After 24 hours of grueling labour, and three hours of hard pushing, the Midwife declared the baby was stuck and we were going to need medical intervention. A hundred years ago, I think it is likely my wife would have died with our unborn child. Thankfully we had the support of our midwife, nurses and […]
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Book Review: The Conscious Parent
“The Conscious Parent: Transforming Ourselves, Empowering Our Children” by Dr. Shefali Tsabary, Namaste Publishing 978-1-897238-45-5 This book is just simply amazing. The world would be such a different place if we all read this book. Especially, if through reading it, we could forgive ourselves for the many times we have betrayed the innocence, vulnerability and […]
Self Trust
Self trust is an interesting concept: widely assumed yet, unfortunately, not so widely practiced. It is also the foundation for leading competent and fulfilling lives. Self distrust (or self doubt), on the other hand, feels more prevalent. It piggybacks on the feeling that there is no safety, external or internal, and can manifest in several […]
Parenting… a Radical, Political Act
Perhaps it’s because I cocoon myself with like-minded people a little too much, or perhaps it’s because I am an eternal optimist that thinks the world is truly changing in ways that I like to think of as “for the better”. But really, truly, I’m shocked when I hear of others talking disparagingly about stay-at-home […]