blog – One Tough Mother

March 9, 2021

Meghan Markle: her story shows us how far we have to go to truly support mental health in pregnancy

In 2019 I remember watching Meghan Markle tear up when asked one simple question: Are you okay? It was surprising then to learn that no one had thought to ask...

February 25, 2021

Meditation and Hypnosis: a mighty fine way to keep your shit together while parenting!

I discovered meditation and hypnosis in 2017 ahead of the birth of my first child.I had been trying to get pregnant but once I knew I was, the reality of...

February 9, 2021

Raise your hand if the whole parenting thing is as perfect and easy as you imagined...

When I adjusted my expectations for what parenting should look like everyday, my experience of it just got better. What have you let go of in early parenting/motherhood in order...

Tags: parenting

February 2, 2021

Dispatches on Dry January: the fun, new way to parent!

Excerpted from the January 2021 newsletter. Want to be in the know? Sign up to receive our newsletter here. I decided to jump on the "Dry January" bandwagon because, to say the...

Tags: parenting

January 29, 2021

Want to help others prepare for an empowered birth?

We are looking for all kinds of birth experiences from people of all backgrounds, to help others experience their most empowered birth possible.

Tags: birth news

October 19, 2020

Why home birth was right for me (the second time around)

The very idea of a baby being born at home had seemed completely absurd. The real force that opened me up to a home birth was finally seeing birth as...

Tags: Real Stories