shana

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About me

Gender Female
Occupation Doula
Location Cincinnati, OH, United States
Introduction I am a wife, a mother, a sister, a daughter, a doula, an advocate, an artist, a teacher, a writer, and a friend.
Interests Midwifery; instinctual/natural parenting; babywearing; extended breastfeeding; co-sleeping; gentle discipline; homebirth; physiological birth; LLL; pregnancy; vegetarianism; lactivism; environmentalism; birdwatching; hand drumming; green living; sustainable living; gardening; blogging; journaling; reading; listening to audio books; researching; knitting; beading; crafting; canoeing; hiking; biking; thrift shopping; wind chimes; German; vintage clothing; coming-of-age stories and movies; mindfulness; Naturopathy; herbology; photography; belly dance; hula dance
Favorite Books The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz, Birthing From Within by Pam England, Spiritual Midwifery by Ina May Gaskin, Taking Charge of Your Fertility by Toni Weschler, The Columbian Exchange by Alfred W Crosby, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick, The Supernaturalist by Eoin Colfer, The Princess Bride by William Goldman, The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien, The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, Autobiography of My Mother by Jamaica Kincaid, The Tale of Desperaux by Kate DiCamillo, Flush by Carl Hiaasen, Graceling by Kristin Cashore, The Harry Potter series by JK Rowling, Beloved by Toni Morrison, Funny Boy by Shyam Selvadurai, Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell, A Passage to India by EM Forster, Marley & Me by John Grogan, The Secret by Rhonda Byrne, Milk Money & Madness by Naomi Baumslag and Dia Michels, Pushed by Jennifer Block Second Nature by Michael Pollan, Gun Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond, Alexander and the Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst, The Napping House by Audrey Wood, Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, Fluke by Christopher Moore