By Heather Del Castillo, a bereaved stillbirth parent who shares 5 hard truths about stillbirth loss, learned from her personal experience.
My first and only pregnancy ended when my son Miles died during an emergency transfer.
But let’s back up. At 37 years old I realized that fertility is not a given. The doctors told me I should have no trouble getting pregnant, but we kept tryin...
Dear family and friends, on Tuesday, April 23, we faced the most difficult challenge and suffered the biggest loss of our lives. Our son Miles passed away during childbirth. Heather labored at home for 37 hours before being transferred by ambulance to the hospital because our midwives determined Miles' heart rate was too low. At the hospital, they were unable to find Miles' heart...
Lacatation Cookie recipe for all the mamas and their support system.
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Oatmeal Coconut 🥥 Chocolate Chip Lactation Cookies 🍪
4 Tbs water
3 Tbs flaxseed meal
1 stick butter (1/2c) - I use Organic Valley pastured butter
1/2 cup coconut sugar - I use Nutiva
1 large egg - I use Handsome Brook Farm
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 cup oat flour (or do 1/2c oat flour and 1/2c...
This is me with my teaching hat on. I'm an introvert but my passion in life is empowering people to empower themselves to bring more health into their lives and their homes.
I'm able to step out of my comfort zone and teach kombucha-making workshops and get people to handle the weirdness of a scoby with smiles on their faces because I make my classes light, and open, and intriguin...
It's true! Eat well to feel well, even emotionally. I often tell the story of a shift in my life. One night I was crying almost hysterically over what? I wasn't even really sure. 🤷🏼♀️ But I reflected on what I ate and it was cake earlier that evening. Soon after, it became a running joke and my husband began asking me "did you eat cake again?" if I'd have a seemingly unwarran...
Mindfulness can help with calming and ultimately embracing a happier heart. Mindfulness releases the need for control as well as the tendency toward needing to react.
I like to use my practice in the following way - I Stop. Think. Process. Look at the big picture. Decide. Decide again. Act. (Or "act" by doing nothing and letting it all pass and move forward in peace).
