Parenting: Do You Fit In?
This past week as I was getting my usual daily allowance of news (online) and doing a little light research for work I ran across this article on parenting in the "Healthland" section of Time...
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Women’s Empowerment In An Age Of Illness
Taken in 2005Just beforegiving birth tomy first son. This week I am happy to share two blogs - written by women for women. Mother and Women's Rights- Your (Wo)man in Washington Valerie...
Ease Labor Pain with What?
Music has saved my life,over and over again.Photo taken in 2006, singing to my firstborn.Studies have, for a long time, shown that deep breathing, mental imagery, deep massage or acupressure, and...
Secrets of Longevity: Living a Longer, Fuller Life
Diets claiming to ward off aging are highly popular, yet the nutrition scene is waist high in confusing, sometimes conflicting information. The good news is I have sorted through it for you and the...
The American Woman: Telling Our Story
Ginger in the UK at the beginning of her own "Eat, Pray, Love" journey in 2004 A few weeks ago, a BITL reader wrote to tell me know how much this blog had helped her get her life back. After...
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Motherhood: Recognizing the Signs
With my son, at the beginning of our own healing process, in 2008. This week's post on Breathing In This Life is from Michelle Rosenthal, of www.healmyptsd.comBeing a mom is a wonderful, magical and...
Living Wide Awake in 2011
Introspection(Our Family Christmas Vacation 2010)Reflection. You see your own in the mirror day in, day out.But who do see? The person you were, the person you are, or the person you want to...
Cultivating Compassion in Children
This week's guest blog is by author and activist for children and gentle parenting, Licia Rando. This post is Part Two in a series on Compassionate Parenting. We all want a more...
Gift Giving for World Peace & Equality for All
Okay people, if you are looking for some last minute Christmas gifts, and especially if you are looking for a great read...here is a fantastic list of books from Riane Eisler, PhD, the co-founder of...
DIY: Prenatal Yoga That Fits You
Me as the Unsuspecting Expectant New Mom with My Boys. Fall 2010A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. ConfuciusThe journey of motherhood could be described as perhaps the...
Compassionate Parenting (Part One in a Two Part Series)
This week's guest blog is by author and activist for children and gentle parenting, Licia Rando. This post is Part One in a series on Compassionate Parenting. To parent with compassion...
Eating To Improve Heredity
Organic fruits of laborA shot from the harvest of Ginger's family's 2010 organic garden This week's guest post is from Certified Nurse Midwife & Yale graduate, Beth Genly, CNM, MSN. Nutrition...