• Created on 2/1/12 by Cynthia Mosher

by Amy L. Lansky, PhD (for more information about homeopathy, visit www.impossiblecure.com) While the homeopathic treatment of disease is almost always an individualized process, it is fortunate that the treatment of epidemics is usually more straightforward and streamlined. Indeed, it is the success of homeopathy in treating epidemics that led to its popularity and spread worldwide during the 1800s. In essence, the strategy is to treat each epidemic as a single case of disease. This is possible because most people who fall prey to an epidemic tend to... read more

• Created on 1/31/12 by Cynthia Mosher

1. What do you do (that gives you joy, because why bother if it doesn’t bring you joy)? 2. Who cares about what you do? 3. How do you get to who cares? That’s it – three essential, monumental questions for every entrepreneur. Whether you’re a hairstylist or a blogger, a lawyer or a widget seller, it’s the simplest questions that will illuminate the way. I’ve been using this inquiry strategy for years to build businesses and it never fails to light up what the top priorities are. Like most simple things, you have to examine each question from... read more

• Created on 1/29/12 by Mothering Editorial

By Tanika E. Simpson Issue 126, September/October 2004 When I hear such phrases as "follow your instinct" or "go with your gut," I am reminded of many times in grade school when, taking a test, I would change my first answer to a question" only to learn later that my first choice had been correct. My frustration at having been right the first time was almost crippling.  I would beat myself up for days, wondering why I hadn't let my first answer stand and "gone with my gut." I have since graduated into full-fledged adulthood, which, let's face it, is like one big pop... read more

• Created on 1/26/12 by Cynthia Mosher

Even as online forums, email lists, and blogs have become great resources for sharing knowledge about parenting and all things health-related, there’s something special about going to a conference. For holistic-minded parents, that’s especially true of a huge nutrition conference like Wise Traditions, put on annually in November by the Weston A. Price Foundation, and the smaller Fourfold Path to Healing conference coming to Baltimore next weekend. When I attended the Weston A. Price Foundation’s Wise Traditions conference in 2007– on the topic of Radiant... read more

• Created on 1/24/12 by Melanie Mayo

Just ask. Ask and It Is Given. Ask and you shall receive. Good things come to those who…ask. Agreed. Emphatically. Ask and keep asking. Ask the universe, your boss, your crush, bank manager, bus driver, car salesman…ask for what you want and keep on asking. But if you want to increase your odds of receptivity, you’ve got to go about it with some style, darling. The formula for stylin’ askin’ gets down to this: sincerity + brevity = intelligence. My Malcolm Gladwell Ask For my first book I wanted the best literary agent in the business. So I... read more

• Created on 1/23/12 by Mothering Editorial

By Deborah Lytton Web Exclusive, July 24, 2006 During my pregnancy with my first child, I wasn't one of those women with issues about her changing body. I embraced my new self, I gloried in it. I marveled at my growing roundness, my hands lightly stroking the child growing within me. I loved my thicker hair, longer nails, softer skin. I teetered around town with my beach ball belly peeking out from under tight tank tops, over low slung jeans. On the day I gave birth, I looked more beautiful than on my wedding day. After 24 hours without sleep or food, I positively... read more

• Created on 1/21/12 by Mothering Editorial

By Amy Costales Issue 133, November/December 2005 I watch my daughter. Siempre la he mirado. (I have always watched her.) Since the morning the nurse held a mirror between my splayed legs so I could get teasing, myopic glimpses of her fuzzy black hair, I have been straining to see her. For six weeks after her birth I held her to the light and stared into her black eyes, until I finally saw the emerging blue I had dreamt of my whole pregnancy. And then it just never stopped. I watched and waited for teeth, first steps, the darkening of skin, the disappearance of the... read more

• Created on 1/21/12 by Mothering Editorial

Celebrating Our Glorious Goddess Bodies By Janet Lucy "Mommy, do you ever think about being thinner?" my ten-year-old daughter, Sarah, asked from the back seat of the car one morning on our way to school. Once I got past my initial thought that perhaps she was suggesting that I should lose some weight, I realized that I had been given a golden opportunity, plus a literally captive audience in my car. This is the main reason I don't mind the fifteen-minute drive to and from school each day: some of our best conversations happen in my red Toyota. For the last six months... read more

• Created on 1/18/12 by Melanie Mayo

Two beautiful ladies: Kat and Lexi Update: I am very sad to report that little Lexi passed away from leukemia on Feb 10th at the age of 3. The family requests that donations be made to the Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara in lieu of flowers. Thank you to Jessica Mireles for contributing this article. This work was originally posted on Jessica’s blog–check it out at Allegro non tanto. My friend Kat is waiting. She waits while she puts the dirty laundry into the washing machine, she waits while she scrubs the kitchen sink,... read more

• Created on 1/18/12 by Mothering Editorial

If you’re feeling depressed, take a look at your life and don't be afraid to make changes to routines. Your diet can be a big factor, make sure you’re getting enough B vitamins, calcium and magnesium. Vitamin C, D, and zinc are also important. Pure, toxin-free fish oil can help keep your spirits up as well.  Have a cup of lemon balm tea with honey and a slice of fresh lemon in the morning upon arising. After you dress, put some essential oil on your hair or the collar of your shirt. Choose rose, ylang ylang, jasmine or neroli. As you prepare lunch, ... read more