Being a mom changes as your child progresses in capability, awareness and age. The very hands-on mothering you give to an infant is a far cry from the nurturing you give to your adult offspring. So ,how to keep the love going and communication flowing when you are both adults with your own mindsets, karma, souls, and what-have-you?
Let us consider someone to be adult once that person has experienced her or his first Saturn return, which occurs in everyone's life at the age of 28 1/2 to 29, and repeats cyclically every 28 1/2 to 29 years. So, your "child" is now 29. How to maintain closeness while respecting each person's life journey?
1. Do everything in love. This has to be your motivating factor. Always give what you can spiritually, emotionally, physically, mentally, materially, and know when to let your offspring handle her or his life situations. Your offspring is also and always building character, strength and awareness, as are you.
2. Always remember to acknowledge, praise, and celebrate victories, positive actions, accomplishments. If your adult offspring feels you are always criticizing and finding fault with everything, you can be sure your offspring will tune you out. Also, know that every soul does things in their own time framework.
3. Pick wisely and carefully your time, space and place to impart any insights that may be a challenge for your offspring to hear. Say what you have to say in a loving way, for the highest good of your offspring, yourself and everyone concerned. Then let go. Listen to what your offspring has to say. Allow your offspring to take action. Avoid being in a right-wrong opposition. Instead, choose a win-win scenario, knowing that everyone has his/her own perspective and readiness factors in anything.
4. Be gently persistent without judgment if your offspring is in challenging positions, say, with addictive behavior. You can be sure that your offspring also has self-judgment, whether this is obvious or hidden. Get professional help when needed. Sometimes an intervention by someone other than you or another family member is required.
5. If your offspring is doing well, enjoy, acknowledge and give thanks. If your offspring has some area that would benefit from tweaking -- true for most people of any age -- accentuate all the easy stuff, and gently tackle the challenges. Love your offspring throughout.
6. Remember we are all souls learning lessons and sharing blessings, in a human body with emotions, physicality and past-life influences. Pray, meditate, and ask for guidance in everything you do.
7. Know when to let go and let Source and your offspring's innate soul handle whatever there is.
As simple as this sounds, these 7 Basic Guidelines in Mothering Your Adult Child will ensure you have a healthy, pleasurable, ever-evolving relationship with this wonderful soul that was either born through you, you adopted, or to whom you are a stepmom. Much continued success on the Mom Journey!!!
Love
Mama Heart
Audrye
www.TheMothersManual.com
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Thursday, June 24, 2010
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Seven Tips for Convenience, Money, Health and Wellness
Every mom relishes convenience, money-savers, health and wellness for herself and her family. How can you have this in your life?
1. Create Mini Mom Co-ops in your area to create a bigger buying group than any of you would be separately. You can meet weekly or monthly with each member having specific responsibilities to be determined at each meeting or assigned ongoingly, such as who finds where to get the best-priced-highest-quality food, child accessories/accoutrements, nutritional products, latest news/buzz on what's happening in the world of mothers and babies, toddlers, children, teens, and/or whatever is important to you, including childcare services, sleepover arrangements and what-have-you.
If you have similar food lifestyles, each member can prepare food for the group for a day. For example, I am pretty much a raw vegan, especially when I'm home, and I love going to potlucks with this kind of food, where there are both many people living this lifestyle as well as newbies. If you have, say, over seven members, each person can prepare food for a day for the other people, and you all chip in the required money, and no one has to prepare food every day. The benefits? You get great fresh food, save on money, time and energy, and yummy food. Get together on recipes and share.
2. Find organic food producers who deliver food to your door. There are many organic food co-ops that deliver to a central location. Members of co-ops of this nature often devote a specific amount of time to the co-op, pay a designated fee, and receive their food at this central location.
If you have created your Mini Mom Co-op, one member may pick up food from the central location and deliver it to the homes of the other members. This person can be changed each month, as desired. See what's happening in your area in terms of actual food delivery, including what's online. Certain areas have food co-ops that deliver to member's homes.
For vitamins, minerals, nutritional supplements and other products, I recommend such online companies as http://www.vitacost.com/ and http://www.nutiva.com/ both because of their pricing, quality and timeliness.
3. For health and wellness, use natural formulations rather than chemicalized products, despite how much advertising and marketing most mainstream companies pepper the media with. Many doctors are out of touch with the natural "green" approach to life as this was omitted from their medical curriculum. For example, instead of aspirin, use white willow bark tincture from the health food store. Consult a naturopath, herbalist and/or healer well versed in these products so you know what to use.
If you choose to be healthy and have healthy children, refuse to use white flour, white sugar and the myriads of products that are laced with these ingredients, including pasta, bread, cookies, cakes, candy. If you do love cooked and baked food, use products made with organic whole-grain amaranth, quinoa, rye, and, if your are un-allergic, wheat. The "normal" American food intake has led to obesity, diabetes, hypoglycemia, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart disease, liver problems, brain issues, and, possibly, autism, as a way of life for many. By eating properly and, yes, exercising, much of this can be prevented and healed.
My take on autism and a host of other dysfunctional aspects of life is that some of it is caused by environmental factors, including the high usage of cell phones (which I also use), laptops (on which I am writing this blog), excessive TV watching (I am working on this, and I am on TV at www.YouTube.com/AudryeNow), as these products emit high levels of electromagnetic frequencies that can be harmful to our cells, organs, emotions, brains, despite what some faulty research may say. We can bombard ourselves in our modern lifestyles with less-than-beneficial influences, little of which is abating, and, instead, is proliferating.
We need new approaches to technology. Inventors, take note!!! With Uranus and Jupiter now traversing Aries, we have the opportunity for technological innovations with a new attitude, including being beneficial for people and planet. Yes, this may necessitate a changeover in our habits, and, yes, we and our families are worth it. We can grow food indoors organically, purify water in new ways, create oxygenated air.
4. Be outdoors in CLEAN air, drink CLEAN water, eat CLEAN food without contamination of toxic fertilizers, genetically mutilated seeds, radiated products (which kill the food's nutrition and bring the possible precursor to cancer to the person ingesting the faux food), and lots of the newer technological stuff being done to almost every product used by most people.
5. Use natural organic fabrics as much as possible. Use your Mini Mom Co-op to get good deals. Let's make ourselves a force to be reckoned with.
6. Save money every week, whatever your lifestyle and circumstance. Distinguish between needs and wants. Fulfill needs and deal with wants as possible, knowing you are living well in the now as well as opening up to "future" nows also. Whether you put away a dime or thousands, save something for future use, pleasure, emergencies, donation, giveaways. After a while, you will grow your Financial Freedom Fund.
7. Pray, meditate, give gratitude, be silent and still, and open to the wisdom and guidance of your Inner Voice. We are all guided by Source. Become aware of how you receive Guidance, including via intuition, imagination, insight, inspiration, dreams, aha moments, books, art, music, nature, love. Follow up on your Guidance! Put this into action in your life. Have at least two people in your life with whom you can discuss this aspect of your being. Participate with us here, or email me at Audrye@TheMothersManual.com, and I will set up an online meetup group that facilitates this.
Okay, Moms, these are a few ideas. Be in touch with me and this blog for more. To listen to more info, tune into "The Mother's Manual Show" at 10 am Eastern Time U.S. on www.HolisticGlobeRadio.com, or go to that site's Archives and listen at your convenience.
Lots of love and blessings to you and to us all!!!!
Love,
Mama Heart
1. Create Mini Mom Co-ops in your area to create a bigger buying group than any of you would be separately. You can meet weekly or monthly with each member having specific responsibilities to be determined at each meeting or assigned ongoingly, such as who finds where to get the best-priced-highest-quality food, child accessories/accoutrements, nutritional products, latest news/buzz on what's happening in the world of mothers and babies, toddlers, children, teens, and/or whatever is important to you, including childcare services, sleepover arrangements and what-have-you.
If you have similar food lifestyles, each member can prepare food for the group for a day. For example, I am pretty much a raw vegan, especially when I'm home, and I love going to potlucks with this kind of food, where there are both many people living this lifestyle as well as newbies. If you have, say, over seven members, each person can prepare food for a day for the other people, and you all chip in the required money, and no one has to prepare food every day. The benefits? You get great fresh food, save on money, time and energy, and yummy food. Get together on recipes and share.
2. Find organic food producers who deliver food to your door. There are many organic food co-ops that deliver to a central location. Members of co-ops of this nature often devote a specific amount of time to the co-op, pay a designated fee, and receive their food at this central location.
If you have created your Mini Mom Co-op, one member may pick up food from the central location and deliver it to the homes of the other members. This person can be changed each month, as desired. See what's happening in your area in terms of actual food delivery, including what's online. Certain areas have food co-ops that deliver to member's homes.
For vitamins, minerals, nutritional supplements and other products, I recommend such online companies as http://www.vitacost.com/ and http://www.nutiva.com/ both because of their pricing, quality and timeliness.
3. For health and wellness, use natural formulations rather than chemicalized products, despite how much advertising and marketing most mainstream companies pepper the media with. Many doctors are out of touch with the natural "green" approach to life as this was omitted from their medical curriculum. For example, instead of aspirin, use white willow bark tincture from the health food store. Consult a naturopath, herbalist and/or healer well versed in these products so you know what to use.
If you choose to be healthy and have healthy children, refuse to use white flour, white sugar and the myriads of products that are laced with these ingredients, including pasta, bread, cookies, cakes, candy. If you do love cooked and baked food, use products made with organic whole-grain amaranth, quinoa, rye, and, if your are un-allergic, wheat. The "normal" American food intake has led to obesity, diabetes, hypoglycemia, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart disease, liver problems, brain issues, and, possibly, autism, as a way of life for many. By eating properly and, yes, exercising, much of this can be prevented and healed.
My take on autism and a host of other dysfunctional aspects of life is that some of it is caused by environmental factors, including the high usage of cell phones (which I also use), laptops (on which I am writing this blog), excessive TV watching (I am working on this, and I am on TV at www.YouTube.com/AudryeNow), as these products emit high levels of electromagnetic frequencies that can be harmful to our cells, organs, emotions, brains, despite what some faulty research may say. We can bombard ourselves in our modern lifestyles with less-than-beneficial influences, little of which is abating, and, instead, is proliferating.
We need new approaches to technology. Inventors, take note!!! With Uranus and Jupiter now traversing Aries, we have the opportunity for technological innovations with a new attitude, including being beneficial for people and planet. Yes, this may necessitate a changeover in our habits, and, yes, we and our families are worth it. We can grow food indoors organically, purify water in new ways, create oxygenated air.
4. Be outdoors in CLEAN air, drink CLEAN water, eat CLEAN food without contamination of toxic fertilizers, genetically mutilated seeds, radiated products (which kill the food's nutrition and bring the possible precursor to cancer to the person ingesting the faux food), and lots of the newer technological stuff being done to almost every product used by most people.
5. Use natural organic fabrics as much as possible. Use your Mini Mom Co-op to get good deals. Let's make ourselves a force to be reckoned with.
6. Save money every week, whatever your lifestyle and circumstance. Distinguish between needs and wants. Fulfill needs and deal with wants as possible, knowing you are living well in the now as well as opening up to "future" nows also. Whether you put away a dime or thousands, save something for future use, pleasure, emergencies, donation, giveaways. After a while, you will grow your Financial Freedom Fund.
7. Pray, meditate, give gratitude, be silent and still, and open to the wisdom and guidance of your Inner Voice. We are all guided by Source. Become aware of how you receive Guidance, including via intuition, imagination, insight, inspiration, dreams, aha moments, books, art, music, nature, love. Follow up on your Guidance! Put this into action in your life. Have at least two people in your life with whom you can discuss this aspect of your being. Participate with us here, or email me at Audrye@TheMothersManual.com, and I will set up an online meetup group that facilitates this.
Okay, Moms, these are a few ideas. Be in touch with me and this blog for more. To listen to more info, tune into "The Mother's Manual Show" at 10 am Eastern Time U.S. on www.HolisticGlobeRadio.com, or go to that site's Archives and listen at your convenience.
Lots of love and blessings to you and to us all!!!!
Love,
Mama Heart
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Toddler Meets Newborn Sibling: Five Tips for Success
In this age of awareness, creating love and affinity between a toddler and her or his newborn sibling can be relarively easily done with These Five Tips.
1. Prepare the Toddler in advance by speaking lovingly about the coming Sibling, letting your Toddler know the Benefits and FUN about to accrue to her or him: playmate, sister/brother, friend, companion.
2. Always make sure you Give your Toddler Special Time, however busy you are with your Newborn. This Love and Attention is mandatory.
3. Conceive a Limited Amount of Children, preferably two maximum, for the good of your family as well as the planet. Everyone loves and requires private time, energy, attention, acknowledgement, awareness, including you, your mate and your children.
4. Allow your Toddler to Participate in caring for the Newborn, so she or he gets a proprietary feeling right from the start. This will have your Toddler feeling special as a big sister or brother, while still being a Toddler.
5. Remember your Toddler is still a Baby, so coo and applaud all her or his attainments. As the Newborn grows, have this baby appreciate her or his senior sibling.
These Five Key Tips will get you started to having a wonderful loving blissful family. Let me know how this works out for you. I'm in the process of seeing this occur in my family. Many blessings to
you!!!!
Love and Blessings,
MamaHeart Audrye
www.TheMothersManual.com
www.Facebook.com/pages/The-Mothers-Manual-Circle/306594502159?v=info
www.YouTube.com/AudryeNow
www.HolisticGlobeRadio.com, click on Archives for "The Mother's Manual Show" (c)
1. Prepare the Toddler in advance by speaking lovingly about the coming Sibling, letting your Toddler know the Benefits and FUN about to accrue to her or him: playmate, sister/brother, friend, companion.
2. Always make sure you Give your Toddler Special Time, however busy you are with your Newborn. This Love and Attention is mandatory.
3. Conceive a Limited Amount of Children, preferably two maximum, for the good of your family as well as the planet. Everyone loves and requires private time, energy, attention, acknowledgement, awareness, including you, your mate and your children.
4. Allow your Toddler to Participate in caring for the Newborn, so she or he gets a proprietary feeling right from the start. This will have your Toddler feeling special as a big sister or brother, while still being a Toddler.
5. Remember your Toddler is still a Baby, so coo and applaud all her or his attainments. As the Newborn grows, have this baby appreciate her or his senior sibling.
These Five Key Tips will get you started to having a wonderful loving blissful family. Let me know how this works out for you. I'm in the process of seeing this occur in my family. Many blessings to
you!!!!
Love and Blessings,
MamaHeart Audrye
www.TheMothersManual.com
www.Facebook.com/pages/The-Mothers-Manual-Circle/306594502159?v=info
www.YouTube.com/AudryeNow
www.HolisticGlobeRadio.com, click on Archives for "The Mother's Manual Show" (c)
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
New Grandbaby on the Way!
Birth is such a phenomenal experience, always new, always special, especially when the people involved are eagerly desiring the coming child. Here I am home, awaiting the birth of my second grand-child, as second assistant in the delivery room, prepared to leave next week to my daughter for this very wonderful occasion. I just received a call from my daughter informing me that I may have to change my plane reservation and come earlier as her baby may also be choosing an earlier arrival.
I am a professional clairvoyant counselor, used to clients, friends and family having me tune in for them to facilitate their growth and evolution, which is ever a pleasure for me to do. Now, here am I, asking my clairvoyant crew to tune in for me about what they see. Why? As a mom and grammie, my emotions are strong and deep, and my psychic channels about what's very personal for me can get fogged and fuzzed by my own feelings. My innate impulse is to fly to my daughter instantaneously and get there immediately.
What I know is I'm taking an earlier flight than my booked one, to be in the delivery room with my daughter and son-in-law, who is first assistant, helping my daughter as she brings forth this second miracle in our lives. This is my intention at this moment.
I will be blogging weekly -- after I return after the baby's birth -- both about my mom and grammie journey as well as about the book, The Mother's Manual, A Spiritual and Practical Guide to Child Rearing and Motherhood (c). We're looking at a July ebook launch date! Meanwhile, get your free ebook, The Mother's Manual Sampler (c) at www.TheMothersManual.com. This site will be updated, with a reduced book price!
I also remind everyone that in the midst of what can look like chaos can come the most amazing breakthroughs, miracles, and possibilities! In the midst of all that is happening in the outer world, LOVE yourself, remember you are a Spark of Divinity, and live that!!! Remember to breathe, call on Divine Love, and fill yourself up with the Miracle of Creation!
Bless all of us eternally!!!!
Love,
MamaHeart
Audrye
www.facebook.com/pages/The-Mothers-Manual-Circle/306594502159?v=info
I am a professional clairvoyant counselor, used to clients, friends and family having me tune in for them to facilitate their growth and evolution, which is ever a pleasure for me to do. Now, here am I, asking my clairvoyant crew to tune in for me about what they see. Why? As a mom and grammie, my emotions are strong and deep, and my psychic channels about what's very personal for me can get fogged and fuzzed by my own feelings. My innate impulse is to fly to my daughter instantaneously and get there immediately.
What I know is I'm taking an earlier flight than my booked one, to be in the delivery room with my daughter and son-in-law, who is first assistant, helping my daughter as she brings forth this second miracle in our lives. This is my intention at this moment.
I will be blogging weekly -- after I return after the baby's birth -- both about my mom and grammie journey as well as about the book, The Mother's Manual, A Spiritual and Practical Guide to Child Rearing and Motherhood (c). We're looking at a July ebook launch date! Meanwhile, get your free ebook, The Mother's Manual Sampler (c) at www.TheMothersManual.com. This site will be updated, with a reduced book price!
I also remind everyone that in the midst of what can look like chaos can come the most amazing breakthroughs, miracles, and possibilities! In the midst of all that is happening in the outer world, LOVE yourself, remember you are a Spark of Divinity, and live that!!! Remember to breathe, call on Divine Love, and fill yourself up with the Miracle of Creation!
Bless all of us eternally!!!!
Love,
MamaHeart
Audrye
www.facebook.com/pages/The-Mothers-Manual-Circle/306594502159?v=info
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