Why the American Attitude Toward Mothers Must Change Are you a mother? father? Do you know a mother or father? Care about a mother or father? Care about children? Then this post should hit a nerve. I want to share a poignant and heart squeezing personal story of why our collective attitude toward moms in…
Advocating for Anti-Cancer Care in the US I can sum up 20 years of frustration from seeing women (and men) not get the health care they need in one sentence: We need health care, not the SICK care we currently have in the United States. The World Health Organization speaks loud and clear in their…
Relief from Pelvic Pain: How Yoga Can Help (Part 3) (Yogically) Moving Toward Healing and Well-Being A common posture I prescribe to mothers experiencing pelvic pain after childbirth (even if, like Kate, they are 5 or more years postpartum), is the accordion fold yoga posture. It is a restorative yoga posture, a posture for meditation,…
This is part 2 in a 3-part series on finding relief from pelvic pain through physical therapy, yoga, and other complementary therapies. Part 1 discussed how to recognize pelvic pain, and what therapies are available. Question from Kate, a mother of two boys, ages 5 and 7: I have pelvic pain due to a non-relaxing pelvic floor….
Finding Relief from Pelvic Pain (Part 1) This is part 1 in a 3-part series on finding relief from pelvic pain through physical therapy, yoga, and other complementary therapies. Question from Kate, a mother of two boys, ages 5 and 7: I have pelvic pain due to a non-relaxing pelvic floor. I cannot even sit…
This week’s post is by guest blogger Renee Trudeau. Visit her at www.ReneeTrudeau.com Meditation and Yoga Retreat on Emerald Isle, NC (c)Ginger Garner 2013 It’s 1976, and my mom and dad are sitting quietly with their eyes closed, hands resting upward — thumb and index finger touching — while my younger…
Better Birth Starts by Watching This Pictured with my third son, safely caught by my husband with the assistance of our marvelous midwife, Mary Georgetown University researcher Ryan McAllister asks this question about American birth, “Would you pay full price for something that is broken?” Thank you to Ryan McAllister and his team for this excellent…
This post is being shared with permission by Renee Trudeau and was previously published on November 18, 2013. Permission Granted: 5 Ways to Find Rest this Holiday Does the thought of hanging Christmas lights and attending holiday work parties make you want to grab your sleeping bag and run for the nearest cave? 2013 has been…
Resources for Clean Food – Avoiding Cancer, Hormone Disruption, and Food Poisoning Everyone knows eating healthy is important, but what is not talked about are the hidden dangers of eating in America. Due to lack of labeling and consumer advocacy, food labels are often incredibly misleading and inaccurate. Europe, and even Russia, has banned certain…
This week’s post is by guest blogger Renee Trudeau. Visit her at www.ReneeTrudeau.com Slow Down…on the Inside An Excerpt from Nurturing the Soul of Your Family Think slow is for slackers? I used to think so, too. Slowing down and doing less are easier said than done, and they require a radical paradigm shift for most of…
A New Simplicity An Excerpt from Nurturing the Soul of Your Family Many of us feel called to simplify our lives and do less. Not a fluffy, it-would-be-nice-to-have-clean-closets simplicity, but a new way of being. This new simplicity is about purging and streamlining our thinking, our doing, our giving and receiving, and, of course, our…
This post is also featured on Modern Mom American Childbirth: A Human Rights Failure? United Nations data shows that between 1990 and 2008, the United States maternal mortality rate nearly doubled, while the overwhelming majority of countries collectively decreased their rates by 34% (Coeytauz et al 2011). We have a right to criticize the shameful state…