Transformed by Birth: Cultivating Openness, Resilience, and Strength for the Life-Changing Journey from Pregnancy to Parenthood

“Britta, you are a master at what you do.” ―P!NK, Grammy-winning singer-songwriter
 
As expecting parents, you’re bombarded with more information―and opinions―than ever about the “right” approach to pregnancy and childbirth. How do you navigate this ocean of information―not only to find the best practical solutions for you personally, but also to embrace this incredible opportunity for emotional and spiritual transformation that comes from bringing a child into this world? With Transformed by Birth, Dr. Britta Bushnell has created the transformative, intelligent, and empowering pregnancy and childbirth guide you’ve been waiting for.
 
This book embraces birth as a metamorphic experience―a rite of passage in which you are initiated by opening to the unbidden, embodying your own wisdom, and gaining freedom from limiting beliefs. 
 
Our culture has inundated us with limiting ideals that prevent us from fully engaging in the journey of pregnancy and childbirth―including a need for control and certainty, vilification of pain, and reverence for technology and intellectual knowledge, among others. Dr. Bushnell helps you clear away unwanted beliefs and behaviors so you can open to the meaning and power of this uniquely life-changing experience. Here she offers daily practices, rituals, exercises, and more to help you cultivate resilience, power, and connection during this transformative time.
 
Childbirth is more than just having a baby. Transformed by Birth invites you to discover childbirth as a transformational experience that alters your knowing of who you are and lasts long after pregnancy and birth are over.

From the Publisher

“When using words like sacred and transcendent in birth discussions . . .”

“It’s easy to get the impression that the process is lofty in a way that is purely beautiful or enchanting. And while birth can be both beautiful and enchanting, it is often far grittier and earthy than transcendent and sacred imply to modern ears. There is something about birth that, while deeply spiritual and meaningful, is actually grounded in raw ‘now-ness.’

“It is intense hard work that tests our ideas of what ‘spiritual’ looks like and means. It exposes the sacred through the muck, mud, and hardship of something so profoundly animalistic that it makes us into something entirely new. This otherworldly place where great transformation happens is the sacred space of birth.” —Britta Bushnell, PhD

Discover childbirth as a rite of passage that alters your knowing of who you are.

Explore daily practices, rituals, and exercises to cultivate resilience, power, and connection.

Clear away unwanted beliefs so you can open to the power of this life-changing experience.

Thoroughly prepare for postpartum to profoundly impact your experience and well-being.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Sounds True
Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 28, 2020
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 312 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1683644069
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1683644064
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.8 x 8.95 inches