by Tracey Anderson Askew | Sep 22, 2020 | birth, Parenting, Uncategorized
It’s her second birth, and she’s chosen a homebirth. She’s excited to experience birth as a connected family event. She trained her body and mind and brought a great level of commitment and love to her impending birth. She has done all the right things to prepare. The...
by Tracey Anderson Askew | Aug 7, 2020 | birth, Parenting
It’s close to a year since I first decided to leave my beloved Calmbirth community. To further my experience of working with new families and act on creating the vision of transforming not only birth experiences, but the parenting experience. When you teach something...
by Tracey Anderson Askew | Jul 29, 2020 | birth, Parenting, Uncategorized
It was the first day of my training, over 14 years ago, when I was listening to Peter Jackson, the founder of Calmbirth, talk about the role of the subconscious in childbirth. I was smitten, not only with Peter’s lovely kind manner and his relaxing voice but...
by Tracey Anderson Askew | Jul 15, 2020 | birth, Parenting
I am fortunate enough to get to coach parents and listen to their stories and I have to declare (loudly from the mountain tops) parenting is a tough gig! The more I hear and see the struggles, the more obvious it becomes, that the change needs to start with the minds...
by Tracey Anderson Askew | Mar 15, 2020 | birth, Parenting
Instinct and Intuition as Parents I love feeling intuitive and having strong instincts as a parent. I love responding to my world with certainty and not overthinking things – it drives me nuts when my brain goes into overload and I have streams of thoughts to...
by Tracey Anderson Askew | Sep 4, 2019 | birth, Parenting
What is it about the magic that happens when women gather and openly share the realness of their personal experiences as a new mother? I never get sick of it. I love it because something deep inside of me knows that this is how women have been doing things for...
