Betsy Schwartz Betsy Schwartz has been a doula since 1991 and in 1994 started her own doula agency called Tenth Month in South Florida. By 1996 she was immersed in the advocacy for normal birth and was the ratifying vote … Continue reading →
Shannon Stellhorn, IVF in vitro fertilization Shannon Stellhorn is a home birth midwife, doula trainer, and educator with the Association of Texas Midwives Midwifery Training Program in the Houston area. Her practice is A Sacred Journey Midwifery Services. She and … Continue reading →
Addiction Series: LaToya Shields, The Cradles Project LaToya Shields, program manager of specialized services and programs at the Council on Recovery, discusses her work on The Cradles Project, a FREE community-based intervention program that targets pregnant and postpartum women and … Continue reading →
Ryan McAllister Ryan McAllister is the speaker in the classic YouTube video, Child Circumcision: An Elephant in the Hospital. The presentation is an honest, gentle look at circumcision, how it came to be performed so frequently in this country and … Continue reading →
Brenda Tapia Brenda Tapia is of Mexican descent and based in Houston. She is a wife, mother, entrepreneur and former attorney who has been studying cooking and nutrition for seven years. She is a certified health coach and yoga instructor who … Continue reading →
Addiction Series: Rebecca Whitson, LMSW Rebecca Whitson, LMSW, will help unpack addiction. What is addiction? How does the disease develop over time? What does it look like and how do I identify if or know when to intervene with a loved … Continue reading →
Amber Clark and Holly Milkowski Circumcision with Amber Clark and Holly Milkowski – myths about circumcision and resources for research. … Continue reading →
Shazia Ashruf & Shaman Khan Topic: The Muslim ban and its effects on mothers and children Shazia Ashraf is an educator, community organizer and mother. She is the daughter of an interracial couple with Pakistani and Italian heritage, and is … Continue reading →
Jami Hain NOTE: Audio fixed Jami Hain is a Certified Nurse Midwife and owner of Nativiti Family Birth Center. She has been a nurse for 24 years and a midwife for 5 years. She worked as a nurse at Nativiti … Continue reading →
Patrick M. Houser It was his first son’s very difficult birth in 1976 which revealed to him the need to understand birth more fully. Patrick and his then wife went on to create the first documented waterbirth in the USA … Continue reading →