E124: Hartley's legacy, ritual as medicine, and the Grief that unlocks joy with Amana Mayfield-Faulkner
About this episode
Amana Mayfield-Faulkner shares her journey through pregnancy loss and the transformative power of grief and rituals in motherhood.
"I have been pregnant now six times, and I have two living children." Amana Mayfield-Faulkner spent 15 years attending births before she became the mother who needed support. Six pregnancies. Two living children. Four babies who died—including Hartley, her daughter born at full term without kidneys, who lived for just a few moments in her mother's arms. In this episode: → The maiden-to-mother grief that exists even in "healthy" pregnancies → Mothering babies in spirit—what it looks like, how it heals → "Am I still a mother?" navigating identity after loss → Creating altars, rituals, and embodied grief practices → Why not all grief can be expressed through words → Post-traumatic growth and how sorrow unlocks our capacity for joy → The spiral nature of grief and how our bodies hold the memory "Grief doesn't always have to be dark or scary or sad. For me, movement—putting on a song and letting my body show me what grief looks like—has been transformative." CONNECT WITH AMANA: Instagram & Facebook: @ambelove Website: www.amanabelove.com Podcast: The Heart of the Soul Monthly Mother Grief Call for bereaved mothers READY TO TRANSFORM YOUR CALLING INTO CLARITY? If Amana's…
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