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Rupture and Repair With Your Child
Our children lead us to places inside of us that have not been fully processed. Places within us where trauma is unresolved. When they...
Mama Mandalena
Jan 18, 20233 min read
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Co-regulation with a Tree
After a fun time at the park, Anaiya knew it was time to leave. She’s really into her scooter lately and had ridden it there. She now...
Mama Mandalena
Oct 26, 20222 min read
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Holding Healthy Masculine as a Mother
The healthy masculine holds an agenda free container for the arising dynamism of the feminine. Let me be clear here, that I’m not...
Mama Mandalena
Oct 19, 20222 min read
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Soaking in Those Quiet Moments
The stillness of my child as she sleeps, matching the calm from the snowy blanket on the land. As the external quiets, I’m able to tune...
Mama Mandalena
Dec 16, 20201 min read
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Empowering Choices
Blueberries or bananas? Would you like to walk, or have me carry you? This shirt or that one? “That one” she delightedly exclaims as she...
Mama Mandalena
Dec 2, 20201 min read
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Another New Phase of Development
Once again, Anaiya has hit a new phase of development. I notice there’s an adjustment period to these shifts as more independence is...
Mama Mandalena
Nov 5, 20205 min read
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Anaiya Turns One and a Half!
Anaiya just turned one and a half. In baby age this feels significant. She’s shifted into 18 month old clothes and shoes. But beyond the...
Mama Mandalena
Oct 12, 20203 min read
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Getting Current
I’ve been in a practice called Elimination Communication with Anaiyana. From two weeks after she was born, I began paying attention to...
Mama Mandalena
Sep 9, 20203 min read
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Preverbal Communication with Love and Respect
I am continually in awe of the channels of communication occurring between my child and I. Yes, she exists in a small human body, but her...
Mama Mandalena
Aug 14, 20203 min read
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Family Rituals on the River
This was such a special time together, celebrating new life growing inside of my sister’s womb. Our trip to the Yuba last month was...
Mama Mandalena
Jul 4, 20202 min read
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Re-Union with Love (A poem)
Love comes knocking at my door. Go away! You’re too light Too playful Too easeful I must face the shadows with a fine tooth comb I must...
Mama Mandalena
May 13, 20201 min read
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Transitions (A Poem)
Snow blankets the ground Perhaps our final Colorado springtime dump The bright blue skies and piercing sun lapping up the The white...
Mama Mandalena
Apr 18, 20203 min read
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Anaiya's First Birthday
No one could possibly explain to me the amount of love I would feel for my child. It’s a love that grows continuously, my heart often...
Mama Mandalena
Apr 13, 20202 min read
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Mothering Through Unprecedented Times
Almost a year later from when this precious angel decided to bless us Earthbound, I’m reminded of our first forty days at home with her....
Mama Mandalena
Apr 5, 20205 min read
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10 Months Out of the Womb
The human gestation period is early compared to other mammals. Many other mammals are birthed ready stand and locomote. Not humans. They...
Mama Mandalena
Feb 27, 20203 min read
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I Want My Body and Life Back
I want my body and my life back. That’s how I feel in this moment. The constant grabbing at my boobs to nurse or hanging on my body. Not...
Mama Mandalena
Feb 14, 20205 min read
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The Innate Intelligence That We Are
Witnessing Anaiya learn to trust her body wisdom in new ways. We moved into a new home this month with a full flight of stairs. Anaiya...
Mama Mandalena
Feb 8, 20203 min read
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Healthy Integration Into the Community
I’ve been going dancing on Sunday mornings to Movement Mass (one of Boulder’s ecstatic dance jams) with Anaiyana since she was about 3...
Mama Mandalena
Jan 8, 20204 min read
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The Return of My Moon Blood
My moon blood returned last week. A friend asked me if this feels like the end of my postpartum time. I noticed feeling such sadness in...
Mama Mandalena
Dec 24, 20193 min read
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Putting Herself To Sleep
Typically, my nighttime routine consists of nursing my baby, often bouncing her on my mini rebounder (a total must have for new mamas!)....
Mama Mandalena
Dec 14, 20192 min read
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