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		<title>Birth as a Heroine’s Journey &#124; Joy in Birthing</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:47:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Norris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was Joseph Campbell who, in the 1940’s, first brought to the public’s attention the Mythic and Archetypal principles embedded in the structure of stories.  In his book “The Hero with a Thousand Faces,” Campbell identified the underlying patterns in myths, stories, and spiritual traditions.  In so doing, Campbell created a standardized language [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gaiamama.wordpress.com&blog=5999424&post=351&subd=gaiamama&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A mother&#8217;s place&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 04:40:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Norris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that I have Maya, and am bringing her to work, I have a few opinions on the subject of where a mama should be. And it&#8217;s at home. I know this goes in the face of all the feminist gibber gabber out there, but there is very little understanding in our culture about the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gaiamama.wordpress.com&blog=5999424&post=349&subd=gaiamama&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Germ-free kids may risk more adult illnesses: study</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:21:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Norris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alternative Therapies]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exactly why I don&#8217;t sanitize or frequently wash my hands!
WASHINGTON AFP – Parents who let their kids romp in the mud and eat food that has fallen on the floor could be helping to protect them against maladies like heart disease later in life, a US study showed Wednesday.
&#8220;Our research suggests that ultra-clean, ultra-hygienic environments [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gaiamama.wordpress.com&blog=5999424&post=347&subd=gaiamama&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dine with me! » Blissful Birthing Discussion</title>
		<link>http://gaiamama.wordpress.com/2009/12/03/dine-with-me-%c2%bb-blissful-birthing-discussion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:28:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Norris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wanna hang out? Come eat some delicious organic food &#38; explore radiant pregnancy &#38; blissful birthing with awesome people like you on Tuesday, December 15th, 6:30 to 8:30pm at Dandelion.
$35 Includes entree and bottomless Mommy-To-Be tea. Limited space available. More info &#38; reservations.
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		<title>Breastmilk is delicious!</title>
		<link>http://gaiamama.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/breastmilk-is-delicious/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:17:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Norris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Breastfeeding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nutrition]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Shoot, I couldn&#8217;t help myself. Maya keeps gulping it down like moonshine and I was wondering what the fuss (no pun intended) was all about. It&#8217;s light like ricemilk, but much sweeter, and at the most-perfect-temperature-you-never-knew-you-cared-about-before-because-you-never-had-it-this-exact-right-temperature.
One of my friends raised an eyebrow when I reported this and they thought it best not to mention dipping [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gaiamama.wordpress.com&blog=5999424&post=337&subd=gaiamama&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Velocity Publishes Maya&#8217;s Birth Story</title>
		<link>http://gaiamama.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/velocity-publishes-mayas-birth-story/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:57:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Norris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birth Story]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite local magazines, Velocity, just hit the stands and Maya Juniper Rose is blessed to have her birth story published for everyone to enjoy.  You can read it online (page 14) or pick up a copy at fine local establishments, like my Dandelion. A more elaborate version is posted on this blog.
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		<title>Pumping for Sara</title>
		<link>http://gaiamama.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/pumping-for-sara/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:34:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Norris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Breastfeeding]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently found out that a little baby girl named Sara is the blessed beneficiary of breast milk from our community of breast feeding ladies after her mom unexpectedly passed away last month when she was just six weeks old. My heart goes out to her family, and being just 2 weeks older than my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gaiamama.wordpress.com&blog=5999424&post=326&subd=gaiamama&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Midwife Kelli Johnson</title>
		<link>http://gaiamama.wordpress.com/2009/10/06/midwife-kelli-johnson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Norris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holistic Wellness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just got home from my six week follow up appointment with my midwife, whom I now count amongst my sisters, Kelli Johnson. She looked radiant from her recent trip to Peru and it was nice catching up. As I sat there I realized I&#8217;ve been missing her &#8211; we met weekly leading up to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gaiamama.wordpress.com&blog=5999424&post=323&subd=gaiamama&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Rose</title>
		<link>http://gaiamama.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/a-rose/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:23:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Norris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[she, a rose,
with peace and love and light and laughter
wet with tears and
bathed in dreams of the life yet grown
a rose
the warmth of her arrival surrounds her
and lays within her like mother’s milk
and the gentle arms that hold her now
and even forever
when the holding is no more
the holding remains
sweet warmth
in truth a beginning
not to be
undone.
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		<title>Heather&#8217;s Birth Stories</title>
		<link>http://gaiamama.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/heathers-birth-stories/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:17:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Norris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birth Story]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unnecessary Medical Intervention]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[These two birth stories are from my dear friend, Heather Ashton Black, and each birth could not be more different. Big love to mama for having faith in her ability to birth naturally after her first experience in the hospital.
Jadon&#8217;s Birth Story, Hospital Birth
I moved to Florida from San Francisco when I was 8 months [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gaiamama.wordpress.com&blog=5999424&post=306&subd=gaiamama&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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