Another Kind of Mother Delphine

As we approach Mother’s Day, can we sit with how we feel about our relationship with our own mother, our relationship with our children and our relationship with how we mother ourselves and address what we’re being shown by our triggers in these relationships? It may be the hardest work we ever do. But it can have the greatest payoff in our lives and in the lives of every single being we encounter for the rest of our lives. Join me for a short episode on this often heated topic.

When we don’t fit into the educational systems we find ourselves within we can often feel that we’re swimming upstream in so many areas of our lives. But when our unique areas of brilliance are supported, we have an opportunity to shine differently. Nicole Connell knows that we need all kinds of brilliance. She believes that we need all kinds of leaders. When each of us shines in the ways that are the most joyful to us and we are met with others with complimentary skills, everyone wins.Nicole shares her insightful experience as an holistic educational therapist and mentor to children and adults to show us where there are opportunities for all of us to thrive whether we fit into the “system” or not.

Laura Pine is a beacon of light and inspiration as she is facing a life-threatening diagnosis. Through it all, she has discovered her life purpose in creating a legacy for her young daughters.

This is the back story for this podcast. The how's and the why's and the what for.

While I’ve not known her long, Alana Helapitage does seem to truly walk her talk. In our rich and honest conversation, she shared her story of fully loving and then losing a mothering relationship with the daughter of a former partner and how she has bravely faced the prospect of never again seeing this child that she raised as her own.

From experience, Alana recommends that anyone entering a potential step-parent dynamic have conversations as to what you have the capacity and the desire to sustain in a relationship with the child(ren), even more importantly than the focus on the partnership relationship itself. From her perspective, if there is a child in front of her, they are the most important person in the room and in the relationship as a whole.

If only we were all raised with a bit more of this loving kind of attention…

Alana describes herself as an artist, poet and trauma alchemist and in that work she seeks to disrupt the lie that we have to constantly chase better versions of ourself.

Silvie Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha is an artist, doula, initiate in devotion, hatha and yin yoga teacher, guardian of her land, talisman maker, mother, wife, women's circle holder, wild herbalist, keeper of the mysteries of the wheel of the year, sweat lodge apprentice, joy bringer.

Her dream is that we may remember who we truly are in our hearts and claim the jewels we carry deep within. May we remember the medicine we are for each other and for the world. May we walk as love with footprints like kisses on Mother Earth's surface. May we always find Her mysterious beauty and feel Her steady heart beat. May we surrender to Her guidance and know that She is everywhere.

In this episode, we get a peek into Silvie’s intimate relationship with our Mother, the Earth, as the guardian of 10 acres of castle grounds in Vienna, Austria.