Why You Are Important Mama & Why You Should Feel Empowered

You are an infant who was just born. All you know is what you feel, and there is no boundary between who you are and what you experience. What comes next begins to shape your understanding of who you are, everything is like a mirror reflecting your developing self back to you. 

If your mother gazes at you with loving eyes and provides deep connection and a feeling of comfort, you feel good. If instead your mother is unable to provide deep connection and intimacy, you do not feel good.  These positive or negative reflections begin to shape your brain, your emotions, and set the foundation for how you will be affected by your life experience. Positive mirroring fosters growth, nurtures creativity, and provides a space for the soul to expand. Negative mirroring hinders soul embodiment, squashes potential, and creates fear. 

As Mothers we are the mediators of our child's experience. How we mediate influences the quality of life for our children. Ask any therapist and they will agree the Mother Complex has a strong influence on the outcome of an adults life. Mothering is a BIG job, and our culture is one that does not fully value nor support the importance of this vital relationship.  

When we recognize our own importance, mothering becomes deeply meaningful and we feel inspired to keep our focus on what is most vital: our sense of wholeness as women and the depth of our connection with our children. This promotes the positive mirroring that is essential to our children's ability to thrive. When we feel empowered we empower our children to do the same. 

Let us support each other to create an evolutionary shift about how we FEEL as mothers, and inspire our children to create a life that thrives.

We create life, we carry life within us, and we nurture all life from without. Let us feel as powerful and as beautiful as we are!

So, I want to know what is the embodied feeling you hold as a woman and mother right now ?

Bring Back Your Mama Mojo With This Technique *VIDEO*

OMG, I have slept through the night AND woke up without having to be for someone else! It's just ME, this morning. How glorious! The littles have spent the night with my parents, so Nate and I could have a date night. It was a lovely evening with my love, but I have to admit it does not compare to this fabulous morning of sleepfulness and inspiration.

It got me thinking about all those little pockets of Alone that I create for myself while also being available for my babies. It immediately brought me to the space of meditation. Do you meditate? I have to say without it, I am a disaster.

I remember several years ago, when I first sat down to meditate, it was awful. My mind buzzed and huffed and puffed and resisted every minute of it. As I continued to practice, it truly became a  special sanctuary of me. It's like slipping into a steamy warm and private bath (another favorite Alone time ritual).  The best thing about it is as you become more familiar with the space that is both expansive and specific , you can call upon it throughout your day.

In this video I share an easy way to get started with a meditation practice. It's a simple technique of following the breath and staying within the body. Again, as you become more comfortable with it, you will enjoy finding moments throughout your day for a mini session.

Don't forget I'm available for you, so leave questions or comments below! 

Our Family Purpose Statement

So grateful to have found the book 'Organized Simplicity' by Tsh Oxenreider (another mama blogger) . Not only did it inspire Nate and I to sell things we no longer use or find beautiful, but it gave us the idea of a family purpose statement. The idea is to create a mission statement of sorts as an alignment guide for family decisions. It was fun to sit down with Nate and really think about what is truly important to us as people, parents, and members of the world. So here it is:

We, The Donnis Family, believe our purpose as a family is to Live in Harmony with Nature and to Nourish the Creative Spirit. We will do this by:

• Living Simply ~ leaving space for creative play
• Recognizing Life as Creative Unfoldment
• Creating a Supportive Nest of Love, Close to Nature, as our Home
• Loving One Another Deeply and Wholly
• Making Clean, Healthy Choices for our Body.Mind.Spirit
• Spending Time in Nature
• Cultivating Authentic Relationships with Others
• Allowing Space for One Another to Explore Personal Creativity

Well there it is. It sounds so beautiful and inspiring to me. I hope that it inspires you and encourages you to sit down and jot down a few ideas : )