You might read the title of this blog and wonder what do depression, low tide and birth have in common? Feeling depressed can feel like running on empty. On my walk today, seeing our local tidal river at low tide, it occurred to me that it was also empty. Nothing was flowing. The boats couldn’t […]
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Birth, Ghosts, and Messages from Mother Earth
As I write this, a major international meeting to address climate change is beginning. We all know that too many forests are burning. Too many floods are destroying too many homes and lives. Mother Earth is screaming. She needs our attention now! After years of motherly encouragement has been largely ignored, the question looms as […]
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Embryo as Context
As an embryo, you faced many challenges. You survived each one, or you wouldn’t be here now reading this! How easy or difficult it was to meet each challenge depended on the context you found yourself in, as is also true now. Little ones in the womb are completely dependent on their mother for their […]
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Still Coming into Form
As a little embryo or fetus in the womb, you faced many challenges. As you met them, your form changed accordingly. I have learned from spiritual embryologist Jaap van der Wal that we are functional human beings perfectly adapted to our environment from the very beginning. As our conditions change, we also change our form. […]
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Uncertainty, Trauma and Pre- and Perinatal Experiences
Whatever your beliefs or attitudes, it is hard to deny that we are living in uncertain times. Life is always uncertain, but these days we are faced with how to live within a worldwide pandemic, which some say is over or never existed but continues to profoundly affect our lives and often our health. On […]
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