Orientation

Stoke Your Fire Devotional

Your First Assignments

Front End Assesment

Choosing Your Final Project

Bible Reading and Study

Birth Servant Scripture Reading Plan

Bible Study Principles

Bible Study Methods

Verse Mapping

Your Guiding Framework
The Way of the Hearthmother

Whole Person Perspective

Living Cyclically

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Knowing God

Who is God?

The character of God

God as the Great Midwife

Cultivating a Relationship with Christ

How Do We Respond?

What is Worship & Prayer

Being an intercessor

How to Pray-Read the Word

Rachel’s Prayers | The Cries of a Laboring Woman

Hearing God’s Voice

Who is on the Throne?

Living a Fasted lifestyle

Spiritual warfare

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Wait, Have Faith, Rest

Waiting on The Lord

Sabbath-Keeping

Growing Faith

Identity

Identity in Christ

Biblical Femininity

Owning your story (Unpacking Your Baggage)

Your Self-Talk Story

Your Calling

Discerning and answering your calling

Defining Birth Servant Roles

Assessing Your Present Skill Set

Representing yourself with integrity

The Role of Witness

Stepping into The Work

Opening to Invitations to Births

Managing Your Own Fear at Births

Taking Care of You

Biblical, Pro-Active Self-Care

Addressing Needs & Creating a Self Care Plan

Brief History of Midwifery

Types of Midwives

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Relationship with Yourself

Holistic view of the person

Holisitic vs Allopathic Perspectives

The Practice of Introspection

Getting Curious with Yourself

Relationships With Clients

Building Relationship Overivew

True Listening

Asking good questions

Holistic Curiosity: Asking Questions When Challenges Arise

Client Clarity

Honor-based confidentiality

Boundaries

Attunement

Abuse and Sexual Trauma

Trauma Informed Care

Managing Information

Research and Gathering Resources

Charting & Note-Taking

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Introducing Embrace Birth Journey
Welcome To Embrace Birth Journey

Your Own Community

Marriage and Family Health

Your Community Support

Forming a Prayer Team

Your Birth Professional Community

Nurturing a Healthy Birth Culture

Circle of Colleagues

Peer Review Process

Your Client’s Community

Leaving Behind “Savior Mentality”

Being part of an aligned birth team

Helping Clients Find Their Own Answers & Path

Your Clients Wise Counsel & Prayer Team

When the Client isn’t a Believer

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Lordship Over Your Business & Ministry

Completed in Month 1
Business that is also ministry

Who Are You Here to Serve

Vision, Mission, Beliefs

Sending Out Your Message

Completed during Month 2
Branding - What is it?

Client screening

Branding : Messageing

Branding - Creating a Brand Kit

How You Serve - Menus & Methodologies

Completed during Month 3

Setting Goals

Creating Your Offering(s)

Peripheral Services (More than Birth Attendance)

Certification, Licensure, and Regulation

Behind The Scenes

Completed during Month 4

The On-Call Life

Setting Your Prices

Contracts

Managing Money

Generosity

A Helpful Automation Tool

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The Female Body
Basic Anatomy & Physiology (A&P)

Female Anatomy

The Beauitful Pelvis

A&P of Pregnancy

Cycle basics

Alignment Basics

Belly Mapping for Birth Workers

Integrated Nutrition

The Birth Process
Is Birth Cursed?

Anointed Birth

Birth Hormones

Cardinal Movements of Birth

Placenta A&P and How is shares the Gospel

Cord Separation

Newborn Transition

Supporting Normal Birth
Supporting Normal

Mystery Can’t Be Measured

Sights, Sounds, and Sensations of Labor Progress

The Art of Holding Space

Pain Relief techniques/Mindset

Complex Birthing Situations

Postpartum

A Portrait of Postpartum

Postpartum A&P

Supporting Postpartum

Practical Postpartum Instructions

Supporting a Lying-In Period

What to do with a placenta

Supporting Breastfeeding

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Continuing Embrace Birth Journey

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Entering The Space
Knowing When to Use (and NOT to use) Your Tools

Assembling a birth bag

What to Wear

When to Show Up

Skills For Actively Supporting Labor
Comfort Measures (Mothering Skills)

Well-Placed Words

Supporting Water Birth

Supporting Prolonged and Irregular Labors

Labor Furniture

Planned Hospital Birth

BioMechanics
Making Space in the Pelvis

Trouble-Shooting Using Positioning

Counter Pressure

Support Using Woven Fabric

Gentle Healing Modalities
Herbs

Homeopathy

Traditional Chinese Medicine

EFT

Splankna

Networking with complementary professionals (chiropractors, CST, etc.)

Skills For Actively Supporting Postpartum
Vasovagal Response in the Immediate Postpartum

Vaginal Steaming

Closing Ceremonies

Healing Perineal Tissue

Recognizing Postpartum Mood Disorders

Birth Story Medicine
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When to use the Mainstream
Recognizing when it’s NOT normal

Knowing when you’re at the limit of your own skill set

Utilizing intervention wisely

Moving past black and white thinking

Navigating by values rather than ideals

Decision-making process

Home birth transfer skills/process

Their Tools

Induction Discussions

Basic understanding of forceful/invasive interventions available and when they might be appropriate

Processing the Shift in Plans

Tools for processing birth trauma

Debriefing your clients’ experience in a healthy way

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Finish Embrace Birth Journey

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Effects of the Fall

Eternal Perspective - Death has lost its sting

Supporting Pregnancy Loss

Supporting Still Birth - When Birth and Death Meet

Wading in the Grief with Her

Persecution

Racism

Circumcision

In The World Not Of It

New Age, Witchcraft, and Paganism

Gender ideology and Politics

Abortion

IVF

Birth Control
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