Amy Wright Glenn
Amy Wright Glenn earned her MA in Religion and Education from Teachers College, Columbia University. She taught for 11 years in the Religion and Philosophy Department at The Lawrenceville School in New Jersey earning the Dunbar Abston Jr. Chair for Teaching Excellence. She is a Kripalu Yoga teacher, Birthing Mama® Prenatal Yoga and Wellness Teacher Trainer, (CD)DONA birth doula, hospital chaplain, and founder of the Institute for the Study of Birth, Breath, and Death. Amy is a regular contributor to PhillyVoice and author of Birth, Breath, and Death: Meditations on Motherhood, Chaplaincy, and Life as a Doula and Holding Space -- On Loving, Dying, and Letting Go.
To learn more, visit: www.birthbreathanddeath.com
October 13, 2017
Books
'Holding space for death': an excerpt
The following is an excerpt from Amy Wright Glenn’s new book Holding Space – On Loving, Dying, and Letting Go, published by Parallax Press and now available for pre-order. “Holding Space” will be in bookstores this November.September 27, 2017
Parenting
Stop spanking your child: The case for ending legal forms of corporal punishment
It is irrational (and wrong) to knowingly engage in forms of discipline that increase a child’s risk of anti-social/criminal behavior, anxiety and/or depression.August 10, 2017
Parenting
How to move away from shame-based parenting
OK. I get it. Parenting is (really) hard sometimes.July 21, 2017
Social Media
Birth is not porn: When Facebook bans images of a new documentary on birth
Photos and films depicting the wondrous, difficult, amazing, and heroic journey of a mother to open her body and bring forth life are to be honored and lifted up, not banned.June 13, 2017
Parenting
Affirming the value of truth for our children in an age of dishonest politics
In the actions we take, the words we speak, the thoughts we believe, we model to our children a way of being in this world, for good or ill.May 23, 2017
Death
So, you want to hire a death doula?
Today, wise and creative cultural pioneers lead a burgeoning movement in applying key elements of the birth doula model to train people to companion each other in death.May 10, 2017
Life Lessons
Facing fear: cultivating courage and discernment in life
I am a sophomore at Reed College when a handsome graduate student named Sam asks me out.March 27, 2017
Parenting
On cultivating patience: conversations with my son
“Mama, will you dream of me when I’m at Julie’s?”March 13, 2017
Parenting
Take your child off the trophy shelf
“Hi everyone!” Jennifer loudly exclaims, smiling broadly.February 13, 2017
Valentine's Day
'I made this one for you'
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