Initiation: Shining Light on the Sacred Transitions of Pregnancy, Birth and Motherhood, Written by a Mother for a Mother

By Laura Wighton

“INITIATION”, is a book that was inspired by my own personal intervention-free pregnancy and free-birth. The writing for the book began when I was 8 months pregnant and continued in a seamless way months after my sweet baby girl was born at our home in 2020. The book is about offering a new perspective on pregnancy, birth and motherhood. It offers an opportunity for mothers to evolve their own consciousness and in turn help evolve humanities. I bring this perspective alive in the story of my own personal story and shed some light on the destructive ways societal programs limit us as women when entering into these initiations. I share with you the practices I used that helped me gain a wholistic self-care routine throughout my journey and the tools I used to transcend limiting beliefs and have the pregnancy and birth of my dreams. This book was written to help inspire other mothers that were looking to experience higher awareness and meaning to their journey into pregnancy, birth and motherhood.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Balboa Press AU
• Release date: Dec 29, 2020
• ISBN: 9781504323994

Laura Wighton

Laura Wighton is a young writer destined to use her words for the good of all mothers. She writes to share inspiration and bring awareness around the inequalities mothers experience due to the lack of support from our modernized culture. She has a background in health science, Reiki masters, and experience in mentoring.

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ISBN: 978-1-5043-2398-7 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-5043-2399-4 (e)

Balboa Press rev. date: 12/17/2020

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CONTENTS

Foreword

Chapter 1   How we perceive pregnancy in a modern world Vs a new perspective

Chapter 2   You may have some questions

Chapter 3   Self-Care, Routine, and Discipline, You and your baby deserve it

Chapter 4   Transitioning from Maiden to Mother

Chapter 5   How are society’s programs influencing you?

Chapter 6   Learning to take care of you, the mother

Chapter 7   Finding out I was pregnant, and my peaceful pregnancy and birth

Chapter 8   Motherhood and a perspective rooted in evolutionary growth.

Chapter 9   Shifting your priorities

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FOREWORD

A book reserved for those mothers desiring to maintain foundations of spiritual, physical, emotional and mental well- being when ushering in new life.

This book can be read and used as a tool through any stage of pregnancy, birth, motherhood. Let the intentions of the words help to realign and guide you back to the sacredness of your journey.

This book encompasses deep, personal insights and also endeavours to speak of new evolutionary possibilities that pregnancy and motherhood could begin to offer new mothers. The book shares with you some practical tools and words of wisdom that can help influence you along into a more conscious and evolving journey. I hope you receive what your heart resonates with in joy and love.

When things seem tough, or too much let yourself have some time to remember the true purpose behind this initiation that is pregnancy and motherhood.

Written by a mother for a mother.

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CHAPTER 1

HOW WE PERCEIVE

PREGNANCY IN A

MODERN WORLD VS A

NEW PERSPECTIVE

The journey into pregnancy and motherhood is an initiation. This initiation can feel like a death of oneself. It can feel like you no longer exist and it creates a mourning for what once was. Women, often speak of feeling very vulnerable and confused during these times. Well, this is the common experience I have heard and unfortunately many miss out on the true opportunities that lie within the experience.

I am going to attempt to share with you a new perspective from my