Today’s birth story and thoughts on birth come from Elaine Cannon, the former General President of the Young Women for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I believe she she wrote this in the 80’s. When I had my first baby about thirty years ago, I was treated with great respect and infinite […]
Every year on New Years Day I open a letter that I wrote to myself the year before. Then I write myself another letter to be opened in one year. This has been a fun tradition. At no other time is it so clear how much has happened (or not happened) in a year when
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Phoebe and I just started a 40 day meditation. I picked this meditation because it is light and sweet and great for kids and grown-ups too. I explain it in the video, but in case you’d like to know the spelling of the mantra, here it is: I am happy. I am good. I am
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I chose this post from the archives today because believe it or not, it is the second most viewed post from our archives. Lessons From the Bonsai – Finally Japanese Elm bonsai tree. In February there were 3 babies due in our little collaborator group–so we did a virtual mother shower/ blessingway for each of
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Today’s birth story comes all the way from Spain. Diana emailed me a few months ago and here is her story. I haven’t changed anything except to add paragraphs. (By the way if anyone out there wants to translate this book into Spanish, let us know. It will make Diana very happy.) The Missing Piece
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This one is from the archives. We will also link this in our resources section. Please feel free to comment or ask questions or share your experiences with Inquiry. In my work with pregnant moms, I often hear them express frustration about maternity care in America. I have expressed the same frustration at different times.
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This is my first time posting on the new blog. It’s weird to have a month off. But also nice. You may notice that my user name has changed. I’m still the same old Mother Earth, but I started a new blog and that’s why I changed my user. For the birth story of this
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