The way a culture treats women in birth is a good indicator of how well women and their contributions to society are valued and honored.

When a child is born, the entire Universe has to shift and make room. Another entity capable of free will, and therefore capable of becoming God, has been born.

It's easy to scare women. It's even profitable to scare women... But it's not nice, so let's stop it.

The Creator is not a careless mechanic.

It is important to keep in mind that our bodies must work pretty well, or their wouldn't be so many humans on the planet.

It does a man good to see his lady being brave while she has their baby... it inspires him.

Even if it has not been your habit throughout your life so far, I recommend that you learn to think positively about your body.

Don't criticize nature, stand in awe of it.

The human species is no more unsuited to give birth than any other of the 5,000 or so species of mammals on the planet. We are merely the most confused.

Don't forget to bring your sense of humor to your labor.

There is no other organ quite like the uterus. If men had such an organ they would brag about it. So should we

The energy that gets the baby in is the energy that gets the baby out.

When we as a society begin to value mothers as the givers and supporters of life, then we will see social change in ways that matter.

If a woman doesn't look like a Goddess during labor, then someone isn't treating her right.

Whenever and however you give birth, your experience will impact your emotions, your mind, your body, and your spirit for the rest of your life.

Just as no great painting has ever been created by a committee, no great vision has ever emerged from the herd.

More leaders have been made by accident, circumstance, sheer grit, or will than have been made by all the leadership courses put together.

Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led.

The future has no shelf life