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Sep 18, 20193 min read

Attuning To Your Baby

I’m transitioning back into working with clients again after maternity leave. I feel so inspired by how the transformation I’ve been...

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Sep 3, 20192 min read

Developing Emotional Fluency

Developing emotional fluency for you, and your baby. During pregnancy I often felt like an exposed nerve. Everything was heightened and...

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Mama Mandalena

Aug 18, 20192 min read

Fleeting Moments

Her first tooth. Anaiya’s first tooth just broke through to the surface. She’s been gnawing on her hands, my fingers, others fingers,...

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Aug 13, 20193 min read

A Mother's Love

A mother’s love is like no other No one could even begin to explain Until crossing the threshold of birthing my child into the world. The...

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Mama Mandalena

Aug 13, 20192 min read

Navigating Solo Parenting

There are some ways in which doing this journey of mamahood solo feels much easier. I don’t have to negotiate my parenting style and...

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Mama Mandalena

Aug 13, 20191 min read

Witnessing Her Evolution

Anaiya fell asleep on my belly and chest last night. I drifted into sleep with her as I felt her system drop into deep rest. This was how...

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Mama Mandalena

Aug 5, 20191 min read

Divine Mama Kali

Because we do our best as mamas. While hiking I bumped into a friend who poked at me for being on my phone in nature. Baby is asleep in...

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Aug 5, 20191 min read

The Perfect Choosing

A poem. You came in with power Earlier than expected In your perfect divine timing You’ve been exploring this new body With fervor and...

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Mama Mandalena

Jul 27, 20192 min read

The Fifth Trimester

Witnessing the natural unfolding. My friend called this the 5th trimester the other day. I love this perspective. I’m still very much in...

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Mama Mandalena

Jul 25, 20191 min read

The Dance is On

My baby and I are in a dance. I’m not actually the lead, she is. She offers me a cue, and I respond to what she needs. We move seamlessly...

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Jul 22, 20192 min read

The Deciding Moment

My baby falls asleep I lay her down on her belly And a moment of panic kicks in How long do I have? Is this a cat nap? Or a longer...

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Mama Mandalena

Jul 15, 20193 min read

Respecting Natural Timing

Transitioning into more autonomy. Throughout this fourth trimester, Anaiya’s first three months in this world, we’ve mostly been skin to...

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Jul 8, 20192 min read

On Longing

A poem. Storms roll in. The clouds fullness blocking the light of the sun. Behind these grey obstructions in the sky The sun waits,...

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Jul 4, 20191 min read

The Liberty of Loving Completely

Happy Independence Day! I’ve traded in one kind of freedom and independence, for the liberty to get to love someone so completely. My...

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Mama Mandalena

Jul 3, 20192 min read

Don't Forget Where You Came From

A poem. Don’t forget where we came from, don’t forget who you are. Arriving here in a new body, brilliant as a star. ancient like a...

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Mama Mandalena

Jun 30, 20191 min read

Convenience or Connection?

In the U.S. it’s common to breast feed only until six months, and stay in diapers until three yrs old. In more indigenous cultures it’s...

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Mama Mandalena

Jun 27, 20192 min read

My Body Is Yours

Inside to outside, but still not separate from me. Pushing against my belly from within. Now resting on my belly Cuddling into my skin....

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Jun 26, 20193 min read

Potty Trained at 10 Weeks!

My experience with Elimination Communication. Years ago I witnessed my friend holding her baby over a Tupperware, and making a ‘pssst’...

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Jun 24, 20193 min read

Embracing Single Motherhood

The decision to become a single mama. I didn’t plan this journey of mamahood intending to be a single mama, but three months into my...

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Jun 12, 20191 min read

You Are Here

A poem of infinite love. Cracked open to the core I’ve never loved like this before The feelings coursing through my body Unconditional...

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