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Preparing tea for the postpartum mother baby party

Postpartum Care and Moroccan Mint Tea

On May 4th, I arrived in Tangier, Morocco for the Tribal Sisterhood Retreat. I attended the retreat to learn Moroccan postpartum rituals.  I was excited to participate and to learn the wisdom from traditional midwives and elder healers.  My life’s work is to heal trauma and bring spirituality back full circle in birth, by connecting […]

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African Mama Baby With Hat

Babies Don’t Cry In Africa

Attending To Baby’s Needs “African Parenting Styles We Like,” expands parenting as a cultural framework, and not an individual concept.   The US creates parenting guidelines that do not necessarily meet the cultural views or practices of many communities or cultures that parent in America. Comparison In “African Parenting Styles We Like,” African parenting is compared […]

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