BirthTouch
A gentle, evidence-informed mind-body approach for pregnancy, birth, and early parenting.
Practical, body-based tools to support nervous system regulation, emotional resilience, and whole-person healing.
BirthTouch® offers gentle, evidence-informed mind–body support for pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period. Rooted in touch therapy, mindfulness, and aromatherapy.
BirthTouch reflects an integrative mental health approach, supporting perinatal emotional wellbeing through gentle nervous system-based practices.
BirthTouch helps parents feel more grounded, connected, and confident in their changing bodies.
These practices are designed to support the nervous system, reduce stress, and nurture emotional wellbeing throughout the childbearing year—honoring both the physical experience of pregnancy and the inner journey of becoming a parent.
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Postpartum Thyroiditis, Pre-eclampsia, Scary Thoughts: An Interview
Postpartum Thyroiditis, Pre-eclampsia, Scary Thoughts: An Interview with Jennifer This interview shares one mother’s personal experience with postpartum mood challenges. It is offered to increase awareness and reduce isolation, not as clinical guidance. In 2012, I had the pleasure of interviewing Jennifer, the founder of Organic Baby University . As a mental health professional specializing in Maternal Mental Health, Jennifer’s story has both personal and professional interest for me. ...
August Blog Break – Planting Daffodils
Originally posted July 29, 2013. This is a love letter to all of you hard-working women who fill so many various roles in your family and work life! I feel so connected to so many of you even if we haven’t met in person…. I’m posting a heart-felt “good-bye for now” love note from the BirthTouch® blog for the month of August. I’m taking some time and space to “plant daffodils” with my family to have many more years of sunshine blooms for the soul. I love the summer and my soul needs...
Postpartum Depression Support Blogs: Stories of Hope, Advocacy, and Healing
Because these women and their stories are so extraordinary, for me personally, this is the most meaningful article I ever researched and wrote up. As I worked, I was literally choked up with feeling, emotion, pride and wonder at ALL of their accomplishments! If you are experiencing depression or anxiety during the perinatal period of your life, the blogs listed here are rich with support, information, available resources and kindness! The bloggers listed here are powerful advocates for...
Book Review: The River of Forgetting: A Memoir of Healing from Sexual Abuse by Jane Rowan
Many people in my psychotherapy practice struggle with coming to terms with childhood sexual abuse. Flashes of their silent past and the effects of the splitting of the self in order to survive, intrude on their present day life, so they come for support. I’m humbled to witness their heroic, creative work through their inner labyrinth of pain and love gradually towards integration and wholeness. When I met Ms. Jane Rowan on Twitter, her lyrical book title, The River of Forgetting, ...
Guest Post: Therapy from the Inside by Leighann Adams
Originally posted June 24, 2013. Guest Post: Today I am pleased to have Leighann Adams of Multitasking Mumma guest posting here today. Leighann is a mom and a self-identified Postpartum Depression blogger. She says the Postpartum Depression blogging community helped her a whole lot when she needed information and support. She found blogging to be therapeutic for her; now she gives back to others via blogging and awareness campaigns. Leighann’s post is about her inner process in her...
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