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Psychology / Self-help
Looking After Mum
From the day our children are born, mothers take on a nurturing and caring role. This does not change even as our children get older. We will swap…
Introducing Meditation to a Young Child
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQYWUz9ix-U
When is a child old enough to learn about meditation? At any age, according to Barry Long. Showing children how…
The Secret – New Age Chinese Whispers
Everything popular is wrong.
Oscar Wilde
Several months ago, a friend dropped by with a burned copy of the hit movie The Secret. I listened to her excited…
Post Natal Depression: Mental Illness or Natural Reaction?
Post Natal Depression (PND) affects at least one in ten mothers around the world. While this painful and debilitating condition afflicts mothers…
Facts and Myths about Special Needs Children
• Children are born with Down’s Syndrome approximately one in 700 births.
• It is a misconception to think that…
Confessions of a Proud Mum
My son is 15 and has brought me nothing but...
“Trouble?”
I thought you’d say that! No,…
The Magical Child, an excerpt
Introduction by Anna Jahns
Magical Child, a classic work, profoundly questions the current thinking on childbirth practices, parenting, and educating our…
Deep Downshifting – living a life of no regrets
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to…
Deep Downshifting – living a life of no regrets
A presentation with Kali Wendorf Editor / publisher, Kindred magazine In this age of climate change, compromised democracy and environmental…
Gratitude and Generosity
Another true story about a resilient amputee comes to mind here. Carl, whom I know through my friend Evelyn, lost his leg below the knee. This was…