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I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what I want our family life to feel like.

Not what it looks like from the outside.

Not how much we can squeeze into a day.

But what I want my children to remember about growing up with us.

I want them to remember being part of things.

Hands in the dough. Bare feet under the table. Watching us work. Helping before they really know how. Knowing the people around them well enough to feel at home in more places than just our house.

I want them to grow up knowing that family life isn’t something happening around them.

They’re part of it.

And honestly, I want more of that for myself too.

More making. More shared meals. More people dropping by. More asking for help, and more giving it. More ordinary life lived alongside other people.

I don’t have a perfect version of this figured out.

These are just the questions I keep coming back to:

What have we made more complicated than it needs to be?

What have we lost that’s worth remembering?

And what could we start rebuilding together?

I think that’s a lot of what I want to explore here. 🤍

ps new substack article is out 😘 link in bio

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Wombanhood🫶 …and those first moments after bringing baby earthside

🎥 by @aprimalmama

#mother #birthingwomen #motherbaby #goldenhour #physiologicalbirth

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a day in the jungle life ✊👊

#costarica #junglelife #fatherandson

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I’m starting to believe and know in my heart more and more that success was never what capitalistic society has taught us.

Feeling the beauty of the simple moments that are so deeply profound.

The laughter shared
A shoulder to lean on and cry on
Dancing while cooking
A moment of depth shared
Driving cross the country dog as copilot
Hugging a dear friend.

Heart swelling with the success of my life…

I don’t think the meaning of life was ever to work ourselves to death but to love deeply.

I’ve let go of a lot these past 4 years and the more I let go and reprioritize what matters I feel so abundant. Simple yet deeply meaningful.

Life lately :).

#soulfam #love #meaningoflife #trust #costarica

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Can we just teach womb practices in the schools yes? Girls and women would have a different existence. They would be connected to themself and their pleasure instead of aimlessly looking outside of themselves.

Demi is a trauma informed midwife.
Isabelle hold space for woman and their wombs through somatic and hypnotic practices.
Reach out or comment to work with us

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There comes a moment where your inner voice stops whispering… and starts getting louder ⚡️

Not in a chaotic way, but in a way that you can’t ignore anymore.

The problem is, most people don’t listen the first time.

We tell ourselves:
“It’ll get better.”
“I just need to work harder.”
“This is just a phase.”

But if you’re honest… how many times has that actually been true?

More often than not, what we avoid doesn’t improve. It compounds.
Burnout deepens. Resentment builds. Disconnection grows.

That “fuck all of this” moment?
That’s not you being dramatic. That’s your nervous system, your intuition, and your truth all aligning at the same time.

And when you ignore your inner knowing long enough, your body will escalate the signal, through anxiety, burnout, irritability, or complete shutdown.

Signs your inner knowing might be trying to get your attention:
• You feel chronically drained
• You’re more irritable than usual
• You keep running into the same problems on repeat
• You feel disconnected from yourself
• You catch yourself fantasizing about leaving your current situation

The part no one talks about is this:
Clarity doesn’t come first.

Action does.

You don’t wait until you feel ready.
You don’t wait until it makes perfect sense.

You start making small, aligned changes and clarity is built through movement.

I’m in the middle of this myself right now.
It’s uncomfortable. It’s uncertain. It’s not always pretty.

But it’s also honest.
And it’s worth it.

If something in your life has been asking you to change, this is your sign to stop negotiating with it.

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What’s something you know you’ve outgrown but haven’t acted on yet?

#personalgrowth #selfdevelopment #healingjourney #nervoussystemregulation #innerwork authenticself lifealignment traumainformed selfawareness mindsetshift womenwhogrow healingwork intuition innerknowing transformyourlife. Have you made the life move yet?

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ChatGPT did not agree with the above. Makes us question even more…

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Tag the sisters who you feel this with 🤍

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Opening up the conversation

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I wrote this weeks ago and didn’t have the courage to post. Posting today because my sister @myprimalbirth posted about circumcision and the topic of disconnect from the feminine is so up in the collective 🤍

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Feeling anxious? Overwhelmed? Wired but exhausted?

Before you change your life… regulate your nervous system.

This is box breathing, a clinically studied breathing technique used for anxiety relief, stress reduction, vagus nerve stimulation, and nervous system regulation.

Inhale 6 seconds.
Hold 6 seconds.
Exhale 6 seconds.
Repeat.

It looks simple. It’s powerful.

Here’s why this matters, especially for women:

⚡️Chronic stress elevates cortisol, which disrupts hormones, menstrual cycles, sleep, digestion, metabolism, and even hair growth.
⚡️Women are more likely to internalize stress, meaning it becomes somatic (jaw clenching, pelvic tension, shallow breathing, gut issues, adrenal fatigue)
⚡️Most adults breathe shallowly from the chest, reinforcing anxiety and fight-or-flight patterns.
⚡️Slow, controlled breathing activates the parasympathetic nervous system (rest and restore), increasing heart rate variability and improving emotional regulation.

Somatic healing isn’t about talking more.
It’s about teaching the body that it is safe.

Your body cannot heal in survival mode.
Your hormones cannot balance in survival mode.
Your nervous system cannot repair in survival mode.

Five minutes of intentional breathwork can measurably reduce stress hormones and shift your physiology.

Nothing outside of you may change immediately.
But your internal state absolutely can.

And when your nervous system regulates, your perception shifts.
And when perception shifts, your decisions change.

Save this. Practice it daily. Send it to a woman who lives in her head.

#BoxBreathing #BreathingTechnique #NervousSystemRegulation #SomaticHealingForWomen #VagusNerveStimulation

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🫧 i thought birth would be the big moment.
and in many ways, it was.

but no one prepared me for how postpartum rearranges everything.

not just my body —
my nervous system.
my sense of time.
my capacity.
my edges.
my relationships

there are moments i love my baby so deeply it hurts…
and moments i quietly grieve the woman i used to be.
both live in me at the same time.
that used to confuse me. now i know it’s human.

postpartum has a way of humbling you.
it strips away the illusion that you can do this alone, or quickly, or neatly.

it asks you to slow down, to ask for help, to let yourself be changed.

i didn’t need to bounce back.
i needed to integrate.
to listen to my body.
to tend to the parts of me that cracked open and were asking for care.

if you’re in this season and feel undone, tender, or not like yourself yet —
nothing is wrong with you.
you crossed a threshold.
and thresholds take time to live into.

this is not weakness.
this is initiation.

I wrote a deeply vulnerable blog last night. Comment BLOG and I’ll send you the link to read more about my personal journey through postpartum. 😮‍💨

w tenderness and love, demi 🤍

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