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Why do women compare their needs to everyone elses and go, ‘well I’m just going to tough it out.’ …Don’t wait until life implodes. If you are struggling now when things are relatively normal, what tank are you going to draw from when things get hard? [...]  Last night, at the first ever Business with Heart networking event, 24 business and community leaders started a movement. It was truly one of the most inspiring and uplifting events I’ve ever been to. Business with Heart is a concept to bring together businesses and community groups with a passion for growing sustainable, healthy, abundant and caring [...] Women put themselves last in the birthroom. They can be made to feel like they are the poor cousins visiting the luxury mansion of distant relatives. The message is loud and clear: “This is our turf. Don’t even think about running a bath without our say so, but you are more than welcome to partake of our smorgasbord of interventions that may or may not be evidence-based.” Most midwives seem to spend the vast majority of their time doing paperwork and don’t even try to connect with the birthing woman. Some may think this sounds harsh but when you understand what makes it easy for a woman to birth, it seems like nothing short of [...] One of the reasons I started Mumatopia as a social enterprise was because I can see the wisdom behind the saying “gentle birth heals mother earth” (coined by humanitarian and midwife Robin Lim from Gentle Birth Bali). My birth experiences and my experience of losing a much wanted baby and nearly losing my life in the process, have taught me how gentle beginnings can nurture a mother’s love for her baby, can create a sense of empathy and patience and a strong sense of [...] Well, it has been a tough week of deliberating but we have finally chosen a winner! I have to say this has been one of the toughest competitions I have run. How do you choose who is more deserving of a week of nurturing? The truth is, we all deserve it! So, in the end we chose based on the best written entry, which in our opinion was this one by mum of six, Rachel [...] We are delighted to be partnering with Chef Leith James from Hospitality1 to offer mums home-delivered, nutritious family meals. I am still cooking for clients as part of postnatal and mumma nurture packages. However, an increasing number of clients have been asking for food to be prepared and delivered rather than prepared on-site. [...] I’ve never made a quilt before but I am really pleased with the results. A few of the pieces were from my stash of fabric but most of them were from that flooded shed. It was like the river was giving something beautiful back to us after causing such devastation. Making this quilt was not just a handy way to use my newly reclaimed fabric, it was an emotional journey for me. In someone, I guess it helped my process my thoughts and feelings about the flood and the impact that has had on our family, friends and [...] In the meantime, there is a change to Mumatopia’s website that I’d like to update you on. I have made the difficult decision to close my online shop. There are few reasons for this, one being that I am really busy attending births (which is a great reason) but the main reason is that I have moved virtually all Mumatopia products to a new retail space in Ipswich called Culitiver: Indie Arts & Design in an effort to support the local community retailers who are passionate about promoting ethical, sustainable and original arts and [...] Mumatopia has reached the 700 followers milestone on Facebook and I’d like to celebrate by giving away one of my beautiful lavender hearts! If you’d like to win, just make sure you’re a “liker” of my page on Facebook and post a comment here telling me what colour heart you’d like! [...] For those of you not going on the Mums’s Retreat next weekend, there is a fantastic activity planned for Sunday as part of the Ipswich Festival. The Kids Kingdom will be alive with wonder and excitement and Scooby Doo according the brochure. And I just found out a good friend of mine, Barbara Fordham aka Whoa Tilly! Will be performing that afternoon. Here’s a run down of her [...] |
   
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