tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62712581755539433892024-03-13T14:20:13.610-07:00On Being a MotherIsidorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17641391584985251245noreply@blogger.comBlogger120125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6271258175553943389.post-91962383605036987442020-06-22T15:42:00.000-07:002020-06-22T15:42:29.050-07:00Learning <div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Where am I? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">rivers and flowers</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">just a boy </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and just a girl</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">where vastness and </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">fold up and in </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">fill up and expand</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">rise ahead and beyond</span></div>
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<br />Isidorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17641391584985251245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6271258175553943389.post-39726424530070066032019-06-14T04:44:00.001-07:002019-06-14T04:46:46.694-07:00With the Boys<div style="text-align: center;">
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Isidorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17641391584985251245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6271258175553943389.post-3864514884494378012019-06-10T02:34:00.001-07:002019-06-11T00:30:04.456-07:00Mother Thames<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">in their existence</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">for now, for now</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">quietly I think, uncomplicated</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.466665267944336px;">this sense of gratitude<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.466665267944336px;">I have moved along in my journey<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.466665267944336px;">the fear of loss has passed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.466665267944336px;">the desire for children and babies has waned<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.466665267944336px;">I now am stood on safe ground<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.466665267944336px;">I look around and I feel strong and big and calm<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.466665267944336px;">gone is the pain of times passed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.466665267944336px;">the fat and sprightly robin bounces around joyously...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.466665267944336px;">I nod and greet her in recognition<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.466665267944336px;">I look at my children with pride<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.466665267944336px;">waves of love overcoming me<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.466665267944336px;">excited about their growth<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.466665267944336px;">curious about the years to come.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.466665267944336px;">as a woman<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.466665267944336px;">I feel there is a lot to be explored<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21.466665267944336px;">a lot to fill and flesh out<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">births days come and gone</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">the gift of the now</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">enveloping all that is</span></div>
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<br />Isidorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17641391584985251245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6271258175553943389.post-5674358738961248692018-12-18T12:33:00.000-08:002018-12-18T12:33:10.323-08:00Gratitude<div style="text-align: center;">
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Isidorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17641391584985251245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6271258175553943389.post-41701677646344147222018-04-14T08:02:00.002-07:002018-04-14T08:02:42.721-07:00Findhorn 2<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">deep green - beckoning</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">profound transformations </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">sounds all around</span></div>
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<br />Isidorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17641391584985251245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6271258175553943389.post-75016552293093865692018-01-19T05:06:00.003-08:002018-01-21T13:59:17.270-08:00Menopause - Woman's Hour<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I love listening to Woman's Hour. Occasionally it really annoys me though and today's consultation of a CBT expert and a HRT advocate really annoyed me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It feels typical that CBP and HRT are getting so much air-time, being presented as a panacea to this 'problem' - when in fact they are products that get constantly bandied about, sometimes quite aggressively pushed by the establishment. The constant refrain of evidence-base is really tiring and patronising. In my experience it is not enough that women say something works - it needs to go through a trial to become respectable!<br /><br />In general, we don't get to hear enough about more alternative approaches/philosophies that aren't about pushing an agenda but more about <b>positive change</b>. Women get often told what is best for them and their power to know for themselves and to make their own decisions are often sabotaged. Woman's Hour falls into that trap sometimes too by consulting 'experts', particularly those from the medical world.<br /><br />I have always been interested in exploring <b>self-empowering ways</b> and would like to share what I have found helpful, sometimes truly transformative. I have learned about women yoga (Yoni Shakti), yoga in general that is gentle and deep rather than dynamic and pose-centred, use essential oils to balance hormones and calm nerves, take the herbal supplement Menopause Support by Dr Vogel, and daily linseed intake which contains plant based oestrogen and Moringa powder help too. I am managing the symptoms quite well with ways that feel nurturing and help me turn to others with the same attitude. Generally exercise, meditation, talking to women, sharing and <b>ACCEPTANCE</b> that I am changing into a different stage of womanhood help greatly.<br /><br />For me this stage of womanhood is about <b>finding my ground, my voice and my power</b>, so that I can contribute more courageously to public life. We have to get away from thinking that the peri-menopause/menopause is a negative thing, which needs to be suppressed by medication, so that we can continue in our old ways, one could argue supporting patriarchal structures. I feel that we women suffer all too often from lack of confidence and low self-esteem allowing men all too often take to the platform. <br /><br />Instead we ought to see the menopause as a powerful <b>transformational process</b> of self-care, self-discovery and self-actualisation so that we can begin to rise and be part of the bigger change that this world needs, which for me ultimately is about </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">of the river's </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">waves </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">and </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">flow</span></div>
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<br />Isidorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17641391584985251245noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6271258175553943389.post-15531413802105045972016-04-13T06:14:00.000-07:002016-04-13T06:14:03.145-07:00Waiting quietly <div style="text-align: center;">
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<br />Isidorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17641391584985251245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6271258175553943389.post-34325953634537229282016-01-27T06:39:00.000-08:002016-01-27T09:16:43.237-08:00The Maiden with the Raven<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the Maiden with the Raven</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">the continuous hum of aliveness</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">enduring presence </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">for all</span></div>
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Isidorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17641391584985251245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6271258175553943389.post-91982217055613574882015-08-24T13:52:00.002-07:002015-08-24T13:54:40.504-07:00Journey into the unknown<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">the long summer holiday</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">what the heck </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">let's get into a train</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">journey into the unknown</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">soaked to the bones</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">on the trails of Brunel</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">finding our inner explorer</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">oh what delight</span></div>
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