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Join us at our first annual Maternal Holistic Wellness Day Event A day of relaxation and wellness for the family at the cozy Log Cabin in Edison, NJ This event will connect moms and their families with local community organizations, medical, mental health and holistic resources. Masseuse, Reiki, Chiropractic and more services will be available…
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Diversity, Inclusion, Equity and Motherhood
The conversation on diversity, inclusion and equity must more readily include motherhood. Some mother biases include: single mothers, same sex families, working mothers, stay-at-home mothers. perception of mothers of color parenting styles mothers’ work environment capabilities and options women with one child or multiple children mothers of children with disabilities plus sized mothers – just…
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Mommy Guilt & Woman Shame
“….the father represents the outer world point of view, the collective ideal that pressures women to be wilted rather than wildish. Even so, there is no shame and blame if you have given away the flowering boughs [psychic innocence]. Yes, you have suffered for it, no doubt. And you may have given it away for…
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Self-Care is a Journey – not a destination
I define self-care as the mental, emotional, physical and spiritual care we give ourselves in an integrated way and indefinitely. By this I mean that self-care is not about a one time trip to the mall, hair or nail salon. Self-care is about the intention in that trip, how you feel about life and yourself…
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New Year Resolutions are Actually Self-Care affirmations
Self-Care is always on my resolution list. Happy New Year! Welcome to day 11 of 2019 and day 14 of my personal New Year! While we are celebrating the New Year as a whole, I just celebrated my PERSONAL New Year aka, my birthday, on December 29th and this is the time for ME to reset and revisit my…
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The Space Between
Recently I have been thinking heavily on how we acquire knowledge but don’t apply it. We are all at different stages. In certain areas in my life, I apply knowledge quickly and indefinitely. In some areas such as creating boundaries and weight loss – I have a corpus of knowledge that has yet to be…
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For Daughters on Mother’s Day when their Mothering wasn’t enough…..
I get it. We all love warm and gushy feelings. It is far easier to discuss the light and feel good things than to peer into the dark or things that make us feel heavy and burdened because we know what to do with the light. We can pass the light on, keep it shining…