18. Ashley of Rose Hips & Ritual: Hospital to Home, Pregnancy Release& Breaking Ancestral Patterns

In this episode, I interviewed a friend and colleague, Ashley Sullivan.  From her website:  Ashley Sullivan is a Women’s Wellness Coach & Therapist, devoted mother, folk herbalist and founder of Rosehips & Ritual, a women-centered resource that weaves ritual and ceremony into womb healing, transformation, and empowerment. Her work brings the magic and reverence back to the many rites-of-passage that we undergo as women throughout our fertile years. After her first pregnancy in 2006, she began serving women in their journeys home to themselves through the sacred understanding of birth, fertility, and the cycles and rhythms of womanhood. She has studied at The Farm in Tennessee, been a Le Leche League leader, Birthing from Within mentor, Placenta Specialist, and served as a birth doula. Her own experiences have continued to shape and deepen her offerings. She is now raising her family at Earthaven Ecovillage and serving her community of women through Arvigo Maya Abdominal Therapy, one-on-one & group Fertility Awareness mentorships, vaginal steaming experiences & handcrafted botanicals, as well as holding space for exploring the depths of the feminine landscape. She supports women throughout the entirety of their fertility journey from Fertility Awareness education, to self-care practices for all phases of the cycle, pregnancy loss and release. As a devoted wife, she understands the importance of having a partner that supports the decisions and practices around fertility and women’s health, so she offers education, training and coaching for menfolk as well. She spends her days enjoying her homegrown, off-grid Appalachian life, circling with her sisters, mothering her four children, lovingly preparing nourishing foods and wild-harvested medicines, reading, studying, participating in earth-based ceremonies, sewing cloth menstrual pads, singing in the dawn, playing her drum to the waters, and delighting in exploring the wisdom of her own womb and sacred cycles. Her deepest gratitudes to all who have taught and supported her along the way, Pam England, Rosita Arvigo, Mary Francis & Harvey LittleBrave, her husband Joe, her children, and her ancestors. Mentioned in this episode: 'Vessel' Documentary - https://vesselthefilm.com/ Birthing From Within - https://www.amazon.com/Birthing-Within-Extra-Ordinary-Childbirth-Preparation/dp/0965987302 Matrona Institute - https://thematrona.com/ Find Ashley: Website - https://www.rosehipsandritual.com/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/rosehips.and.ritual/ Find Holly: Website - https://rosebudwellness.com/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/rosebud_wellness/ Shop - http://rosebudwellness.com/shop/