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Wild & Free Birth Wellness, Lansing, MI (2026)

02/25/2026

We so often move through pregnancy focused on checklists, milestones, and what size fruit baby is this week… but there is a far deeper work unfolding beneath the surface.

Because while you may still be adjusting to the idea of this new life inside you… to your baby, all they know is you.

Your womb is their first home.
Your heartbeat is their constant rhythm.
Your emotions are the waters they live in.

Especially in the third trimester, babies carry a profound spiritual, emotional, and social awareness. Some describe them as still standing “behind the veil,” deeply connected to where they came from. ✨

This is why the work of pregnancy matters. It is not just about preparing for birth. It is about preparing the heart.

It is a sacred time for:
• Sifting through fears and finding truth
• Processing mother wounds and generational patterns
• Cultivating discernment and trust in God’s design
• Creating peace within so baby can be bathed in peace too

When a mother is stressed, baby experiences those stress hormones.
When a mother feels calm, safe, and connected, baby is bathed in oxytocin and love.

Research and lived experience tell us babies can feel joy, celebration, rejection, and subtle emotional shifts. They know if they are wanted. They feel when they are cherished.

Pregnancy is not just physical growth. It is a spiritual dance between two souls learning one another. 💞

This is the heart of the Hearthmother work. Slowing down. Listening deeply. Healing what needs healing. Preparing not just for birth, but for the sacred responsibility of welcoming a soul.

Because the work you do now echoes far beyond pregnancy.

If you feel called to go deeper in this sacred preparation, the Hearthmother Journey is where we walk this path together.

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02/24/2026

Hearthmother Journey Enrollment Open until March 16!
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Have you ever stopped to wonder what the world would look like if every baby was welcomed with true dignity and deep reverence?

These precious souls are not arriving by accident. They are coming for this time… even when it feels wild, uncertain, and unruly. And we, as mothers, carry the sacred responsibility to honor their divine timing and to guard their entry with gentleness, peace, and unwavering love.

This is the heart of the Hearthmother Journey… learning to slow down, to listen, to trust the Lord’s leading, and to walk the path of preparation with wisdom, discernment, and deep spiritual grounding.

Because how we welcome life into the world matters more than our culture has ever taught us.

✨ Open enrollment for the Hearthmother Journey is now open. If you feel the stirring to prepare your heart, your home, and your spirit for this sacred work, this is your invitation.

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02/23/2026

It’s true.

When a woman is told to lie flat on her back to give birth, it often works against her body, not with it.

That position can narrow the pelvis, reduce blood flow, work against gravity, and increase discomfort and strain.

So why did it become the most common birth position today?

History. Not physiology.

Birth slowly shifted from being woman-centered to provider-centered. Because the truth is this: lying on the back is rarely the easiest position for the woman. It is the easiest position for the attendant.

But physiological birth tells a very different story.

When a woman is undisturbed…
when no one is directing her…
when no one is putting her on a timeline…

Her body knows exactly how to move.

She will instinctively:
✨ Rock
✨ Sway
✨ Lean forward
✨ Squat
✨ Get on hands and knees
✨ Shift again and again

This intuitive movement is a powerful sign that birth hormones are flowing and the nervous system feels safe.

Birth was never meant to be performed lying still. It was designed to be embodied, responsive, and deeply instinctive.

And this is exactly what we learn to protect inside Hearthmother Journey.

Not how to control birth.
Not how to manage women.

But how to become a wise witness who can hold space with reverence, patience, and the discernment to simply say:

“She knows what she’s doing.”

Enrollment for Hearthmother Journey is open now through March 16.

If you feel called to learn how to hold space for undisturbed, physiological birth, this work may be for you.

Save & share this with a mama who needs the reminder. Her body was designed to move, and movement is part of how babies are born. 🤍

02/22/2026

Is hiring a birth photographer the right choice for you?

As a birthkeeper, I’ve learned this question goes far deeper than simply wanting beautiful images.

Because true birth photography is not just about a camera.
It’s about presence.
It’s about discernment.
It’s about knowing how to enter sacred space without disturbing it.

Birth photography, at its best, becomes more than documentation — it becomes quiet witnessing.

A skilled birth photographer understands when to step forward… and when to disappear into the background.
She knows how to hold reverence.
She senses the emotional and spiritual shifts happening in the room.
She honors autonomy, protects the atmosphere, and moves with deep respect for the unfolding story.

This is why I often tell women:
A birth photographer is not “just” a photographer.

She is a witness.
A space-holder.
A quiet wise woman at the edge of the fire.

And this is exactly why many birth photographers are drawn to Hearthmother Journey.

Because inside this work, you learn:
✨ How to walk into the birth space with humility and discernment
✨ How to read the energy of a room without interfering
✨ How to protect physiological birth simply by how you show up
✨ How to become a steady, grounded presence even when your role is observational

You don’t have to be a doula or birthkeeper to benefit.

If you feel called to witness birth well —
to move with reverence, wisdom, and spiritual awareness —
this work will transform how you stand in that space.

Because sacred doesn’t mean secret.
But it does require people who know how to honor it.

🕊️ Hearthmother Journey enrollment is open now through March 16.

If you feel called to the birth space in any capacity — even behind the lens — this may be your next step.

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These photos lovingly captured by my dear friend, Hearthmother Journey mentor, & birthkeeper, Brooke Collier of Sister Birth :: Holistic, Faith-Filled Home Birth

02/21/2026

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“We have a secret in our culture…
and it’s not that birth is painful —
it’s that women are strong.”

Somewhere along the way, women were taught to fear their own design.
To doubt their bodies.
To hand over their authority.
To believe strength lives outside of them instead of within them.

But a Hearthmother knows the truth.

She knows strength isn’t loud or forceful — it is rooted.
It is surrendered.
It is discerning.
It is anchored in God’s design and guided by the Holy Spirit.

This is the work we do inside Hearthmother Journey.

We don’t just talk about birth.
We cultivate women who can:
✨ Walk in spiritual authority
✨ Discern wisdom from fear
✨ Live as designed
✨ Stand steady in the refining fire of motherhood and birth

Because the real secret isn’t just that women are strong…

It’s that when a woman remembers who she is in God,
there is nothing in this world that can shake her.

🕊️ Open enrollment for the next Hearthmother Journey cohort is now open through March 16.

If you feel the stirring — that quiet nudge that there is more for you — this is your invitation.

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02/21/2026

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Y’all… God does not call the qualified.
He qualifies the called.

Sit with that for a moment.

Because the enemy loves to whisper:
“You’re not ready.”
“You’re not enough.”
“Who do you think you are?”

But the truth is this:

If God called you to it — you are not an imposter.
If God called you to it — you ARE equipped in Him.
If God called you to it — He will prepare you, refine you, and walk with you every step of the way.

This applies to motherhood.
To birth.
To healing.
To stepping into your authority.
To answering the quiet, holy nudges He places on your heart.

You are not your own.
You were entrusted with this body, this calling, this life — for His glory.

“Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you… You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.”
1 Corinthians 6:19–20

✨ If you feel God stirring something deeper in you — a call to reclaim your authority, to walk in discernment, to live as designed, and to mother from a place of spiritual rootedness — this is exactly what we cultivate inside Hearthmother Journey.

Enrollment is now open for the next cohort, and doors close March 16.

This is for the woman who feels the call… even if she doesn’t feel “ready.”

Because readiness isn’t the requirement.
Obedience is. 🤍

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02/19/2026

I truly believe we would see far fewer mothers struggling with Postpartum Depression and Postpartum Anxiety if deep, protected postpartum rest was the norm in every home.

Two of the biggest factors that impact postpartum mental health are how a woman experiences her birth and how much support she receives after it.

And trust me… I know this isn’t doable for every mother.

Some women are single. Some partners have to return to work far too quickly. Many families simply don’t have the village they deserve. That is a real problem that needs real solutions… better paternity leave, stronger community support, and access to postpartum care like doulas.

But if slowing down is possible for you, even in a modified way, this is how women were always meant to recover… deeply rested, well nourished, and fully supported.

Sometimes the hardest part is giving yourself permission to be cared for.

Did you practice the 5-5-5 wisdom postpartum?

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02/18/2026

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We recorded this conversation on the anniversary of her sixth birth story — a sacred full-circle moment that set the tone for everything we shared.

In this deeply vulnerable episode, Brandy opens her heart about the way God gently positioned her marriage and family to be ready to welcome new life. What looked ordinary at the time was actually divine preparation.

During this pregnancy, she said yes to two big things:
•Enrolling in Hearthmother Journey
•Hiring Brooke as her birthkeeper

Those decisions shaped not only her birth experience — but her spiritual formation in motherhood.

We talk about the beauty and freedom of a wild pregnancy — where “prenatal care” meant whatever truly nourished her body, soul, and spirit. From our lakeside picnic prenatal visit to the quiet rhythms of listening and trusting, this pregnancy unfolded differently.

She shares about:
•The false labor that surfaced deep emotional layers she needed to address
•The walking, sobbing, and long showers that became her late-pregnancy coping rituals
•The bold prayer: “Bring this baby forth.”

We explore the sacred space at the end of pregnancy — the surrender, the unknown, the allowing things to flow instead of forcing.

Brandy also opens up about something tender:
The weight March has carried in her life. The loss and death associations tied to that month.
And then — the redemption.
“Behold, I am doing a new thing.”

This episode is about trust.
About surrender.
About facing generational fear.
About God rewriting timelines and associations.
About new life blooming in months that once held grief.

02/12/2026

I’m sorry, but WHAT?!? 🤢

I used to have a lot of Frida Baby products. I’ve used their postpartum kits myself and have gifted them at baby showers more times than I can count.

But this? Full stop.

As a mother — and as a woman who understands the very real evil and brokenness in our world — there is nothing funny, edgy, or clever about smex-ualizing products meant for babies and postpartum women. It’s disturbing. It’s inappropriate. And it crosses a line that should never be blurred.

Motherhood and babies deserve dignity, innocence, and protection — not shock marketing and crude captions.

I will not support a company that thinks this is acceptable. Period.

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