Inspiration is funny
Sometimes, the storyteller, the birthkeeper- her hands bleed. Inspiration is a funny thing.
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Winston-Salem Birth Photographer & Sacred Birthkeeper ~ CordeliaGrey Oriana Allen
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CordeliaGrey Oriana Allen
- Oct 18, 2023
Oh Pinata
Just a little behind the scenes magic in my own personal life.
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CordeliaGrey Oriana Allen
- Aug 10, 2023
The doorways that frame us- Birth Work Reflections
May you walk forth through these moments brave, through these emotions vulnerable, and through these transitions- deeply deeply supported.
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CordeliaGrey Oriana Allen
- Jul 27, 2023
A Back Up Birth Support Story
A hospital birth story, a birth photographers reflections on sending in her back up team to support a birth in her place.
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CordeliaGrey Oriana Allen
- Apr 23, 2023
Pay them like this, pay yourself LIKE THIS
"This is the work" targeting the flaws in our cultures monetary values, and how to bring balance to these energies and professions.
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CordeliaGrey Oriana Allen
- Apr 9, 2023
Hear My Heart- by guest writer Gennelle Miles
Guest writer Gennelle Miles shares her heart and thoughts on two moments in her life as a birth worker.
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CordeliaGrey Oriana Allen
- Jan 1, 2023
The tables we build
I have built this table, and you are welcome here. <3
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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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