by Sonja Semyonova | May 10, 2021 | BodyStory, Emotional Digestion, Journal, Self-love, Wisdom Bites
Pause and consider this: Everything you take in through any of your senses shapes you. A short list includes food, books, television, conversations, viruses, sex, air, etc. Sometimes what you take in makes you into shapes you’d rather not experience, such as eating...
by Sonja Semyonova | May 7, 2021 | BirthStory, Journal, Mamahood, Wisdom Bites
It’s a trap, this idea of a perfect mother. But it’s a trap that we women build, clean, and stock ourselves with pre-washed organic baby lettuce. It begins when the bloody mess of childbirth is hidden behind doors that keep our guttural noises inside. It begins when...
by Sonja Semyonova | May 5, 2021 | BirthStory, Journal, Wisdom Bites
My greatest feat of strength is that I labored with my daughter for 52 hours. More than half of that was in a homebirth, but we transferred to a hospital when things got complicated. One of my last few minutes at home (40-something hours in) I was sitting at the...
by Sonja Semyonova | May 3, 2021 | BirthStory, Journal, Wisdom Bites
Your mama’s work was impossible work. It was constant and neverending. The second she cleaned up, you made another mess. Plus she had her own to deal with. She had dreams that didn’t involve your laundry, but no one was offering to hold the baby while she tended to...
by Sonja Semyonova | Apr 30, 2021 | Journal, Wisdom Bites
I can count a million memes I’ve seen like this: Just let it go! Of course the words might be different. The image of the young woman standing on the edge of a pier might be standing on the edge of a cliff or tossing a hat into the air. You know the deal. Behind...
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