"

-Jolene Creely of Okanese First Nation, Nehiyaw/Damakota

(📸✏️: EliciaMunro Photography)

08/11/2023

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“I like using the term “nursing” sometimes instead of “breastfeeding,” because sometimes it’s not about hunger.

Sometimes, it’s about baby wanting to cuddle with you, smell your sweet scent, and cozy up to your warmth.

Sometimes it’s about feeling lonely or scared, and mouth to breast provides connection.

Sometimes it’s about the pain of teething, or needing antibodies to get over a cold.

So remember, you are so much more than a food source - so. much. more."

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05/19/2023

Book your 60 minutes of Zen! Private and group sound healing sessions available!

JUST ADDED: Infrared Sauna!! Experience All the detoxifying benefits of a regular Sauna but with the added benefits of FAR INFRARED wavelengths that pe*****te to a cellular level for decreased inflammation, and promotes cellular repair. Many Sauna Regular users experience Relief from conditions like...

05/14/2023

04/30/2023

OPEN HOUSE TODAY in Joliet! Come out and enjoy some or all of the wonderful offerings! 11am-2pm in Joliet. I’ll be there with my crystal singing bowls, chimes, a 32” gong and lots more- don’t miss it!

Come Meet the team!! Free Chiropractic screenings, B12 shots, spirit guide minis, Reiki minis, Massage minis, and more