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GROW: Podcast Girl Talk with Kelly and Abbie
Well, four episodes in, and things have kind of gone to hell in terms of being informational. This episode is straight Girl Talk. Here are two of my BFF’s, Kelly and Abbie. We started girl talking when we worked together at a pregnancy and early parenting store and resource center, selling nipple creams,…
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GROW: Podcast Interview with Amy Anderson
This episode covers: The power and powerlessness of birth, middle school social stigmas, C-sections, band geeks, gut biomes, Kombucha…what don’t we talk about?! Find Amy at Health Journey Chiropractic in Fitchburg or, for home visits: here. If you want to jump to the birth story, head to 23:00. Meet Amy 1:10…
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The Sweet Spot Meditation
For those of us that are wiggly and fidgety by nature, sitting still to meditate can be pretty challenging. Not wanting to do a walking meditation, but still wanting to let the body lead? Thankfully, there’s a meditation for that. The focus in this kind of meditation is twofold: first visualizing a thread from the…
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A Mother’s Rights #15: You have the right to change your priorities.
Maybe before you became a mom, you were a fucking lion at work and hammered out 12 hour workdays, ate leftover Indian for dinner and got weekly massages. Maybe you spent most of your monthly budget on lingerie and had Outlander-style fantasy sex with your partner every day. Then after holding a sweet heavenly baby…
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A Mother’s Rights #14: You have the right to parent your own way.
My kids and I had a talent show in the living room this morning. We each took turns either singing a song, pretending to play the piano, dancing, or play-acting martial arts. The house is messy. The dishes weren’t done. I have an acrylic paint stain on the carpet that is waiting for me to…