Lessons of Labor

What if instead of trying to avoid the pain and uncertainty of labor, we asked what we could learn from it? In telling the intimate birth stories of her three children and miscarriage, Julia Aziz shows us how giving birth can be one of motherhood’s (and life’s) greatest teachers. Rather than giving advice on how to labor or how to parent, her memoir Lessons of Labor offers the message that a woman can grow through the challenges that life presents her and learn to trust herself.

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Don't Box Me In: Julia Aziz
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Julia Aziz Julia S. Aziz is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who leads private classes and silent retreats exploring the bigger questions of self and purpose. In the past, Julia worked as a counselor for children, adults, couples, and families. She also was a hospice chaplain and interfaith minister for dying patients and their loved ones. In recent years, Julia has facilitated a personal growth group for teens, a "Soul of Service" retreat for counselors, and a mindfulness group for new mothers. She currently works with graduate students at an integrative medicine school in addition to caring for her three children. She loves to dance, travel, be silent in nature, take very long walks, and spend time with friends in real conversation. Julia's Website