Complete Table of Contents
In Awe & Loving Legacies
Every chapter, section, and pathway—across both companions. 30 chapters in In Awe. 16 chapters in Loving Legacies. Partner guides, ancestral grounding, and advocacy tools woven throughout.
Part I
In Awe: Living Transformations
30 chapters across six sections—spanning the full arc from foundations through closing integration. Every section includes Around the World ancestral grounding, an invocation, advocacy scripts, affirmations, and transformation bridges for both you and your partner.
- 1Welcome & Orientation
- 2The Gift of Time: Grounding Later Pregnancy with Wisdom & Courage
- 3Mindset for Your Unique Pregnancy Journey
- 4Foundations—A Partner's Companionpartner
- 5Your Body, Your Health
- 6Nutrition & Movement
- 7Navigating Healthcare & Advocacy
- 8Financial Planning for Baby's First Year
- 9Navigating Systems & Shaping Culture
- 11Pregnancy Journey—A Partner's Companionpartner
- 12Supporting Siblings—A Partner's Companionpartner
- 13Preparing Emotionally for Parenthood
- 14Preparing Pets for Baby
- 15Birthing—Options, Planning, Decision-Making
- 16When the Path Changes
- 17Preparing for Birth: A Partner's Companionpartner
- 18When the Path Changes: A Partner's Companionpartner
- 19Your First 30 Days with Baby
- 20Mental Health & Support
- 21Partner & Relationship Dynamics
- 22Recovering from Birth Injuries
- 23Early Postpartum: A Partner's Companionpartner
- 24Recovering from Birth Injuries: A Partner's Companionpartner
- 25Self-Care for the First Year
- 26Parenting and Identity
- 27Returning to Work or School
- 28Continuing Support: A Partner's Companionpartner
- 29Next Steps & Integration
- 30Closing Reflection & Blessing
Structure of each section
What you'll find in every section of both courses
Each section opens and closes with the same rhythm—grounding you in global wisdom, moving you through reflection and practice, and closing with tools to carry what you've learned into the world.
- →Around the World—global ancestral traditions and cultural wisdom rooting this threshold in a lineage older than any single story
- →Invocation—a call into presence at the start of each section
- →Chapters—essays, reflections, pauses, and cultural lenses for each threshold
- →Transformation Bridges—threshold rituals for you and your partner, naming what to leave behind and what to carry forward
- →Advocacy Scripts—clear language for medical conversations, workplace moments, and hard conversations
- →Affirmations—nine per chapter for you, nine for your partner
- →Insights—optional opportunity to contribute your experience to anonymized institutional feedback
Part II—Always free
Loving Legacies
16 chapters across four sections—a complete companion for families navigating miscarriage, stillbirth, or the death of a baby. The same structural depth as Part I, rebuilt for the specific realities of grief, memory, advocacy, and continuing love. Partner guides, family pathways, and transformation bridges throughout.
- 1Receiving the LossWhen the World Breaks Open
- 2Living in the Changed WorldLearning the New Landscape
- 3The Threshold of Loss—A Partner's CompanionpartnerHolding the Broken Sky Together
- 4The Body After LossThe Body Remembers
- 5The Heart After LossThe Tides of the Heart
- 6The Mind After LossAmong the Fragments
- 7Choosing the Next Chapter—Trying Again, or NotLove in Its Changed Shape
- 8The Body, Heart, and Mind—A Partner's CompanionpartnerStanding Beside One Another
- 9Relationship with Your PartnerStanding Beside One Another
- 10Relationships with Your ChildrenHolding Small Hands Through Grief
- 11Relationships with Friends & FamilyThe Circle That Remains
- 12Work, School, and InstitutionsReturning to the World
- 13Relationships & Community—A Partner's CompanionpartnerKeeping the Fire
- 14Memory Making & RitualsWhat Love Leaves Behind
- 15Community Change & LegacyPlanting What Endures
- 16Carrying ForwardCarried Forward
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