BIRTH STORY
Medicine
Your birth left a mark on you. You are allowed to tend it.
You've told your birth story before — maybe many times. To your partner, your mother, your midwife, your friends. And still, something in it remains unfinished. Still tender. Still asking to be witnessed in a different way.
Birth Story Medicine is that different way.
WHAT IS BIRTH STORY MEDICINE
Your birth story is
alive in you
Birth Story Medicine is a specialized form of birth story listening developed by Pam England, the founder of Birthing From Within. It goes beyond the facts of what happened — the timeline, the interventions, the moments that went differently than you planned — and enters the deeper territory of meaning, identity, and transformation.
As a certified Birth Story Medicine practitioner and full spectrum doula, I bring not only the formal training but years of presence at the threshold of birth — in its joy, its grief, its wildness, its ordinariness. I know the language of birth from the inside. And I know how to listen for what your story is still trying to say.
Birth is an initiatory rite of passage. It reshapes who you are. And until that story is truly received — not just recounted — something in you stays waiting. These sessions create a space for that receiving to happen.
IS THIS FOR YOU
This work is for you if
any of this sounds familiar…
— You can't stop replaying parts of your birth — the moment things shifted, the choice you made, the thing someone said
— You feel like you should be "over it" by now, but you're not
— Your birth was beautiful and yet something still feels unresolved
— You experienced trauma, loss, or a birth that looked nothing like what you hoped for
— You're pregnant again and carrying fear or grief from a previous experience
— You've never felt truly heard when you try to tell your story
— You sense that your birth experience changed you in ways you haven't fully named yet
— You are a birth worker carrying a birth you witnessed or attended — one that stayed with you, troubled you, or moved you in ways you haven't been able to set down
* Note: Your birth story that wants to be told may have happened a long time ago.
I work with folks processing births from a couple months ago to a couple decades ago.
All birth stories welcome. *
HOW IT WORKS
Simple, intimate,
unhurried
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You reach out through the form below. We find a time that works and I'll send you a brief intake to help you arrive prepared.
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We meet on Zoom — one private, unhurried hour. I guide you through the process and stay with you as your story tells us what it needs.
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Together we explore what the story holds — the moments that still carry charge, the meanings you've made, the thresholds you crossed. This is where the medicine happens.
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Most people are surprised by how much can shift in a single session. Your birth happened the way it happened — and yet you'll leave holding it differently. The story becomes something you can finally rest inside of.
"I shared my story with many others, but something still felt unresolved. At the end of my session with Verana, I was amazed at how much lighter I felt — I walked away with a softer presence and a clearer voice telling me, ‘I did not fail’."
- Anonymous
YOUR GUIDE
Held by someone who knows the way
I'm Verana Faye — full spectrum doula, childbirth educator, archetypal astrologer, and certified Birth Story Medicine practitioner. I serve the San Francisco Bay Area and offer these Birth Story Medicine sessions on Zoom for all those processing birth across the globe.
I have accompanied people through birth, death, grief, abortion, and the vast in-between. I understand what it means to stand at a threshold — and what it costs when you don't have someone to help you cross it with care.
Birth Story Medicine found me because I believe in the power of the stories we tell ourselves — and what becomes possible when those stories are truly witnessed. I bring that belief into every session, alongside my devotion to this work and my deep knowing that your story deserves to be fully received.
INVESTMENT
Offered on a generous sliding scale — available to women/birthing people and birth workers everywhere.
Single Session - One private session, approximately 60–75 minutes, held via Zoom.
$100-$300
The Sliding Scale
This offering is priced on a generous sliding scale to make it available to birthing people and birth workers everywhere. Please choose the amount that honors both your access and this work.
* Note: Most people find they only need one session to experience a significant change.
BEGIN HERE
Tell me a little
about you.
I'll be in touch within 2–3 days to schedule your session.
**Note: I come to these sessions as a blank canvas. Please save your story for our time together — the unfolding happens in the room, guided, and that is exactly where it belongs.
No birth details needed here.