surrender Archives - Lori Reising

Episode Summary

Today I decided to have candid conversations with several colleagues about their thoughts on the Coronavirus and Quarantine. This comes in the fourth week of physical distancing. I wanted to get a feel for how people were moving through their process, personally and professionally. I just thought it might be good to be a little more informal and vulnerable and raw. We get into the mental process of the changes, financial fears, explorations of types of grief we may encounter, the environmental impact of a worldwide shut down, acknowledging the need for change in a system that is not supporting it’s citizens, listening to mother nature and so much more. I want to be clear, though, that these conversations are opinion-based. Although we are all healthcare professionals, we are not siting studies or data. We are expressing human experience and thoughts. I invite you to be curious in your reactions so that you can continue to uncover your own truths in your process and thank you for joining in ours.

Show Notes:

Mental process through the quarantine changes
Impending financial doom
Trying to keep perspective
Offering self-care tips and tools for sudden big computer use
Being of service is big work, hard work
The Great Surrender – In community more now in isolation
It’s not social distancing, it’s physical distancing
The generosity and connection of people in a crisis
What financial security could do for the health of humanity
Healers have to be out of survival mode in order to help people heal
Important to Look at how all care has been directed to the hospitals
Understanding the grief of fast change
It’s up to the human race if we can save ourselves
Sharing resources -the bigger picture you get, the less fear you have
Technology keep people alive longer than ever – underlying medical conditions
Newfound appreciation for nature and the earth
“Mom, Covid sucks”
There’s Covid and then there’s the American response to Covid
A beneficial environmental perspective, especially for our kids
Let’s listen to mother nature
Viruses are opportunistic
The thing we all need here is faith – How do you know you’re ok?
Closing the generational gap and learning from each other
Albert Einstein – Is the universe good or is the universe bad?

Links Mentioned:

Kelly Hirstein
https://www.embodied-consciousness.com
Dr. Ashley Haywood & Dr. Molly O’Neil
https://bloomnaturalhealthcare.com
Charlie Cavallo
http://ensoflow.com
‘The Covid Evolution; Humans Becoming Human Again’
https://therawandwildhearts.com/2020/04/18/the-covid-evolution-humans-are-becoming-human-again/
Self-care Tips and Tools for Pain and Wellness
https://youtu.be/vALR4q4kT0Y
Seeking Health Supplements
https://www.seekinghealth.com
Albert Einstein
https://www.biography.com/scientist/albert-einstein

Episode Summary

My guests today are the inspirational Heidi Schmidgall and Kristin Carver. They will be talking about how they successfully protected their birth and maintained it as a celebratory, sacred and spiritual occasion despite being surprised with an early term labor and birth, an experience where our conventional birthing system leans toward medical intervention. This important conversation is not just for parents, it’s for everyone. We will begin to shed light on how we create our world through the way we support our birthing mothers and families. There’s definitely heart and humor in this beautifully woven story that unfolds.

Show Notes:

We will hear from a mother and father that were thrust into a fear and intervention based system when their waters broke at 34 weeks pregnant. They will be talking about how they successfully protected their birth and maintained it as a celebratory, sacred and spiritual occasion. I will be touching on the gravity of how we treat birth in this culture and how it creates, changes and shapes who we are as humans. We’ll get a glimpse of their intimate birth journey where they remained the principal decision-makers in their birth. We will also chat about the role their independent hypnobirthing class and preparation played and how they worked together in becoming a strong and unified family when being faced with surprising turns in their birth journey.