I promised to hold myself publicly accountable to my To-Do list for this year. So here’s a little update.
I set up a new website & email for the coming cloth diaper group. I also found someone to help me sort out some issues I had with the reworking of my doula site.
Several blog posts in the hopper, just need time to sit & flesh them out. Difficult to do with a toddler underfoot most of the time.
I completed the Birth Story Listening course a couple of weeks ago. That was hard, deep, intense work. Every conference call I felt like I was holding my breath for the entire call. The listening itself was difficult and I appreciate every momma who shared their story with me for this course.
I finally finished reading Nonviolent Communication (NVC for short). A little more work to do & I should finally be a full Real Diaper Circle Leader well before the Great Cloth Diaper Change this year. This is also a very difficult book to read & put into practice, but it should have come to no surprise that this book corresponds to the work I was doing with Birth Story Listening and the communications work I am doing for my Childbirth International courses. When you delve down deep and truly put into practice deep listening, compassionate feedback and can fully express your needs so your listener understands what you need from a conversation, it is life changing. It’s not easy & unless you’ve been practicing your entire life it’s not even something that you can do all the time. It’s work in progress. And that is life, work in progress.
I don’t pretend to hold all the answers, I just do my best to hold the space to find them.
And with that play-doh calls.