The Body Keeps the Birth: An Ecological Understanding of Birth Trauma and Healing

The Body Keeps the Birth: An Ecological Understanding of Birth Trauma and Healing

by | Apr 11, 2026 | Becoming, Birth, Birth trauma, Motherhood, Post-partum, Pregnancy, Womb ecology, 🌱 Life Transitions & Thresholds, 💎 Kai Njeri, 🔥 Stress & The Body

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Emotional Eating: This is Why You Eat When You’re Stressed

Emotional Eating: This is Why You Eat When You’re Stressed

by | Feb 28, 2026 | Anger, Chronic stress, Emotion Regulation, Emotional eating, Weight Gain, Weight Loss, 💎 Spela Vehar, 🔥 Stress & The Body, 🧠 Emotions

Reading Time: 6 minutes There is a general intuitive understanding among people that stress affects eating habits and body image. Many clients admit to me that they gain weight when they are stressed, or that they overeat or starve themselves when they are emotionally...
Why Do I Feel Depression During Pregnancy? A Womb Ecology Perspective on Matrescence in a Time of Strain

Why Do I Feel Depression During Pregnancy? A Womb Ecology Perspective on Matrescence in a Time of Strain

by | Feb 28, 2026 | Birth, Grief, Motherhood, Pregnancy, Womb ecology, 🌘 Depression, 🌱 Life Transitions & Thresholds, 💎 Kai Njeri, 🔥 Stress & The Body, 🧠 Emotions

Reading Time: 19 minutes We begin in a garden that is going quiet. The soil is darker, heavier with moisture. Growth has slowed at the surface. Leaves are fewer, smaller, closer to the stem. Subdued. Pollinators pass through less frequently. The work below ground is...
Pregnancy Anxiety for No Reason: Held Between What Was and What Is Becoming

Pregnancy Anxiety for No Reason: Held Between What Was and What Is Becoming

by | Jan 23, 2026 | Becoming, Birth, Initiation, Motherhood, Pregnancy, The Mother Wound, Womb ecology, 🌱 Life Transitions & Thresholds, 🌿 Anxiety, 💎 Kai Njeri, 🔥 Stress & The Body

Reading Time: 10 minutes A woman can be pregnant, supported, healthy, and still feel afraid. Her days look fine from the outside. Her scans are normal. Her people are kind. And yet inside her chest something stays slightly tight, slightly alert, as if the world has...
Why is it So Hard to Lose Weight? A Nervous System Perspective

Why is it So Hard to Lose Weight? A Nervous System Perspective

by | Jan 3, 2026 | Chronic stress, Emotional eating, Trauma-informed Healing, Weight Gain, Weight Loss, 💎 Spela Vehar, 🔥 Stress & The Body, 🧠 Emotions

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