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Our visit to a home birth gathering | Journal of a 28 year old Dad to be...
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Journal of a 28 year old Dad to be…. A man's pregnancy journal. The Children’s Story List. Our visit to a home birth gathering. By Michael R. Dale. Image by bbaltimore via Flickr. We went to a home birth. Gathering yesterday, it was both enlightening and alarming. Hearing people’s stories of their home birth. Expeerts under the guise of benevolent concern. Are big business in any obstetrician’s practice. I heard a grim tale of a woman who was forced to have an emergency. We listen to men in white coats l...
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Destructive Mental Habit Patterns; A Negative Inheritance | Journal of a 28 year old Dad to be...
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Journal of a 28 year old Dad to be…. A man's pregnancy journal. The Children’s Story List. Destructive Mental Habit Patterns; A Negative Inheritance. By Michael R. Dale. These past few days have been full of angst, sort this out sort that out. Move house, trade in the car, pack up the old house, work etc etc. Itziar and I have realized that the mental habit pattern we have become immersed in is a very negative one and not something we wish to pass down to our child. 7 Zen Habits of Highly Efficient Minds.
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Caterpillars, Elizabeth Gilbert, genius and me | Journal of a 28 year old Dad to be...
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Journal of a 28 year old Dad to be…. A man's pregnancy journal. The Children’s Story List. Caterpillars, Elizabeth Gilbert, genius and me. By Michael R. Dale. Moving on from this pivotal period in our lives (the wedding) has proved challenging . The video, the pictures, the emails its amazing how much is involved with the process of joining two peoples lives together after the big has long since passed. Anyway we read a book last night called: ‘ Hope for the flowers. I heard a great TED. This way of seei...
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I’m back! | Journal of a 28 year old Dad to be...
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Journal of a 28 year old Dad to be…. A man's pregnancy journal. The Children’s Story List. By Michael R. Dale. After what has certainly been the most profound period of my life I have returned to the keyboard with a new awareness. Since my fingers last wept upon these pages and poured forth the mystic waters of my soul, I have to say things have changed. What was even more wonderful was the fact that our beautiful baby could share the whole experience with us and in fact she was the guest of honor. Mauri...
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An hour on the radio and a curious Kangaroo | Journal of a 28 year old Dad to be...
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Journal of a 28 year old Dad to be…. A man's pregnancy journal. The Children’s Story List. An hour on the radio and a curious Kangaroo. By Michael R. Dale. Happy parents and babies doing things Kangaroo style. On Monday night we spent an hour with Itziar’s mum and her friend Mark on their Cape Town university. And every week she shares her knowledge and experience with listeners in Cape Town. The biggest breakthroughs for me during our pregnancy. We met an amazing woman called Olga who was another guest ...
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Reading For Dads | Journal of a 28 year old Dad to be...
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Journal of a 28 year old Dad to be…. A man's pregnancy journal. The Children’s Story List. Birthing From Within By Pam England. Bringing the Art of Childbirth Mentoring and Initiation back to our culture. Discover what has been missing in birth and parenting preparation. Make a difference in birth and in your life! The Little Prince By Antoine de Saint Exupery. This book reminds me how to see the world, which is helpful because I often forget. The Prophet By Kahil gibran. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
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Life… | Journal of a 28 year old Dad to be...
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Journal of a 28 year old Dad to be…. A man's pregnancy journal. The Children’s Story List. By Michael R. Dale. This however is a problem I have been battling with for many years. For a long time I have allowed what is not right about my life to get in the way of what is. Somewhere along the line I developed the mental habit of honing in on what is missing and not seeing what I have. Mike Robbins: Gratitude and Victimhood Can’t Coexist. The Triumphant Journey of Frederick Douglass. How to Find Time for Joy.
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My Fear Of The Family Sedan | Journal of a 28 year old Dad to be...
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Journal of a 28 year old Dad to be…. A man's pregnancy journal. The Children’s Story List. My Fear Of The Family Sedan. By Michael R. Dale. Its been a long time coming but here I am. My absence is indicative of what the third trimester. Has been all about for us; survival. After the chaos of the first and the bliss of the second, the third has been about doing our best to get through all the challenges that life has been throwing our way, one day at a time. Of South Africa’s. 8216; as it is affectionatel...
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The Children’s Story List | Journal of a 28 year old Dad to be...
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Journal of a 28 year old Dad to be…. A man's pregnancy journal. The Children’s Story List. The Children’s Story List. Cover of The Velveteen Rabbit. 8220;If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.” Albert Einstein. Illustrated by William Nicholson. Where The Wild Things Are By Maurice Sendak. The Owl and the Pussy Cat. Dogger By Shirley Hughes. A Bear Called Paddington. The Tale Of Peter Rabbit and other stories.
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The permeating nature of doubt | Journal of a 28 year old Dad to be...
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Journal of a 28 year old Dad to be…. A man's pregnancy journal. The Children’s Story List. The permeating nature of doubt. By Michael R. Dale. I was expecting this but I did not realize it would really come, a deep sense of anxiety is taking over my whole life. It manifests itself in totally irrational feelings of worthlessness caused by a perceived lack of effectiveness in the world on the part of my very fragile ego. All of which is brought on by nothing more than a run of really bad luck. We have shif...
