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Wildwood (n.) an uncultivated wood or forest that has been allowed to grow naturally.
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Sacred Birthkeeper and Birth Photographer ~ CordeliaGrey Oriana Allen
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CordeliaGrey Oriana Allen
- Dec 18, 2022
Autism and Birth- 8 Tips for the Nerodivergent Birth Worker
8 tips for working as a nerodivergant birth worker. Autism and birth.
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CordeliaGrey Oriana Allen
- Nov 20, 2022
Autism and Birth- My Experience Working as an Autistic Birth Worker
My experience working as an autistic birth worker. Autism and Birth series.
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CordeliaGrey Oriana Allen
- Sep 25, 2022
Essential Oils and Birth
Essential oils can play a beautiful role in the cultivation of energy and intention in a birth space. Essential oils for birth.
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CordeliaGrey Oriana Allen
- Jul 17, 2022
I've time for this.
A fateful story of animal and human, and spirit that transcends physical forms. Death and life and connection.
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CordeliaGrey Oriana Allen
- Jun 5, 2022
Questions to ask you birth photographer
What should I ask my birth photographer? Questions to ask when interviewing your birth photographer.
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CordeliaGrey Oriana Allen
- Apr 18, 2022
Why I don't discriminate between birth spaces ~
You have to be able to serve in unpredictable circumstances. If you aren't, either your clients will suffer or you will.
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CordeliaGrey Oriana Allen
- Mar 21, 2022
Your roots are deeper than mine
A moment of surrender, and a reunion with hope over a beautiful lake that I happened upon. Moments in the life of a local photographer.
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CordeliaGrey Oriana Allen
- Mar 7, 2022
North Carolina Photographer
A moment in the life of a seasoned photographer, touching light, and being touched by the souls she honors.
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CordeliaGrey Oriana Allen
- Jan 30, 2022
2022- Word of the year
Each year I choose a word to guide me. I started this when I started photographing births, and I don't believe in coincidences!
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CordeliaGrey Oriana Allen
- Oct 24, 2021
Fall again
Sweet Fall. Bringing us both a cool breeze, and hot afternoons. Birth and decay. A shift. In weather, spirit, and season. Fall brings me...
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CordeliaGrey Oriana Allen
- Oct 10, 2021
Sometimes...
Sometimes... Even I need a reminder of how and where to find the light. I find it here. In birth. In life. In this work. <3 Thank you.
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CordeliaGrey Oriana Allen
- Aug 29, 2021
My favorite birth
When policy, culture, regulations, fears, and traumas don't keep her from having those things- that. That is. That is my favorite birth.
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CordeliaGrey Oriana Allen
- Aug 1, 2021
What the birth space has brought me
This is where I unpack my bag. This is where I softly focus my camera lens. This is where I document. This is home.
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CordeliaGrey Oriana Allen
- Jul 26, 2021
Space is not enough.
It’s all mixed up. Sadness and chocolates. Not one second of this pain makes me love it any less.My own grief floods to the surface, reminds
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CordeliaGrey Oriana Allen
- Apr 11, 2021
Good Vibes
This post, is to you. My reader. For your support, for your time. This post is for every person who ever liked a photo, or shared a blog...
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CordeliaGrey Oriana Allen
- Mar 28, 2021
The journey here- Birth and God
Whew. This post has been a long time coming. This idea, this theory, this beleif- has been such a huge part of my journey. My becoming,...
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CordeliaGrey Oriana Allen
- Dec 18, 2020
Wait, just one more day... Don't end your life. Wait. Read this, and wait.
My story, and my letter to those suffering. #sucicideprevention
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CordeliaGrey Oriana Allen
- Aug 25, 2020
A Birth Keepers Heart
I am a birth keeper. Yours, and mine, and whoever needs me next.
I am a birth keeper.
And this song will forever be my call.
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CordeliaGrey Oriana Allen
- Aug 18, 2020
So what is a Birthkeeper?
Like water, I take form to whatever role is needed of me. I help cultivate and honor the space, the wildwood, wherein...
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