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Secure Attachment Through Attunement
Secure attachment isn’t just about co-sleeping, breastfeeding and baby-wearing. Creating a securely attached child is about attuning to...
Mama Mandalena
Oct 24, 20192 min read
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The 10 Practices That Prepped Me for Motherhood
A look at how my personal healing practices have shaped me as a mother. As my beloved turns half a year old, I’m reflecting on what...
Mama Mandalena
Oct 17, 20193 min read
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The Power of Witnessing
Delighting in your baby's development. We all want to be witnessed. As I witness Anaiya and her pre-crawling/pushing up on her arms and...
Mama Mandalena
Sep 24, 20192 min read
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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...
Mama Mandalena
Jul 4, 20191 min read
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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...
Mama Mandalena
Jul 3, 20192 min read
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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....
Mama Mandalena
Jun 27, 20192 min read
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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’...
Mama Mandalena
Jun 26, 20193 min read
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The First 40 Days of Bliss
How I stayed resourced and present during Anaiya's first 40 days. I'm just emerging out of the first 40 days with my precious new baby...
Mama Mandalena
Jun 9, 20192 min read
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Fully Welcoming My Sweet Anaiya
The story of Anaiya's birth and how she came to be Anaiya Lalita Luz. My beautiful, precious, sweet, passionate, and expressive Anaiyana...
Mama Mandalena
Jun 8, 20194 min read
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