Complete Table of Contents

This page offers a complete table of contents of In Awe: A Guide Through Your Sacred Transformation and Loving Legacies. Each section below maps the lessons, reflections, and partner guides that form the full journey—from preparing for birth to honoring loss and legacy. You can use the “Jump to” menu at the top to move between parts or sections. Whether you’re exploring what’s inside or orienting yourself along the way, may this map help you find the chapter that meets you where you are.

Part I: Living Transformations

Section I: Foundations

Around the World Spotlights
Invocation
Welcome & Orientation: 1. Arriving at the Bridge
… 2. Honoring the Journey
… 3. Threads of This Work
… 4. Community and Legacy
… 5. Orientation to the Guide
… Blessing
… Words to Carry
… Bridge
… Partner Bridge
The Gift of Time: Grounding Later Pregnancy with Wisdom & Courage: 1. Grounding in Perspective
… 2. The Body’s Truth
… 3. The Horizon of Time: Preparing a Life, a Legacy, a World
… 4. Speaking of Age, Speaking of Love
… 5. Pride, Gratitude, & Legacy
… Blessing
… Words to Carry
… Bridge
… Partner Bridge
Mindset for Your Unique Pregnancy Journey: 1. Meeting Yourself Here
… 2. The Myths, the Noise, & the Truth
… 3. Choosing Where to Place Your Energy
… 4. Practices That Sustain You
… 5. Mindset as Legacy
… Blessing
… Words to Carry
… Bridge
… Partner Bridge
Foundations—A Partner’s Guide: 1. Stepping Into Your Own Transformation
… 2. Meeting Your Own Feelings
… 3. Choices & Agency Together
… 4. Community & Connection
… 5. Legacy & Becoming
… Blessing
… Words to Carry
… Bridge
Insights Prompts
Advocacy Scripts
Affirmations Highlight

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Section II: The Pregnancy Journey

Around the World Spotlights
Invocation
Your Body, Your Health: 1. The Work of Change
… 2. Living with Energy & Comfort
… 3. Signals Worth Noticing, Physical & Mental
… 4. Choosing How to Live This Body
… 5. Sex During & After Pregnancy
… Blessing
… Words to Carry
… Bridge
… Partner Bridge
Nutrition & Movement: 1. Food as Grounding
… 2. Eating in Real Life
… 3. Hydration as Daily Medicine
… 4. Movement as Healing
… 5. Rhythm & Ritual
… Blessing
… Words to Carry
… Bridge
… Partner Bridge
Navigating Healthcare & Advocacy: 1. The Threshold of Care
… 2. Finding & Using Your Voice
… 3. Insurance Coverage & Care
… 4. Practices to Carry Into Care
… 5. Advocacy as Legacy
… Blessing
… Words to Carry
… Bridge
… Partner Bridge
Financial Planning for Baby’s First Year: 1. Grounding in What Families Have Always Done
… 2. The Landscape You Are Navigating
… 3. Enough & Cushion
… 4. Facing the Emotions of Money & Talking Honestly
… 5. Legacy Beyond Purchases
… Blessing
… Words to Carry
… Bridge
… Partner Bridge
Navigating Systems & Shaping Culture: 1. Grounding in Legacy
… 2. Navigating Work & Leave
… 3. Childcare & Support Systems
… 4. Legal & Financial Protections
… 5. Community & Collective Change
… Blessing
… Words to Carry
… Bridge
… Partner Bridge
Including Older Children: 1. A Family in Motion
… 2. The Feelings You Carry
… 3. Practicing Presence with Older Children
… 4. Inclusion in Different Ways
… 5. Always Becoming
… Blessing
… Words to Carry
… Bridge
… Partner Bridge
The Pregnancy Journey—A Partner’s Guide: 1. Finding Your Place in the Journey
… 2. Walking Beside Your Partner
… 3. Drawing Close to the Baby
… 4. Caring for Yourself Along the Way
… 5. Claiming Legacy and Becoming
… Blessing
… Words to Carry
… Bridge
Supporting Siblings—A Partner’s Guide: 1. Your Place Beside the Children
… 2. Listening Beneath the Behavior
… 3. Carrying the Rhythm of Family
… 4. Truth & Advocacy for Your Child
… 5. Shaping Inheritance Together
… Blessing
… Words to Carry
… Bridge
Insights Prompts
Advocacy Scripts
Affirmations Highlights

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Section III: Preparing for Birth

Around the World Spotlights
Invocation
Preparing Emotionally for Parenthood: 1. Shaping Your Identity for Parenthood
… 2. Holding Mixed Feelings
… 3. Preparing to Be Changed
… 4. Facing the World as a Parent
… 5. Legacy Already Taking Shape
… Blessing
… Words to Carry
… Bridge
… Partner Bridge
Birthing: Options, Planning, Decision-Making: 1. Facing the Threshold
… 2. Knowing Your Options
… 3. Making a Birth Plan That Holds
… 4. Support & Decision-Making in the Moment
… 5. The Legacy of Birth Choices
… Blessing
… Words to Carry
… Bridge
… Partner Bridge
When the Path Changes: 1. When Plans Change
… 2. Safety & Survival
… 3. When Your Baby Needs More
… 4. Healing in Body & Mind
… 5. The Legacy of Unplanned Journeys
… Blessing
… Words to Carry
… Bridge
… Partner Bridge
Preparing Pets for Baby: 1. Mapping Your Household Ecosystem
… 2. Safety Is Love
… 3. Practice the New Normal Before Birth
… 4. Homecoming & the First Weeks
… 5. Family Culture with Animals
… Blessing
… Words to Carry
… Bridge
… Partner Bridge
Preparing for Birth—A Partner's Guide: 1. Standing at the Threshold Together
… 2. Presence in the Birth Room
… 3. Meeting Your Own Fear, Offering Intimacy
… 4. Welcoming the Baby—However They Arrive
… 5. The Legacy of Your Role
… Blessing
… Words to Carry
… Bridge
When the Path Changes—A Partner's Guide: 1. Facing the Shift
… 2. When Choices Narrow—Walking Through the Scenarios
… 3. When Birth Injuries or Intensive Care Affect Your Partner
… 4. When Your Baby Needs the NICU or Receives a Diagnosis
… 5. Carrying the Bridge, Supporting Recovery and Grief
… Blessing
… Words to Carry
… Bridge
Insights Prompts
Advocacy Scripts
Affirmations Highlights

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Section IV: Early Postpartum

Crossing into Postpartum
Around the World Spotlights
Invocation
Your First 30 Days with Baby: 1. The Beginning
… 2. Rhythm & Safety
… 3. Feeding
… 4. Anchors & Community
… 5. The Legacy of the First Month
… Blessing
… Words to Carry
… Bridge
… Partner Bridge
Mental Health & Support Cheat Sheets: 1. Grounding: The Mind Also Heals
… 2. Everyday (Mental) Health Habits
… 3. Anchors for Overwhelm
… 4. When to Call Now
… 5. Supporter Cheat Sheet—Caring for the Whole Postpartum
… Blessing
… Words to Carry
… Bridge
… Partner Bridge
Partner & Relationship Dynamics: 1. Living Inside New Rhythms
… 2. Communication, Repair, & Inheritance
… 3. Intimacy & Tenderness Beyond Survival
… 4. Uneven Loads, Invisible Labor, & Cultural Patterns
… 5. Divergent Paths & Holding Together
… Blessing
… Words to Carry
… Bridge
… Partner Bridge
Recovering from Birth Injuries: 1. Naming the Threshold of Healing
… 2. Practical Anchors for Healing
… 3. Body Image, Intimacy, & Identity
… 4. Mental Health & Trauma Recovery
… 5. Legacy of Healing
… Blessing
… Words to Carry
… Bridge
… Partner Bridge
Early Postpartum—A Partner’s Guide: 1. Crossing into Postpartum Together
… 2. Supporting Recovery
… 3. Caring for the Baby & Guarding Safety While Caring for Yourself
… 4. Navigating Family & Boundaries
… 5. Intimacy, Emotion, & Becoming
… Blessing
… Words to Carry
… Bridge
Recovering from Birth Injuries—A Partner’s Guide: 1. Facing the Season of Healing
… 2. Supporting Healing in Body & Mind
… 3. Mental Health Watchfulness & Advocacy
… 4. Tending Relationship & Intimacy
… 5. Claiming Legacy in Hard Seasons
… Blessing
… Words to Carry
… Bridge
Insights Prompts
Advocacy Scripts
Affirmations Highlight