I'm Beth Ebers, a Midwife, Herbalist and Somatic Therapist who approaches pregnancy, birth and postpartum as pathways to healing. For over 25 years I've had the privilege of working with thousands of birthing families across diverse settings and cultural contexts, specializing in botanical medicine, the effects of trauma on the perinatal period, undisturbed birth, and embodied parenting.  As a Community Herbalist and Midwife (holding Registered Midwife and Master Herbalist designations) I'm grateful for the opportunity to weave together ancient healing practices with evolving contemporary knowledge; rooted in relationship, reverence and respect for the Natural world. I'm of Hungarian, Irish and Argentinian descent, gratefully living as a settler on unceded K'òmoks Nation territory. My mother and grandmother were my first botanical medicine teachers, showing me the gifts of plant relationship from an early age. My mother tells me that she would often find me hiding in rose bushes, speaking with plants, covered in dirt and petals, making pillows and blankets out of dandelions and plantain. The playfulness and wonder that humans experience in childhood through plant connection has thrived within me all my life, and over time deepened into a practice of listening — to the land, to the body, and the wisdom that lives in both. I experience the reproductive spectrum as a living ceremony--cyclical and transformative--and when held with presence, it can generate confident, connected families, and strong, resilient communities. Incorporating earth connection and plant medicine along the way can reweave a sense of belonging, and remind us that families thrive when transitions are supported in community.