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Matriarchy • Postpartum • Spirituality
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I took a few weeks away from social media to center myself. And honestly... the girlies were right.

Sometimes it’s okay to shut the fuck up. The silence was potent medicine. 🤭

I don’t think we acknowledge enough how exhausting it is to constantly consume everyone else’s thoughts, opinions, hot takes, grief, trauma, and expectations. Even with all the self-care practices in the world, sometimes what your nervous system actually needs is quiet.

That silence helped me hear something I’d been struggling to fully embrace for a long time: my own voice.

And once I could hear myself clearly again, I realized there were parts of me asking to be seen. Parts I’d been unintentionally keeping separate because I thought it made my work easier to understand.

I’m not doing that anymore.
So you’ll notice a shift here.

Yes, this is still a page about postpartum, matriarchy, and spirituality. That will always be at the heart of what I do. However, Spirit is in everything & I want this page to finally reflect that truth—so that others can see the interconnectedness that birth has with everything else.

I’ve reached a point where I’m tired of watching people confidently occupy spaces they haven’t devoted themselves to studying, living, or embodying, while people with deep experience and lived wisdom continue to shrink themselves. I’m choosing differently.

Maybe this is your invitation, too.

I’m releasing the versions of myself that no longer fit and making room for everything that’s ready to arrive.

If you’ve been here for years, thank you for growing with me. If you’re just finding me... Welcome.

If you’re in a season where you’re being called to stop hiding, stop apologizing for your depth, and stop asking permission to be who you are...

Here’s to being fully human, deeply spiritual, and brave enough to stop shrinking ourselves into one-dimensional boxes. 🥂

#fyp #theanointedhand #rebirth by @theanointedhand

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3 months ago

Swipe through to feel the ❤️‍🔥 of the word.
To meet the work behind the name. If you’ve been looking for language for your own path—this is a place where we remember together.

#wisewoman #theanointedhand by @theanointedhand

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Whether you’re preparing for motherhood, a father or partner wanting to better support a birthing person, or someone feeling called to birthwork but unsure where to begin, this space is for you.

No prior birth knowledge required!

We’ll primarily focus on postpartum while also exploring aspects of pregnancy and birth, bringing Traditional and Indigenous perspectives into conversation along with clinical frameworks of education.

We’ll explore recovery, relationships, finances, boundaries, self-advocacy, and more.

📚 6–8 weeks, depending on the cohort’s flow
🎥 Class recordings included
🤎 Flexible payment plans available
🦋 Limited founding spots

Want the curriculum, pricing, and enrollment details? DM me or comment 🦋, and I’ll personally send you an invitation.

You may be the first to do it differently, but you don’t have to be the last.

The village starts with us. 🛖🤍

#TheHealingChrysalis #PostpartumPreparation #postpartumeducation #postpartum #blackmaternalhealth by @theanointedhand

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September required devotion, rest, presence, & slowing down. If you’re reading this, I hope you’re being gentle & are taking care of yourself.

Happy October, friends. 🍁

#fyp by @theanointedhand

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Postpartum care is actually very simple.
Birth is pretty straight forward.

It is mostly preventable, external factors that have been wreaking havoc on birthing bodies for centuries.

The system isn’t broken, it was designed to exist & operate in this way.

But now, the world has a clearer view that if I’m a target, then you’re a target too…

What are your thoughts on this? Let’s have a healthy discussion about the impact racism has on maternal health outcomes, in the U.S. especially, in the comments 💬

#maternalhealth #racism #birth #postpartum by @theanointedhand

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Calling all the esoteric, decolonizing, tea drinking, book reading, yoni steaming, candle working, free bleeding, community building, shadow working, self-pleasuring, mojo jojo mamas & aunties to the front 🙂‍↕️🕯️🔮

A thangyaaa 🥰

#spirituality #birthwork #decolonize #community #esoteric by @theanointedhand

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In astrology, the relationship between the planets and the signs are extremely important because when a planet is placed in a different sign, the relationship between that planet and the sign changes.

Astrologers are meant to interpret these various combinations in order to inform you about the conditions of your natal chart and, from there, make predictions.

In this video, we look at the planetary Rulership of Venus & introduce the framework of how Chiron is viewed. This is only part one, so if you want to get more insight into the currents transit placements of Venus in Libra & Chiron in Taurus then save this post & follow this page to watch part two.

Bookings for natal chart readings are currently open. Limited space is available. 🔗

#astrology #astrologer #venus #chiron #astrologytransits by @theanointedhand

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What does keeping YOUR own word mean to YOU & is the relationship you SAY you have with it in alignment with your daily ACTIONS?

If not, you’ve got work to do… No more broken promises sis 🫂🤍

#fyp #motivation #selfreflection #selfhelp #improvement by @theanointedhand

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“I am the decider of who I get to become.”

That’s the intention I’m carrying into this total solar eclipse & new moon in Leo. ♌️

Not because we have complete control over everything that happens to us but because we do have a say in what meaning we make from it, what we choose to carry forward, and what we decide to do with what we’ve been given.

Sometimes transformation looks like releasing.
Sometimes it looks like reclaiming.
Sometimes it looks like taking something you once thought was a limitation and discovering that it can become a resource.

Instead of asking yourself, “Who am I supposed to be?”
Try asking: “Who am I choosing to become?”
Then, continue paying attention to what your life is showing you.

What keeps coming up?
What are you questioning?
What no longer feels true?
What are you suddenly curious about?
What are you ready to do differently?

You don’t have to have the whole answer yet.
A New Moon is a seed, not a finished garden. 🌱

And if you want to understand how this eclipse is specifically interacting with your life, don’t stop at your Sun sign. Look at your full natal chart and the houses, planets, and degrees being activated.

Follow this page for more astrological interpretations & insights.

My books open next week. I have limited availability, and I expect them to go quickly. If you’ve been waiting for a reading, keep your eyes here. 🔮✨

#solareclipse #leoseason #astrology #astrologer #astrologytransits by @theanointedhand

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I’m having a human experience on this Earth. 🌎

Something important I’ve learned is the need for balanced exchange in all areas of life & especially in relationships.

While much of my work includes giving, nurturing, supporting, teaching, informing, etc. in order for the work to be sustained I must also receive these from others around me—in a quality that ALSO fulfills my needs (or greater…) as this work is about relationship.

That distinction is key! As is the word needs vs wants. 🔑

I need periods of rest, leisure, quiet, nourishment, observation, integration, & meditation... just like the women I support during postpartum.

I need connection, life spoken into my flesh & bones, and laughter for my spirit alongside the people I want to run to first when I heard good news.

I need to wail when it feels like something extremely precious to me was ripped away— just like the babies, toddlers & young children do when they just want to feel better.

I might have gotten a bit taller, hair grew in certain places & I acquired some more skills but my core essentials remain fundamental necessities.

I’m not just preaching the medicine to you. I have my own doses I must digest regularly.

“I’m experiencing this life along WITH you. It’s a journey we are on together.” These are the wise words of my dear sister in Ghana that brought me back to shore 🤍🇬🇭 It inspired this transmission:

“I began to feel as though I was drowning. In my despair, I reached out in reckless panic for something to grasp. It was cold & dark, suddenly there was a tug at my arms & light streams were peaking through the slits of my eyes. Soon there were many… powering the boat, creating room for my limp body as their loved ones brought life vests, blankets & warm tea…Determined & assured they reminded me of a love so true from a Creator that designed us so that we could exist for each other.”

August’s medicine shows the abundance that comes from reciprocity & right relationship. Reciprocity continues when worth affirms itself. Open your heart today & reach out a hand if you’re struggling. You never know who might pull you up on the other end. � by @theanointedhand

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While we will feel the effects of this Solar-Jupiterian conjunction most especially during Tropical Leo season, Jupiter will remain in Leo until July of 2027.

Thus, this forecast is specific, but not limited, to the events and transit related phenomena occurring until late August of 2026. Full analysis of this transit will require many more considerations for both collective & individual insights.

Bookings for astrology readings will be opening up soon. Follow this page for more astrological insights & predictions. 🔮

#astrology #astrologer #transit #leo #jupiterinleo by @theanointedhand

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Girl therapy is traveling thousands of miles away to a place you’ve never been before to meet other Black/Afro-Descended women who are reclaiming traditional birthworker skills.

Girl therapy is holding hands with your sisters in the Atlantic Ocean, singing to Yemaya, and laughing like little girls until your cheeks hurt.

Girl therapy is coordinating with sisters in different states to meet in places none of us live, because serving our community is bigger than where we call home.

Girl therapy is making friends with the neighbor who just had a baby, while your children become friends & you both remember what real community feels like.

Doing this work has been one of the most life changing & therapeutic things I’ve ever done. It’s led me to places that I’d always hoped still existed & to people who I always prayed would be there with me.

What else would you add to this list? 🤍
Comment below ⬇️

#girltherapy #justagirl #birthworker #traditionalmidwife #sisterhood by @theanointedhand

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