Christina Ducruet
@stina
Long time internet nerd; seamstress of people and ideas; designing experiences for soulful self-discovery
Christina Ducruet
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What if we normalize motherhood as a temporary job and not a woman's purpose?
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‘Motherhood is an obliteration of the self,’
Diana Evans • Ordinary People: Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2019
Mothers have martyred themselves in their children’s names since the beginning of time. We have lived as if she who disappears the most, loves the most. We have been conditioned to prove our love by slowly ceasing to exist... What a terrible burden for children to bear—to know that they are the reason their mother stopped living. What a terrible bu... See more
glennon doyle • Untamed by Glennon Doyle
There is an innate creative energy in all of us. It’s the animating spirit that separates the quick from the dead – the life-force that expands our lungs, makes our heart beat, and takes care of every one of our biological functions. If we let it, it will bring fresh new ideas to mind whenever we need them, enabling us to solve any problem and move
... See moreMichael Neill • Creating the Impossible
When we look at the evolution of creativity, one story that can be told is that it was a concept designed to extricate divine procreative power from women and give it to men.
Elan Ullendorff • A brief history of creativity (and power)
You might also affirm: I Am a procreator (pro-creator) of children and of other “children,” including “brainchildren.” I bring good things to life. I Am life-affirming, earth-loving, and life-giving. My ability to procreate, co-create, and pro-create (be proactive in acts of creation) are my most prized gifts and powers, and I treat them with respe
... See moreDan McCormick • Awakening Who "I Am": Two Words to Ignite Your Transformation
The birth of my first child, after the maelstrom passed, was a deliverance. It brought me closer to my real self. I have learned how to surrender when I need to. I am learning to live in the rhythm of other lives; I have learned to share my life.
Lucy Jones • Matrescence
On a purely biological level, the birth process itself is the first instance of separation and individuation, a paradigm of the pattern that will later be manifest psychologically. The fetus initially exists as part, literally, of the mother’s body; then, at birth, it separates—differentiates—and comes into the world as a distinct individual entity
... See moreNathaniel Branden • Honoring the Self: The Pyschology of Confidence and Respect
interbeing and
Over the first year of his life, I deeply reflected upon the connections between birth, breath, and death. After breathing my way through fear, I found myself in a place of profound and visceral love, the most precious of life’s gifts. Motherhood is its own threshold.