One thing I notice since starting Transcendental Meditation (TM) in January 2018, is how mindful I have become. It comes naturally; I do not try. I just am. This strikes home as I have always seen myself as scatter-brained. Back before, when I brushed my teeth, I would also let in the cat, pour a […]
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Nori is grand, nori is sweet. Nori wraps rice into sushi like no one can beat. This lean green machine is seaweed no doubt.
This is a guest post spirit writing. Being abandoned is a tough pill to swallow and writing about this touchy subject brings perspective and understanding. What you see here has not been edited or changed, you read it as the writer received it. It is hard to describe to someone who has always had a mother, what NOT […]
Hyperemesis Gravidarum (Morning Sickness X’s 100) Tara Carpenter, NC, CPES. Nutrition Consultant for people on Body Ecology Diet & Certified Placenta Encapsulation Specialist for new mothers in Vermont. Originally published on February 24, 2017. Hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) is a rare, serious condition affecting 0.5–2.0% of pregnant women. This hard-to-spell (and say) word broken down is […]
There is no one way to prevent hyperemesis gravidarum, a.k.a. HG or morning sickness x 1,000. At least, not that I know of and I have looked high ‘n low to end this horrible misery. I have read books on the topic and spoke to women who have survived this debilitating nausea and vomiting … […]
When you were born, and in those first few days, I studied you. I listened to you. Every sound you made. You had your own language and as your mother I learned it. I remember how my ears would strain on the insides to so finely imprint you into the corners of my brain. You […]