Show notes:

- Song I Can Only Imagine - My Dad Chuck died two weeks ago. They payed this song at his funeral, and I have always loved this song. So much.

- Showing my work - I'm sunsetting this podcast, it's been super fun and now I need this time to pursue my next adventure, which looks like a series of books about erotic tarot readings, and licensing intellectual property. Whoo, that's a combo.

- From the doing things outside dept, fruits trees are planted, and layering the biodiversity by way of chickens and bees.

- Also grabbed a Library card, and checked out a book. My Hair is a Garden, we are doing our own Black History Month at our house. At the end of the book, it had a section on how to care for black hair and spiked great conversations about differences, and why it important to know, have knowledge base beyond our own personal care. With a five year old. I'm feeling good about my parenting here.

Anyway, revelations happen at the library. Micheal Moore once said, you never want to piss off the librarians. The updated term is Mixed Media Specialists, I think.

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I asked my friend Amanda to speak about Ancestor shrines. It replay helped when I was thinking about Chuckles, and grieving the future we would never have together.

Can you walk us through an ancestor shrine

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As always, you know you best. Get your learn on from me and other teacher guides and community, and make the best decisions for you.

Hopefully Helping,

Rowan

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I met my gurl Jiva G at the Bhakti recovery group during the pandemic, so if sobriety, punk, black (and orange) wearing devotees and their friends are your people, you have come to the right place to listen in.

Longer format, 30 mins.

Bhakti Recovery Group https://www.bhaktirecoverygroup.com/

ps Im gonna get a matching lotus flower tattoo underneath my eye.

In this episode, I discuss various topics including my recent birthday, parenting in my fifties, using Riverside to record podcasts, buying softball gloves, a spike in heart rate during pregnancy, the 'gay agenda', the impact of a hurricane, and finding peace in turbulent times.

Links and such

Song: I can DO IT

Show My Work: Services

Pregnant individuals may experience a spike in heart rate around 33-34 weeks.

The 'gay agenda' is a humorous concept explained by Ray on TikTok.

Climate events like hurricanes can have a significant impact on mental well-being.

Finding stillness and relaxation is important for regulating the nervous system.

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Rowan

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Dark Energy, or Hormones. Hard to Tell Sometimes.

Song: ⁠Deeper Well by Kacey Musgraves. I’ve always liked her a bunch, in fact at one of the lowest points in my life I was sitting in a lawn chair at a dusty music festival with my dog Electra, and she came out on stage and there were like 4 other people in the audience, she was maybe the first band, and she sang “ Woke up on the wrong side of rock bottom,” and my life was forever changed, I had a string, a thread, of someone who could feel where I was at, and had climbed their way back to the other side.

Deeper Well, "Saying goodbye to people who are wasting my time."

Showing my work: Writing-wise, I started loading my presentation into Canva, the Collaborative Pelvic Exam that I’m sharing at ATM conf in May. After I present, I’ll record that onto Vimeo and host on the back page of my website, so if you can’t attend and that topic has punch for you, join my newsletter and that will let you know when it goes live.

What she said: Eleanor shares how much weaning ate her lunch, caused a depressive episode, and what she did about it.

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Song: Fast Car which Tracy remarked, "It's not about a car." which I remember but can't find a citation.

Showing my work: Continued to tweak and work over the Birth Prep Prenatal offering.

Ancestor Shrine: I tend to use altar and shrine interchangeably, and while they aren’t exactly the same, for me it’s close enough.

Growing up in El Paso, Ofrendas were a thing, and part of daily life both around 11/2 and all year around

I've been super blessed with many teachers, and those who taught me the most about ancestor work have been

I have a couple of altars in my spaces, in my workspace I have invited my grandmother to be with me and guide me. I also realized I had a low-key altar to Afua, and I wanted to snaz it up.

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Two Tells: When a Community-Based Birth Isn't Gonna Happen Here

Song: Been Listening to John Mayor's "Sob Rock" on repeat. Who do you think he wrote all those songs about?

Show your work:

Planner updates:

From a chat I had with Ellen Heed:

2 “tells” that a baby doesn’t want to be born in a community setting like a birth center or homebirth, that the baby would be better served born in a more medical environment.

Wrap-up:

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Pads and Planner Update!

Song: Who was that, who was thaaaaat? By Deee-lite

Showing My Work: Wrote the outline for the Cervical Scars, Provider Version last week. That content will debut at the ATM conference in May. Register here!

Planner Update: My sister got it! And gave it to me cause she didn't like it! Twyla Tharp and the pencil concept

Let’s Make Reusable Pads! I was talking to my gurl D about making reusable chux pads for our midwifery practices. Head over to the Preggers Can Be Choosers IG account for pics.

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I can quit at any time!!!

Planners I have loved before:

Y'all, I didn't even mention the writer's planner I have!

Magnesium I mention"

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