postpartum Support
& birth story medicine

Birthing children is a monumental rite of passage, and it can be really hard. Then you're expected to know just how to feed, love, and comfort them. And yourself. And perhaps your partner. And hopefully, also your own dreams, vitality, and joy. That's a really tall order. I can help.This work is centered around helping you cultivate tenderness, support, and a wee bit of space during what can be a really trying time.

  • birth experience processing & birth story medicine

  • defining & integrating your new parent role

  • reclaiming your whole identity

If you'd like to see if working together feels like a good fit, schedule a free phone consultation here—I'd love to chat with you! And you can hear more (lots more!) about my Birth Story Medicine work & my own quest for self-compassion in motherhood on the Close the Chapter podcast:

"As busy moms, we often do not make time to process all that has happened to us. While pregnant we spend months thinking about the birth, and yet the moment a child arrives our attention turns to their thriving. We can skip over what may have been difficult or even traumatic about bringing a child into the world. The ramifications of an unprocessed birth story trauma affected me in a lot of small ways that began adding up...and then in walked Amelia Kriss. She gently yet boldly invited me into a safe space of reflection and exploration about one of the most difficult moments of my life. I hadn't realized the stress and anxiety I was still carrying around it. Amelia helped me put it all down. I am still unpacking what we discussed and am recommending this to every mom I meet. You can trust Amelia to create safety, to ask just the right questions, and to listen intently. I believe every mom should experience Birth Story Medicine with Amelia."

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birth story medicine

Pam England’s Birth Story Medicine Method

Birth Story Medicine is a space where we can:

  • explore anything that feels unresolved from giving birth, and to integrate this huge experience as the profound initiation process that it can be.

  • to reflect on, honor, make meaning of, and/or grieve whatever this journey has has unearthed for you

  • to leave the chrysalis of pregnancy & birthing with intention, compassion, and the knowledge that there is no “easy”, “right”, or “perfect” way through this.
    (But there is a way.)