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Category Archives: One Mother’s Journey
A Volunteer’s Perspective
A couple of weeks ago on a walk in my neighbourhood I walked past a house I had walked past many times. This particular day I noticed a sign on the nature strip advertising acupuncture with Heather Bruce. I stopped … Continue reading
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The School/Parent Interface
Having three bright boys was NOT a gift. SEAN, MY ELDEST, was tested at being past genius level at 6 ½ and languished at school. Possibly my not understand in the education system here in Australia did not help – … Continue reading
Discipline
A strange thing to write about . . . Not really as I see a lot of very strange (to me) styles of parenting as people bring their difficult toddlers and children (fairly feral if not getting their own way) … Continue reading
Brain Injury
Happens for many of us and we never know it. Should you see a baby with ‘crossed eyes’ think – brain injury – as this is the most often visible side effect. 1) – Archie at 3 months – now … Continue reading
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Skye’s Story
One Parent’s Lament This story is about NOT limiting the outcome. It is about working outside our personal and cultural restraints, and of allowing the path of another, under some guidance, and with apparently unlimited unseen assistance, to unfold. It … Continue reading
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Reiki and My Parenting
I knew nothing about Reiki first hand, until Kathryn (Skye), my massively brain injured daughter, was in need of extra help. I had been vaguely aware of the more ‘out here’ types playing in the edges of healing and New Age … Continue reading
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Breastfeeding in Trying Circumstances
My third child and I had a difficult beginning. She initially breastfed, as I assumed all babies did – onto the breast, attached, suckling, and swallowing – normal. Then she descended into a life or death decline. During this time, … Continue reading
Thirty Years of Maternity Care
from a birthing mother’s perspective . . . I have included this, as being a mother, shaped my experience as a healer and as an author. I would hope that the book/DVDs I have written including What Dads Can Do, … Continue reading
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Vaccination Awareness
“One of the stumbling blocks we have found when educating people about vaccinations is that they are led to believe that side effects are rare. We know they are not rare, but are seldom reported and recorded by the medical … Continue reading
Breastfeeding Whenever and Wherever . . . Is Best For Baby
Often it is hard to think of breastfeeding in the midst of all the chaos that may accompany baby arriving. Here is the story of a persistent lactator.
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