Karen Angstadt is a mother of 2, Wise Woman and Birth Mentor. With over 10 years experience teaching women to uncover, hear and honor their intuition through individual mentoring, in 2008, Karen began sharing her methods with pregnant women to guide them to their inner voice and empowered choices for birth.
As a mother of two, having experienced both hospital and homebirth, she understands the concerns of women starting, or expanding, a family. The core of Karen's philosophy is the belief that all choices that are born of the heart are ideal and valid for each individual. There are many opinions surrounding pregnancy and birth choices, but there is only one that really matters- yours.
Karen is the founder of Intentional Birth.com, host of A Labor of Love radio show on the VoiceAmerica network, author of the Living Intention e-zine and serves women through individual mentoring, tele-seminars, and home study material.
A Labor of Love is especially for moms and moms-to-be, bringing you information to empower you during your pregnancy and help you thrive as a parent. Karen and her guests focus on providing ideas and options for women, and offer open-minded discussion on diverse topics like fertility, attachment parenting, using the law of attraction during pregnancy, placenta benefits, elimination communication, homebirth, breastfeeding and more.
A Labor of Love is here to support you during pregnancy and parenthood- an emotional and sometimes challenging time- and to remind you that self-nurture, acceptance and trusting your instincts will lead to your own personal parenting style, so you can love your labor. A Labor of Love is broadcast live every Monday at 10 AM Pacific Time on the VoiceAmerica Health & Wellness Channel.
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