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My breasts ache. The Boychick hadn’t nursed in two weeks, then asked for milk again one morning. He latched on for half a minute each side, as much as I could stand, as little as I could stand to offer him. I thought that was why my breasts were aching. Might it be…? It couldn’t be. I’m sure [...] 19 January 2010 at 2:36 am | Category: Body, Menstruation | Tags: mindfulness, woo woo | 8 comments
Like this? Share it: Welcome to the January Carnival of Natural Parenting: Parenting This post was written for inclusion in the monthly Carnival of Natural Parenting hosted by Hobo Mama and Code Name: Mama. This month we’re writing about how we want to parent differently — or the same — in the New Year. Please read to the end to [...] 12 January 2010 at 12:00 am | Category: Attachment Parenting, Mental Health | Tags: Carnival of Natural Parenting, falling short, woo woo | 14 comments
Like this? Share it: I am a very out person about my mood disorder. I wrote about it and talked about it in all my college applications and interviews; I mention it to everyone I know whenever relevant (and it often is); it’s in my bio here and on most social networking sites. I am an advocate for openness, [...] 13 October 2009 at 8:00 am | Category: Mental Health | Tags: bipolar, chronic illness, woo woo | 7 comments
Like this? Share it: Raising toddlers is hard. This is not a radical statement, nor should it contain information new to anyone who has had toddlers, met toddlers, read about toddlers, knows the word toddlers… Point is, it is a well-known and thoroughly-accepted truism. But why? I’m not trying to challenge the truth of it: while I think many mainstream-Western parenting practices [...] 22 September 2009 at 12:14 am | Category: Attachment Parenting, Kyriarchy, Parenting | Tags: choosing joy, cycle of abuse, violence against women, woo woo | 25 comments
Like this? Share it: Let’s consider two scenarios: The first: I was accosted by a rude woman in the deli aisle, who questioned my parenting — no, accused me of Bad Mothering! — by interrupting me dishing up a soup sample for the Boychick, with a snotty voice, saying “This stuff is really hot!” How dare she insinuate I [...] 27 June 2009 at 8:41 pm | Category: Parenting | Tags: it takes a village, misogyny, societal pressures, woo woo | 5 comments
Like this? Share it: The overall piece is on the literal and figurative costs of bipolar disorder: getting to sanity, staying sane while parenting, and raising a child with a high likelihood of inheriting the tendency. Part one, the preamble, is here. Part two covers the actual dollar costs of getting me to stable; I have limited it [...] 7 March 2009 at 10:40 pm | Category: Mental Health | Tags: bipolar, massage, woo woo | 7 comments
Like this? Share it: I’ve decided to publish this article in most-likely-three parts, after seeing how long just the preamble was, then how much length the now-lost (thanks, iPhone) second part added to it, and knowing how much I wanted to talk about in the final section. The overall piece is on the literal and figurative costs of [...] 27 February 2009 at 11:55 pm | Category: Mental Health | Tags: bipolar, woo woo | 9 comments
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Arwyn
In my bathroom hangs a plaque with a picture of a yin yang and the word BALANCE. I can never get it to hang straight. This probably says something deep and meaningful about my life.
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