Cathy Daub, PT, BWI Founder
The Gift of Birth is Love Itself
Light and love are inherent in many holidays, especially this time of year. We love to see light and we feel peace when we feel loved. One characteristic of love is attraction. Newborn babies are full of love – oxytocin is the hormone of love and what helps a woman’s uterus contract to birth her …
Quick Vegan Fried Rice
Ingredients:1 cup raw brown rice, prepared and cooked-1 medium onion-1 cup chopped mushrooms-1 clove chopped garlic-1 cup peas-1 cup chopped vegan “chicken”-3 TBSP soy sauce (or more to taste) Instructions:–Cook the brown rice in 3 cups of water and bring to a boil OR use an Instant Pot for faster results-Saute the onion, garlic, and …
Fighting Viruses With Whole Plant Foods
“I’m so afraid of getting the Covid-19 virus!” “What can I do to protect myself?” These are the thoughts on the minds of so many people during these uncertain times of the pandemic. It doesn’t matter if we are rich, poor, famous, male, female or a child. We are all susceptible to this equalizer that …
Covid-19 and Childbirth
The Corona Virus pandemic is a new disease causing massive confusion, uncertainty, suffering, and death. We all have questions, many of which cannot be answered at this early stage of the pandemic. We do know that the virus is spread mostly through respiratory droplets produced when someone who is infected coughs or sneezes. We do know that the …
Sleep? What Sleep?
“The one thing nobody told me about having a baby was about sleep and how exhausted I would be! I haven’t had a good night’s sleep in over six months!” Many new parents are completely unprepared to cope with a baby who does not sleep well, who wakes up much more often than normal during …
Food As Medicine (FAM) 2020 Event in New Jersey
“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” Hippocrates SOLD OUT! 120 people attend our very successful Food As Medicine event held in NJ on January 25, 2020. People attended from all walks of life, wanting to know more about how to improve their health through the food they eat. The message …
Journey Into the World of Nurturescience!
Journey Into the World of Nurturescience!Become Registered As A Kangaroula!March 21-22, 2020 in Medford, NJ (12 miles from Philadelphia) “Behavior is Place Dependent.” “What is an innate fetal agenda?” “What are primal behaviors?” “What does brain regulation and dysregulation look like?” “ What happens to a baby when there is an allostatic load?” “How is …
Pain and Pleasure – Flip Sides of the Same Coin
What would your life be like if you knew only day but not night. Or what if you only knew hot, and not cold? Or what if you knew only sadness, and not happiness. What if there were only male and not female? Being born into the world means being born into duality. Duality simply means that our understanding …
Accepting Fully Who We Are
Our Birth Doula training is very comprehensive and includes not only Optimal Pelvic Positioning and “The Four Principles,” but also ways in which to enhance character development. One of the ways we do this is by having our students complete the BirthWorks Doula Journal Workbook in which one of the exercises is to write responses …
