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
September 21, 2015
Entertainment
Seniors and children at play: Homeschooling program mends the generation gap
“Will pay for conversation,” a bald, 84-year-old man states with a laugh. His thick Brooklyn accent echoes through the foyer of the nursing home.August 26, 2015
Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding in a pornographic age
Today, the human body, particularly the female body, is primarily viewed through a narrow, sexually explicit, increasingly violent and profit-driven lens.August 18, 2015
Lifestyle
Why I write birth stories
I grew up in a culture that celebrated birth, prodigiously. Hailing from Utah County, UT -- the seat of Brigham Young University and the heart of Mormondom -- my family of 9 could fill an entire pew in church. One of our neighbors had 12 children. A family of 4 was considered very small.August 10, 2015
Books
A hospice nurse reflects on the art of dying
In “From Sun to Sun,” McKissock expertly weaves together 21 accounts detailing the dying and death of a wide range of individuals she serves as a hospice nurse.July 28, 2015
Parenting
Vaccine injury, disability and death: Making space for difficult stories
The pediatric nurse slides a long, thin needle into my infant son’s soft thigh. His immediate screams quicken my heartbeat. I take a deep breath.July 16, 2015
Religion
Eid letter to a Muslim mother: Reflections on friendship and faith
I wonder what Eid will be like for you this year. For I know the joy and challenge of celebrating traditions and rituals far from home.July 12, 2015
Parenting
Co-breastfeeding, married female couple reflects: Inducing lactation, gratitude and respect
Combined with breast stimulation, the use of at-breast supplements, or hormones, women can stimulate their breasts to produce milk.June 28, 2015
Abuse
Ordered to live with an abuser: How and why American family courts fail children
America’s children are too often treated as property to be divided between contentious parents in family courts. Furthermore, the courageous parents who flee with their children from violence risk losing custody of the children they fought so hard to protect. Domestic violence survivors can be punished with the loss of contact and custody for keeping their children safe in the shelters specifically designed to offer refuge to families in crisis.June 23, 2015
Religion
Memories of an LDS girlhood
Mom said we should just believe. It is like that really pretty song the older girls sing in Young Women’s called, “I Walk by Faith.” I don’t know though. Sometimes I wish for more than faith.Just In
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