The Heart and Flow of Motherhood- a Memoir
By Angie
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The Heart And Flow Of Motherhood- A Memoir
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Hi I’m Angelena and I would love your help to publish my very first book called The Heart and Flow Of Motherhood: a memoir of textbooks tears and tiny little fingers.
My memoir is a heart wrenching yet funny at times, story where I take you right into the heart of my mothering experiences, when I had 2 young children, a fisherman husband who worked away all the time and I was doing a full time Masters Thesis. Life was manic like a triple shot latte.
I share how the manic-ness overtook my life and my mind. My head became so full of thinking, I would wake up and hit the ground running. A Mental intinerary that HAD to be done. I ended up placing my self-worth on how much I could produce in a day. Just like a very good dairy cow.
Living in my head like this meant that I lost my ability to be present in the moment, I lost my awareness, I lost my intuition, I lost the power to mother in ways that felt right for ME.
I was so good at ticking my way through life that I’d forgotten how to be in the flow of it.
Which also meant I lost my voice, not larengitis, but my inner voice, my confidence to speak up and choose for me, to say No to things that felt heavy and hard for me. To say yes to things that would’ve brought me joy.
I write about the culture of motherhood, of how we mothers often keep our identity hidden when we are in the role of student or career women, because we want to appear professional and dedicated and perfect. And vice versa, when we are in our role as mother we often hide our identity as a student or career women, because we don’t want to appear like we are neglecting our kids. This dual role conflict is what leads us to a mountain of guilt. And if we were to start conversations of our experiences, we could be more authentic, more real, more ourselves. More in flow.
I write from 2 perspectives. There are snippets from my diary 6 years ago and then there reflections on this time from me now, now that im well again, now that I’ve done the work to refind my awareness, my intuition, my voice. I’ve been coaching others to do the same for the past 4 years now through 1:1 sessions and classes and workshops.
When you read it you’ll find that I was also learning about awareness and voice in my thesis. So I intricately weave in this knowledge into my memoir. A sort of self-analysis.
Therefore this book could be like a guide for you, but its not my jam to be shoulding on people.
So my hope is that mothers who read my book, make themselves a cuppa, take some time out to read, laugh, cry, relate and feel more connected to others mothers, and also to feel empowered share their own stories with other mothers, to collectively shift the culture around manic motherhood, so that it becomes more intuitive and easy and has waay more flow.
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09/09/2019 at 11:01am
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24/08/2019 at 9:50am
"Well done"
23/08/2019 at 11:10pm
23/08/2019 at 2:30pm
"Go girl! Can't wait to read your memoir & share with my mum & sisters! Love Trudi Calder xx"
23/08/2019 at 11:34am
22/08/2019 at 7:14pm
22/08/2019 at 6:22pm
"Very excited. See you at book launch "
22/08/2019 at 7:32am
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21/08/2019 at 4:50pm
21/08/2019 at 4:47pm
20/08/2019 at 9:43pm
"Amazing magic potent woman of magnitude ... keep being you and changing the world!!! Arohanui xo "
20/08/2019 at 8:47pm
"So proud cuz!! Can’t wait to be at the book launch & to read it. You are an inspiration to me. Love you xxx♥️♥️"
20/08/2019 at 8:19pm
"Good luck Ange, what an achievement xx"
20/08/2019 at 8:00pm
20/08/2019 at 7:08pm
"Congratulations Ange! Can’t wait to read it xx"
20/08/2019 at 5:20pm
"Very proud and looking forward to the book launch.This is so exciting .Wonderful you are Angie empowering others with the work that you do!Tumeke"
20/08/2019 at 3:04pm
"Can't wait to read your book Angie, what an amazing milestone to get here! "
20/08/2019 at 2:44pm
20/08/2019 at 11:56am
"Go Ange, so proud of you. Love The Tuckers xxx"
19/08/2019 at 7:43pm
"Thank you Angie for putting pen to paper and blessing us with your words"
19/08/2019 at 10:28am
19/08/2019 at 6:15am
18/08/2019 at 8:33pm
18/08/2019 at 11:51am
"Well done Angie. Love you "
17/08/2019 at 9:40pm
17/08/2019 at 9:39pm
"Can’t wait "
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Hi I’m Angelena and I would love your help to publish my very first book called The Heart and Flow Of Motherhood: a memoir of textbooks tears and tiny little fingers.
My memoir is a heart wrenching yet funny at times, story where I take you right into the heart of my mothering experiences, when I had 2 young children, a fisherman husband who worked away all the time and I was doing a full time Masters Thesis. Life was manic like a triple shot latte.
I share how the manic-ness overtook my life and my mind. My head became so full of thinking, I would wake up and hit the ground running. A Mental intinerary that HAD to be done. I ended up placing my self-worth on how much I could produce in a day. Just like a very good dairy cow.
Living in my head like this meant that I lost my ability to be present in the moment, I lost my awareness, I lost my intuition, I lost the power to mother in ways that felt right for ME.
I was so good at ticking my way through life that I’d forgotten how to be in the flow of it.
Which also meant I lost my voice, not larengitis, but my inner voice, my confidence to speak up and choose for me, to say No to things that felt heavy and hard for me. To say yes to things that would’ve brought me joy.
I write about the culture of motherhood, of how we mothers often keep our identity hidden when we are in the role of student or career women, because we want to appear professional and dedicated and perfect. And vice versa, when we are in our role as mother we often hide our identity as a student or career women, because we don’t want to appear like we are neglecting our kids. This dual role conflict is what leads us to a mountain of guilt. And if we were to start conversations of our experiences, we could be more authentic, more real, more ourselves. More in flow.
I write from 2 perspectives. There are snippets from my diary 6 years ago and then there reflections on this time from me now, now that im well again, now that I’ve done the work to refind my awareness, my intuition, my voice. I’ve been coaching others to do the same for the past 4 years now through 1:1 sessions and classes and workshops.
When you read it you’ll find that I was also learning about awareness and voice in my thesis. So I intricately weave in this knowledge into my memoir. A sort of self-analysis.
Therefore this book could be like a guide for you, but its not my jam to be shoulding on people.
So my hope is that mothers who read my book, make themselves a cuppa, take some time out to read, laugh, cry, relate and feel more connected to others mothers, and also to feel empowered share their own stories with other mothers, to collectively shift the culture around manic motherhood, so that it becomes more intuitive and easy and has waay more flow.
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09/09/2019 at 11:01am
25/08/2019 at 8:04pm
24/08/2019 at 12:31pm
24/08/2019 at 11:50am
24/08/2019 at 9:50am
"Well done"
23/08/2019 at 11:10pm
23/08/2019 at 2:30pm
"Go girl! Can't wait to read your memoir & share with my mum & sisters! Love Trudi Calder xx"
23/08/2019 at 11:34am
22/08/2019 at 7:14pm
22/08/2019 at 6:22pm
"Very excited. See you at book launch "
22/08/2019 at 7:32am
21/08/2019 at 6:28pm
21/08/2019 at 4:50pm
21/08/2019 at 4:47pm
20/08/2019 at 9:43pm
"Amazing magic potent woman of magnitude ... keep being you and changing the world!!! Arohanui xo "
20/08/2019 at 8:47pm
"So proud cuz!! Can’t wait to be at the book launch & to read it. You are an inspiration to me. Love you xxx♥️♥️"
20/08/2019 at 8:19pm
"Good luck Ange, what an achievement xx"
20/08/2019 at 8:00pm
20/08/2019 at 7:08pm
"Congratulations Ange! Can’t wait to read it xx"
20/08/2019 at 5:20pm
"Very proud and looking forward to the book launch.This is so exciting .Wonderful you are Angie empowering others with the work that you do!Tumeke"
20/08/2019 at 3:04pm
"Can't wait to read your book Angie, what an amazing milestone to get here! "
20/08/2019 at 2:44pm
20/08/2019 at 11:56am
"Go Ange, so proud of you. Love The Tuckers xxx"
19/08/2019 at 7:43pm
"Thank you Angie for putting pen to paper and blessing us with your words"
19/08/2019 at 10:28am
19/08/2019 at 6:15am
18/08/2019 at 8:33pm
18/08/2019 at 11:51am
"Well done Angie. Love you "
17/08/2019 at 9:40pm
17/08/2019 at 9:39pm
"Can’t wait "