Movin’ On Up!
Hello Conscious Mamas & friends, It has been too long since I blogged, I know! But let me tell you, there has …
Author Archives: Jess Mahaney
The Shape Shifter.
So… I’m “Mommy” now. It literally hurts my heart a little bit to have to embrace and acknowledge this. Mama …
Parenting For A Better World.
I have always been passionate about human evolution and the betterment of our world, but after having a baby my …
I AM AN AMAZING MAMA… And So Are You!
I have an appreciative husband. I would say that, for the most part, he totally gets how intense being a …
An Idle Mind is the Devil’s Workshop.
It’s been such a long while since I wrote here that I feel I should get you all up to …
Vaccinations and The Toxic World.
*I wrote this piece back when Veda was 6 months old but never posted it because i didn’t want to …
Retrospective.
Recently i was doing my daily ritual photo recap, where at the end of the day when Veda is asleep …
Elimination Communication
Imagine what it would feel like to wear a diaper every day of your life! With your only reprieve during …
Sleep Teaching | Night Weaning {Phase 1 : Night 6}
Sleep teaching was a total success! 6 days, no tears, down to 7 minutes to fall asleep. Now we wait …
Sleep Teaching | Night Weaning {Phase 1 : Night 5}
15 minutes to get her to sleep! She totally knew the drill tonight. As soon as the shades were drawn …
Sleep Teaching | Night Weaning {Phase 1 : Night 4}
*For my subscribers out there, i apologize for the frequency of these emails now that i am chronicling a process. …
Sleep Teaching | Night Weaning {Phase 1 : Night 2-3}
Night 2 was pretty simple. We got into bed with our books at 6:30pm, she ran to the door and …
Sleep Teaching | Night Weaning {Phase 1 : Night 1}
Night weaning. Ugh. I have been dreading this since my health began to decline and it was obvious that night …
Surf’s Up!
I just turned 30. A true milestone. I survived my twenties, which is nothing short of miraculous with all that …
Spring Cleaning and Catch Up
Oh my, it has been an ungodly amount of time since i’ve written anything! Life has been a bit like …
Our Birth Story
After a year of true sleep deprivation and the general first year whirlwind, i can not remember what i had …
Almost One.
One year seems to have crept up on me in a big way. Not in the sense that the year …
Divide & Conquer
*This is one of a handful of pieces that i wrote many, many months ago (in 2012) and am only …
The Space Between
After writing Divide & Conquer, my husband and i had a really important talk about the space between us. He shared …
Breast Feeding Smoothie
Originally posted on Nourishing Our Children:
My Breastfeeding Smoothie written by Katie Louderback We know how essential it is to nourish ourselves…
Finding our Feet, again.
The snow is falling outside my window. It’s a bit early in the season, but still, it is winter again …
Change the World, Love a Man.
This poem took my breath away and made me wish i knew who wrote it, or better yet, had written …
Little Luxuries and a Wandering Mind.
As a stay at home mama to an exclusively breastfed baby, i don’t often get too far for too long …
The Nervous System & Other Such Wonders. Pt.I
Before i took this recent and unintentional hiatus from the blogosphere i was drafting a piece about the importance of …
Exhaustion.
I love this image, because isn’t it so true that when we are having a hard time with our baby’s …
Rebirthed.
Ever since passing through the metaphysical birth canal i find myself feeling a bit turned around. Not in the same …
The Power of the Boob.
Having always been a small chested person i never really put too much emphasis or thought into my breasts. I’ll …
Mindfulness & Mothering
When i began drafting this piece i was initially only writing about how much focused energy and mindfulness was required …
Tools, not weapons.
Below is a reminder note of love, support and caution. To parents everywhere, remember to use all the wonderful resources we …
Insecurity, guilt, and fear… Oh My!
Something unfortunate happened to me a few weeks ago. It was like walking along in a beautiful forest and then …
Who’s Your Baby’s-Daddy?
WIth all my women-centered, mother honoring, moon gazing, goddess worshipping focus… it’s easy to overlook the fact that it (usually) …
Mother Judger.
Ever since motherhood began for me i felt this kind of anxiety around how my parenting style would be received. …
Sex and the postnatal Goddess.
*Reader discretion advised. Sex and vaginas are mentioned below! I am putting my vagina on the line in service of …
Full Moon Loon.
The most beautiful and most profound experience is the sensation of the mystical. It is the sower of all true …
They come through us, but not from us.
Since Veda was born, i have been really struck by how big she seems. Not in size, but in essence, …
40 Days and 40 Nights.
From conception until the time our baby emerges into the world, her universe has been the drumbeat of our heart, the …
Attachment.
Let me come straight out and say- we are an “Attachment Parenting” family. This statement feels controversial ever since the …
Placenta is powerful.
Yup. This is my actual placenta, former residence of Veda Moon. Take a good long look at it. I think …
Pregnant… with all that is.
As my first official entry I want to go back and begin this process of motherhood when the process really …
Hello world!
I started a blog! I know, I am about 10 years late on that front.. I’ve been writing for so …
