Kindred Community http://www.kindredcommunity.com/ Kindred Community en-us Copyright (C) 2010 Kindred Community Naughty Nutrition: Getting Frisky with Food! Taking a Long, Hard Look at Your Food Relationship   Is your libido down or dead?   Then the Naughty Nu…]]> http://www.kindredcommunity.com/articles/naughty-nutrition-getting-frisky-with-food/p/2182 Thursday, 3 November 2011 My Halloween Survival Plan: Skip the Candy Ransom Fairy My Halloween Survival Plan: Skip the Candy Ransom Fairy   I have been a slow study on implementing the wo…]]> http://www.kindredcommunity.com/articles/my-halloween-survival-plan-no-to-fairy-yes-to-community/p/2179 Friday, 28 October 2011 Kindred's New Chapter To Kindred Supporters, from Kelly Wendorf   (Photo of Kelly Wendorf and Lisa Reagan at their first…]]> http://www.kindredcommunity.com/articles/kindreds-new-chapter/p/2181 Wednesday, 2 November 2011 My Dear Friend Nurtures Her Mom in Last Moments One of my dearest girlfriends received the call two nights ago that most of us dread—her beloved mother …]]> http://www.kindredcommunity.com/articles/my-dear-friend-nurtures-her-mom-in-last-moments/p/2184 Friday, 4 November 2011 The Ultimate Context “The most important factor in the parenting equation is not what we do, but who we are to our chi…]]> http://www.kindredcommunity.com/articles/the-ultimate-context/p/2244 Sunday, 18 December 2011 The Ultimate Holiday Gift During Pregnancy As the holiday season kicks into full gear, it is easy to get caught up in the need to do, do, do a…]]> http://www.kindredcommunity.com/articles/the-ultimate-holiday-gift-during-pregnancy/p/2245 Sunday, 18 December 2011 Birth and Becoming Human “Over the years I have developed a picture of what a human being living humanely is like. She is …]]> http://www.kindredcommunity.com/blogs/guests/sammi-cambray/birth-and-becoming-human/p/2032 Thursday, 15 April 2010 I'm pregnant and I want to do Aware Parenting Question: Dear Marion, I’m 4 months pregnant and I’ve recently found out about Aware Parenti…]]> http://www.kindredcommunity.com/blogs/guests/marion-b-rose/im-pregnant-and-i-want-to-do-aware-parenting/p/2030 Tuesday, 13 April 2010 The Aware Parenting Community Last week I left my quiet hometown of Mullumbimby, in Northern NSW, and travelled to the big smoke of Sydn…]]> http://www.kindredcommunity.com/blogs/guests/marion-b-rose/the-aware-parenting-community/p/2028 Tuesday, 6 April 2010 What If Women Gave Birth Like Wolves? What If Women Gave Birth Like Wolves?   “A healthy woman is much like a wolf: robust, chock-full, strong life …]]> http://www.kindredcommunity.com/articles/what-if-women-gave-birth-like-wolves/p/2178 Friday, 28 October 2011 Me Time- A Can of Worms Negotiating me time can be a tricky task that we face as parents. There are both blocks within us, …]]> http://www.kindredcommunity.com/blogs/guests/sammi-cambray/me-time--a-can-of-worms/p/2027 Thursday, 1 April 2010 Suddenly Teens: The Not-So-Subtlety of Teens It is not their careless muddying of our furniture, their respectively newly grown stubble or sudde…]]> http://www.kindredcommunity.com/blogs/guests/channie-greenberg/suddenly-teens-the-not-so-subtlety-of-teens/p/1915 Monday, 14 December 2009 The Kite Sees the World Hanging from a Thread How to give yourself a melanoma in 3 easy steps. Here comes the Sun .... again Australian spring came a …]]> http://www.kindredcommunity.com/blogs/guests/daniel-schreiber/the-kite-sees-the-world-hanging-from-a-thread/p/1916 Monday, 14 December 2009 12,000 Babies Delivered by Jesusita! 12,000 Babies Delivered by Jesusita! September is perhaps my favorite month of the year in Santa Fe,…]]> http://www.kindredcommunity.com/blogs/guests/elizabeth-rose/12000-babies-delivered-by-jesusita/p/1917 Monday, 14 December 2009 The Apple or the Doughnut ‘The World Health Organization warns that the global burden of chronic disease is increasing rapi…]]> http://www.kindredcommunity.com/blogs/guests/greg-kendall/the-apple-or-the-doughnut/p/1918 Monday, 14 December 2009 Is Sleep Training Useful? Q: Dear Jan, We have a beautiful 8 month old baby boy! We co-sleep with him, and have done for the last f…]]> http://www.kindredcommunity.com/blogs/guests/jan-hunt/is-sleep-training-useful/p/1919 Monday, 14 December 2009 What is the Future of Having a Home Birth in Australia? Question: Will I be able to have a midwife legally attend my homebirth after July 2010? Answer: Maybe. Th…]]> http://www.kindredcommunity.com/blogs/guests/jane-collings/what-is-the-future-of-having-a-home-birth/p/1920 Monday, 14 December 2009 The Eyes of Delight There is no such being as a sinful, bad or wicked child. Any such feelings and judgments come from …]]> http://www.kindredcommunity.com/blogs/guests/john-breeding/the-eyes-of-delight/p/1921 Monday, 14 December 2009 Sometimes the Best Thing to Do is to Do Nothing We will all experience times of crisis in our lives. In my practice, it is often the reason a perso…]]> http://www.kindredcommunity.com/blogs/guests/karl-farren/sometimes-the-best-thing-to-do-is-to-do-nothing/p/1922 Monday, 14 December 2009 Children’s Behavior as Natural Alarm Signals Q: I just don’t understand why kids are so out of control today- It seems to get worse every gene…]]> http://www.kindredcommunity.com/blogs/guests/laurie-a-couture/childrens-behavior-as-natural-alarm-signals/p/1924 Monday, 14 December 2009 Children are Changing, but Education Hasn’t There was a very interesting article in the Weekend Australian 15-16th August that I want to share …]]> http://www.kindredcommunity.com/blogs/guests/maggie-dent/children-are-changing-but-education-hasnt/p/1925 Monday, 14 December 2009 Too Late, I Circumcised! Now What? Question - I live with the deep regret about having my son circumcised. I did not find out the fact…]]> http://www.kindredcommunity.com/blogs/guests/marilyn-milos/too-late-i-circumcised-now-what/p/1926 Monday, 14 December 2009 Embarking upon Aware Parenting? Wondering whether to read this blog? You might find it interesting if one of the following describes you:…]]> http://www.kindredcommunity.com/blogs/guests/marion-b-rose/embarking-upon-aware-parenting/p/1927 Monday, 14 December 2009 What Can I Say to Family and Friends Who Don’t Understand Our Way of Parenting? Q: I read The Aware Baby when my baby, Clementine, was one month old, and started Aware Parenting s…]]> http://www.kindredcommunity.com/blogs/guests/marion-b-rose/how-do-i-handle-family-and-friends-who-dont-understand-our-way-of-parenting/p/1928 Monday, 14 December 2009 My Child Wakes The Baby Up with Jealousy Outbursts Question: Our daughter has outbursts especially when her brother is nursing to sleep. She seems pur…]]> http://www.kindredcommunity.com/blogs/guests/naomi-aldort/how-do-we-deal-with-jealous-outbursts/p/1929 Monday, 14 December 2009 My Baby is so Demanding Question: My 10 month old baby boy, Oliver, often wants to be held all of the time and he wants me …]]> http://www.kindredcommunity.com/blogs/guests/naomi-aldort/how-do-i-take-care-of-myself-and-my-baby/p/1930 Monday, 14 December 2009 Getting Started on Going Nappy Free Elimination Communication Video! Nappy/diaper free, elimination communication, natural infant hygie…]]> http://www.kindredcommunity.com/blogs/guests/nicole-moore/getting-started-on-going-nappy-free/p/1931 Monday, 14 December 2009 Empty Vessels Filled with Love and Compassion A few days ago, I was devouring pages of Anastasia, the first book of The Ringing Cedar Series whil…]]> http://www.kindredcommunity.com/blogs/guests/roxanna-minnona/empty-vessels-filled-with-love-and-compassion/p/1932 Monday, 14 December 2009 The Slow Burning Bond: When Birth and Bonding Do Not Happen Concurrently When many of us think about bonding with a baby, the image that is evoked is that of holding your baby just after…]]> http://www.kindredcommunity.com/blogs/guests/sammi-cambray/the-slow-burning-bond-when-birth-and-bonding-do-not-happen-concurrently/p/1933 Monday, 14 December 2009 Tough questions We were listening to the Eagles in the car when five-year-old Gracie asked, ‘Mummy, can love real…]]> http://www.kindredcommunity.com/blogs/guests/sharon-hill/tough-questions/p/1934 Monday, 14 December 2009 True love I stood at the doorway of my daughter’s bedroom one night as her father tucked her in and said go…]]> http://www.kindredcommunity.com/blogs/guests/sharon-hill/true-love/p/1935 Monday, 14 December 2009 Saying Yes to No I’m going through the terrible two’s. Not my child, me. I am learning to say ‘no’, and say …]]> http://www.kindredcommunity.com/blogs/kelly-wendorfs-blog/saying-yes-to-no/p/1951 Friday, 11 September 2009 Having it all costs too much Uncle Bob and I sat quietly together huddled over our coffees at the Sydney domestic airport awaiting his …]]> http://www.kindredcommunity.com/blogs/kelly-wendorfs-blog/having-it-all-costs-too-much/p/1952 Tuesday, 25 August 2009 The Speed of the Heart It’s 8 pm on a Wednesday evening, the sun is setting, the horizon turning bright orange over the …]]> http://www.kindredcommunity.com/blogs/kelly-wendorfs-blog/the-speed-of-the-heart/p/1953 Tuesday, 21 July 2009 The Handless Maiden I'm about to leave town...going back to the US for many reasons. The main reason is to spend time i…]]> http://www.kindredcommunity.com/blogs/kelly-wendorfs-blog/the-handless-maiden/p/1955 Monday, 15 June 2009 Sophie's Choice On Tuesday morning, June 9th, I hit the send button...an email to thousands of people to let them k…]]> http://www.kindredcommunity.com/blogs/kelly-wendorfs-blog/sophies-choice/p/1956 Saturday, 13 June 2009 Accessing Forgiveness of Self: Birth in the Context of the Childbearing Continuum Birth is big. That’s the paradigm I work with. There are very few events in life that have the sa…]]> http://www.kindredcommunity.com/blogs/guests/sammi-cambray/accessing-forgiveness-of-self-birth-in-the-context-of-the-childbearing-continuum/p/2005 Friday, 5 March 2010 Parenting as Spiritual Practice Before I became pregnant, I had lots of room in my daily life for spiritual reflection and practice.  Min…]]> http://www.kindredcommunity.com/blogs/guests/meghann-birks/parenting-as-spiritual-practice/p/2007 Thursday, 11 March 2010 Connection is the Key to Aware Parenting - bring on the laughter play! “Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who griev…]]> http://www.kindredcommunity.com/blogs/guests/marion-b-rose/connection-is-the-key-to-aware-parenting-bring-on-the-laughter-play/p/2008 Thursday, 11 March 2010 Suddenly Teens: Uncomplimentary Writing Notions Children are possessed, especially when they hit their adolescent stride, of sufficient brassiness …]]> http://www.kindredcommunity.com/blogs/guests/channie-greenberg/suddenly-teens-uncomplimentary-writing-notions/p/2009 Monday, 15 March 2010 Teaching Children to be Friends, Not Bullies This year we’ve been hearing a lot about bullying. In Queensland, a 12-year-old boy was killed af…]]> http://www.kindredcommunity.com/blogs/guests/maggie-dent/teaching-children-to-be-friends-not-bullies/p/2010 Monday, 15 March 2010 Hello Kindred Community! I am a Texas psychologist and an activist in challenging wrong-headed ways that my so-called mental…]]> http://www.kindredcommunity.com/blogs/guests/john-breeding/hello-kindred-community/p/2011 Tuesday, 16 March 2010 Circumcision - just because it is practiced, doesn't mean it's right In the English-speaking countries, where circumcision of infants was initially adopted to prevent m…]]> http://www.kindredcommunity.com/blogs/guests/marilyn-milos/circumcision-just-because-it-is-practiced-doesnt-mean-its-right/p/2012 Tuesday, 16 March 2010 The Next Uber-Cool Yummy Mummy Thing Recently I was invited to submit the Nappy Free! dvd to a GreenLifestyle Film Festival taking place…]]> http://www.kindredcommunity.com/blogs/guests/nicole-moore/why-go-nappy-free/p/2013 Wednesday, 17 March 2010 Suddenly Teens: Refocusing Adolescent Hostilities Long gone is the era, of my life, when successful maternity consists of balancing a baby on my hip …]]> http://www.kindredcommunity.com/blogs/guests/channie-greenberg/suddenly-teens-refocusing-adolescent-hostilities/p/2014 Wednesday, 17 March 2010 The Zen of Bed-Time   “You shall have your sunset. I shall command it. But, according to my science of government, I shall wa…]]> http://www.kindredcommunity.com/blogs/guests/naomi-aldort/the-zen-of-bed-time/p/2018 Friday, 19 March 2010 Aware Parenting – Embracing Joy and Sadness in Our Babies and Children (I’ll give you a clue – we also need to embrace them in ourselves!)   When I came across Awa…]]> http://www.kindredcommunity.com/blogs/guests/marion-b-rose/aware-parenting-embracing-joy-and-sadness-in-our-babies-and-children/p/2020 Sunday, 21 March 2010 Update on Home Birth and Independent Midwives A Maternity services review was conducted last year and it was decided that in order to improve the…]]> http://www.kindredcommunity.com/blogs/guests/jane-collings/update-on-home-birth-and-independent-midwives/p/2021 Monday, 22 March 2010 The Listening The other day I was commenting to a friend how pleased I was that my recent series of acupuncture treatmen…]]> http://www.kindredcommunity.com/blogs/kelly-wendorfs-blog/the-listening/p/2022 Monday, 22 March 2010 Outside the Box: Living TV Free A few months before our son was born, my husband and I made the decision to get rid of our TV. Neit…]]> http://www.kindredcommunity.com/blogs/guests/meghann-birks/parenting-as-spiritual-practice/outside-the-box-living-tv-free/p/2023 Wednesday, 24 March 2010