I recently read an article by Barbara Finkelstein entitled, “What’s a Mother to Do?” which highlights research by Columbia University Psychology professor Suniya Luthar on the role of nurturing – not only children – but mothers. Luthar poses the essential question to moms: “How can you nurture if you’re not nurtured yourself?” The responsibilities of parenthood […]
Archives for June 2012
But How Do I Let Go?
I am in the process of watching my mom transition from life to death. It is a powerful experience. I find myself equal parts resisting letting go and then letting go. Lots of small “letting go’s” happen along the path of any transformation. They have to in order for the newness that follows any death […]
Mom Gets a Business
By MomGAL Expert Dina Ferrante It’s not like I was cheating. Yet I was accused of paying more attention to “him,” taking “him” to bed with me, always (c’mon, always?) with “him.” “It” was consuming me. I was more interested in “it” than I was in our family. I’d rather be frolicking with “it” than […]
Without Compare
By MomGAL Expert Laurie Foley Want to know the most courageous thing I ever did as a mom? I stopped comparing myself to other mothers. The terrible habit of measuring my life with the yardstick of others had become nothing more than a stick to beat myself. Every time I thought “She’s thinner,” I was […]