Children as the Catalyst for Forming a Tribe
As soon as children are old enough to begin to interact with the wider world, the need to form a tribal bond becomes almost a developmental…
The Power of Story: Touching the Heart of Learning
The importance of stories and storytelling has been understood and worked with since the beginning of recorded history. The great…
How to assess a midwife
The Training & Research Centre for Natural Birth Inc.
The following list of questions will help you to decide if a midwife is the right…
Wonderful News
This is part of a series of true birth stories excerpted from the book “The First Breath”, compilation and photography by Katrina…
A Grandfather’s Wish
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We tried so hard to make things better for our kids that we made them worse. For my grandchildren, I’d like better.…
The Birth of Rhett James: A Rural Hospital Birth
I fell pregnant easily with Rhett. It was about a month after my husband and I were married and we were determined to fall pregnant quickly. I…
Kaede’s Joyous Homebirth: A Rural Homebirth Journey
Our homebirth with Kaede` was difficult to plan. Firstly, I had to find a willing midwife to travel to Theodore. This took me months of…
The Birth of Kathrynn
I decided that I needed to get just a bit more sleep that morning when the alarm went off. I turned it off, rolled over, and slept. After all, it was…
Shining Son and Running Water
A long time ago, but not that long ago, in a far away land at the Northern tip of the world - where it gets very, very cold, there lived a group of…
The 21st Century Tribe as a Family Support Network
In order to understand the relevance of the Tribe in the 21st Century it first has to be put into a personal context. Throughout history, people have…