PODCAST & BLOG
PODCAST & BLOG
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7th grade. What does that evoke in you? For me, 7th grade was puberty, braces, new hips, boy crazy, new to leg shaving and wearing make-up. My mom let me subscribe to Teen magazine and I remember a particular issue where the model on the cover had a super-cool...
read moreEight Windows
Inspired again by my dear friend Karen Pery, she has invited her readers to think about their lives. If given the opportunity to have glimpses of your life flash before your eyes, what would you see? She describes 8 windows, from the outside looking into your soul. I...
read moreJust things
I've been blogging a lot lately. Well, at least a lot for me. I remember when I got rejected from blogher.com because I didn't post frequently enough. I lurked through other blogs on their site and saw many that hadn't been updated for months on end, or frequent...
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Ratting myself out
Forgive me, blogosphere, for I have sinned. The last few weeks I've been ranting about taking steps back to re-evaluate ourselves and what we're doing. I wrote about just "being" instead of "doing" all the time, and before that I wrote about perfectionism and the...
read moreWhat do you want to BE when you grow up?
Interesting how that question is worded. Not "what do you want to DO when you grow up". I suppose in some ways I'm just growing up now. I had several life altering experiences within a few years of each other. Bad ones. I mean really, really bad. The kind of things...
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Summer Reading list for girls!
I have received several emails from friends of mine, asking for suggested reading. Some for themselves, and lately moms are contacting me asking for books that are for their daughters- books that give a positive moral message. They're tired of their daughters having...
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The Curse of “Go Big or Go Home”
I saw this bumper sticker the other day and it conjured up many bad memories. I used to live my life by this mantra. No, I mean LIVE MY LIFE. If it wasn't going to be done 150,000,000 percent, then don't do it at all. Isn't that what it means to "Go Big or Go Home"?...
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Triggered
trig·ger –verb to initiate or precipitate (a chain of events, scientific reaction, psychological process, etc.) to fire or explode (a gun, missile, etc.) by pulling a trigger or releasing a triggering device to become active; activate First thing Monday morning...
read moreI was attacked today
Got your attention? Good. I went to a self defense class this weekend. I've wanted to go for ages but, it was never on my priority list so I never went. I try to be aware of my surroundings, and have always thought that if someone messes with me I'm pretty sure I can...
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The Gremlin, The Mannequin and Joan Jett
I may have mentioned in my previous posts about what we call in the coaching world as our “saboteur”. AKA "the gremlin". It’s that little (or sometimes not so little) voice in our head that we all have, some more than others. It tells us mean things, negative talk,...
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Choosing an experience: My journey to VBAC
Today's post is written by Pamela Candelaria who writes over at Natural Birth for Normal Women. I’m going to come right out and say it: The single biggest reason I wanted a VBAC was because I wanted the experience, magic-filled and complete with angelic music and...
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J Lo tells us the reason we should all get our pre-baby body back…
Recently, Jennifer Lopez was interviewed for US magazine. Not the most intriguing of magazines, I know, but they do have (what I am assuming is) hundreds of thousands of subscribers, and many, many more pick it up while waiting in line at the grocery store. The cover...
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Things you shouldn't say to a pregnant lady…
...Or one that just had a baby “Don’t be a hero, just get the epidural.” Plain and simple- Women who don’t get an epidural during childbirth are not trying to be a hero. They’re not trying to prove anything to anyone. They don't want a trophy, a medal, or a...
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Caveat Emptor: The Real Risks of Cesarean Section
Today's post is written by Pamela Candelaria who writes over at Natural Birth for Normal Women. Over 1.3 million babies in the US were born by c-section in 2008, accounting for 32.3% of all births. The most common reason for cesarean delivery is having had one...
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The Easter Bunny meets Cesarean Awareness
April is my favorite month. Probably because it's my birthday, Spring, Easter and Cesarean Awareness Month. So guess what this post is about? Yes, another topic that gets my panties in a wad: Cesarean section and VBAC. Fighting for my own VBAC has changed my life. I...
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