01/23/2026
My sacred kitchen, circa #2016. Always something fermenting on the counter (my hubby didn’t dare throw anything weird-looking away 😅).
Reflecting on all the life I was holding ten years ago...I was doing all the things.
• Most importantly, a devoted Mama to my 4 year old while very pregnant.
• Working at Pomme as a Nutrition Consultant
• Attending births as a birth doula ( trained)
• Co-creating birth prep classes for women & partners (we had a cute for them we called bumpshops ;) through a business we called
• Birth Talks - a powerful women led grassroots movement sharing empowered birth wisdom through talks/events
• Teaching five yoga classes a week (prenatal, mom & baby, hatha) all around the city.
• Taking so many additional trainings... like rebozo , placenta encapsulation, postpartum doula work, learning from
(My last post shares photos from this season - this post mainly shares food)
• I was seeing nutrition clients through my practice + offering nutrition talks
• And of course, I was always…making food.
And then my baby was born. At home! I had the I desired so deeply (and worked so hard for...story for another time), and everything came to a halt.
My heart had been pulled in so many directions. I needed space to pause, to listen, and to be fully present with my babies.
Around that time, a dear wise friend called me up + invited me to share a meditation for something or another. I said no...and it was HARD. In that conversation, she offered me a powerful permission slip that shifted things for me.
She said something like "sometimes we have to say no to make room for the truest yeses".
I began saying no & shedding so I could offer a full-bodied yes to motherhood.
Ten years later...there may not always be multiple ferments on the counter but food, family, faith, and community are still very much here… held with even more intention.
I'm still learning (that never stops) but this version of me is Wiser. Freer. More boundaried + Embodied. Wilder (in the ways that matter).
I share this as a memoir more for myself than anything else.