Birthing The Future® is a nonprofit 501c3
founded in 2003 and directed by Suzanne Arms
I acknowledge that the land where I live and have the BTF office was not freely given. Indigenous peoples from several tribes were the original stewards of this land. Our benefit from this land came at a dire cost to the indigenous people and I give thanks to them. ~ Suzanne Arms
Our most important project 
The Human Attachment
Mission
The world as we have known it is in chaos, and old structures and beliefs are dying. The system and the mindset that created them are going through a painful labor to birth a better world.
Birthing the Future understands that the creation of a new kind of human being, rooted in trust and cooperation, instead of fear and aggression all begins with the primal continuum and how we wire the human brain and heart.
Our contribution is knowledge, inspiration and resources.
Interviews with Suzanne Arms
- Better Birth 360 Exclusive Interviews with Suzanne Arms Password: BB360SA2017
- Begin at the Beginning with Suzanne Arms
- Association of Wise Childbearing
- Bringing children into the world consciously
- The Innate Intelligence of Birth and Baby Care & repair it when things go wrong
Suzanne Arms Talks
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Climate Crisis & Extinctions threatens all life
Bringing children into the world consciously & meeting all their needs leads to trust & cooperation… not fear & defense… and to protecting all life on Mother Earth.
We grieve the horrific racist history of the U.S. & all our institutions…
and work to end white power and privilege, in ourselves & others
Racism is a public health issue
Huge disparities between White & Black – and Native – Americans. It starts in the womb and results in chronic ill-health & shortened life spans
We must:
• De-militarize our police and End for-profit prisons
• Fund social services, Mental Health, Education & Recreation
• Make Reparations to Black & Native communities
• Support Black business & buy from them
• and much more
Consciously Conceiving & Parenting
Birthing The Future® promotes a vision that all children are wanted and welcomed into the world and that every community and society has policies that protect and support each mother-baby pair – the most vulnerable of all pairs – and their symbiotic bond, which starts pre-conception, is the most critical relationship of all. We understand, and science now proves, that all babies are conscious, starting at conception. We envision a world where, in the words of author-educator Pam Leo (Connection Parenting) where children don’t have to recover from their childhoods.
As science now proves…
– through neuro-biology, epigenetics, psycho-immunology, gut-brain and attachment research – it is during the “Primal Continuum of Human Development” that lifelong patterns are laid down in our developing immune system and brain. Love or fear, creativity or depression, trust or alienation, ease or anxiety, vibrant health or chronic illness…and feeling a part of a community or feeling isolated. These are the visible results, across our society.
“Until now, birth and the critical mother-baby bond have been left out of the most important discussions and plans for how to create a better world. Nothing will fundamentally change until we understand that it is not either mothers or babies that should be the focus: it’s both. This unit must be the focus for every community and society who wants a better world. For they are one system. What we do to one – or fail to do to one – we do to the other.”
Suzanne Arms
Founder and director.
Teacher, Consultant, Mentor, Coach
Since 1973, Suzanne Arms has been an outspoken visionary, multi-book author, photojournalist, inspired teacher and public speaker: wise, passionate and compassionate. She synthesizes earth-based wisdom and modern science about how best to bring humans into the world and care for the mother-baby bond, so that everyone benefits and families can thrive. Her perspective is both broad and deep, as she weaves history, politics, economics, psychology, spirituality, public health, cross-cultural issues, eco-feminism and the feminine into a beautiful tapestry of knowledge.
“Suzanne Arms tells the truth, and she does it with great clarity and compassion.” -Christiane Northrup, MD, Ob/Gyn, Author of Women’s Bodies: Women’s Wisdom.
Praise for Suzanne Arms’ work
Suzanne Arms tells the truth, and she does it with great clarity and compassion. (Her) vision, put forth so compellingly can help midwife this system right now. Like all good birth attendants, Suzanne understands the nature and power of support, understanding, and compassion. Those qualities help a woman, and even a health care system, to let go and allow the new creation to emerge
Once again, Suzanne Arms brought us together – as birthkeepers and birthworkers – from 3 generations, inspiring us to keep doing what we do best and what we know is right. Suzanne has a special talent for nurturing others, and the sacred circle fed our souls and reminded us of the sacredness of our work. In that context, she connected us to so many issues of importance in the world today, and reminded us of the critical importance of birth
and the primal period to the future of humanity.
I count my blessings that Suzanne Arms has been in my life, guiding me as a mother and mentoring me as a professional since 1980. She’s been instrumental in shifting how birth and mother-baby-family care happens in this country, for those interested in transformation; and her broad perspective has helped so many to find their instinctual wisdom. Suzanne is my rock and keeps inspiring my work.
The Time is Now film series
A global project and international roundtable.
Birth and the Primal Period, The Path to Full Human Potential.
Women and men exploring leading edge science, indigenous wisdom and traditional practices from Kenya, Amazon, Spain, Brazil, US, and more.
How we treat the women who bring children into this world
and whose bodies are the first world for babies
– whether with high honor and tenderness or neglect and abuse
– profoundly influences the direction of every society.
Love and peace, or fear and violence truly do begin in the womb.”
We have today the tools at hand to break
inter-generational cycles of abuse and neglect, even war,
and to prevent and heal birth-related trauma that is so prevalent.
Love Suzanne Arms
