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By: Doing it all - Interview with Peggy Omara No.3 | Natural Pod Blog

Doing it all - Interview with Peggy Omara No.3 | Natural Pod Blog — Mon, 11 May 2009 18:26:41 +0000

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By: Peggy O’Mara on Family | Mama Renew

Peggy O’Mara on Family | Mama Renew — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:57:34 +0000

[...] earlier this week with Peggy’s thoughts on “Doing it All”, Simplicity, Optimism, and Finding Your Tribe in today’s world. Also enjoy our article in Babyvibe with Peggy’s thoughts on intuition and [...]

By: Megan

Megan — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 05:14:15 +0000

I’ve been fortunate to meet a wonderful tribe of mothers through my Mother’s Unfolding group. As a new parent, having a supportive community is essential to my well being and we try to get together every week. My greater tribe of family and friends are located far and wide, but fortunately I’m able to stay connected with them on the internet.

By: nicole

nicole — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 03:54:04 +0000

When my first daughter was born, I stayed home alone a lot and did not reach out into my community. I was adverse to making friends with people just because we had kids.

After about a year and a few play dates & birthday parties I started meeting like minded “alternative” mothers. I soon found my tribe and we supported each other through so much.

We formed something called “The Saturday Night Club”‘ where we would take turn with each others kids one Sat eve a month from 6-9, so each couple could go out 3 sat eve’s a month. Sometimes we just ended up hanging out together and not even getting out!

By: Gwen

Gwen — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:18:27 +0000

I think that for me finding my tribe has been the connection I have felt with other like minded people on the internet. While my tribe may be spread out, it is tight knit. When I am home in NS my family is my tribe. They still are and the internet makes that possible.

By: Abby

Abby — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 22:07:19 +0000

The thing I’ve found the most interesting about parenting thus far is how tribes change over time. I parented my first child elsewhere and was a University student at the time. My tribe consisted of University students who were also parents…a mish mash of us.

When I had more children and was a stay at home mom, La Leche League, Mothering Dot Commune (the Mothering discussion forums) formed the foundation of my tribe.

Now that my children are older and LLL and MDC are no longer on my radar, I find that I’m carving out a space in my kids’ educational community.

By: Bernadette Noll

Bernadette Noll — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:23:17 +0000

Here in Austin we are in constant pursuit of ways to help parents build their tribe. The new mama circles that we hold are often the jumping off point for such tribe building. Parenting among like-minded parents makes it all so much easier and better and more connected. When my olders were little, I would often go to a friend’s or she to my house and we would clean each other’s house. Way more fun to clean someone else’s house with company than to clean your own alone!

By: Peggy O’Mara on Doing It All | Mama Renew

Peggy O’Mara on Doing It All | Mama Renew — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 19:33:32 +0000

[...] response to yesterday’s post on Finding Your Tribe, mother & marketing consultant Andrea Coutu mused,“I’m so thankful for that and for all [...]

By: Andrea Coutu

Andrea Coutu — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 23:24:52 +0000

Great thoughts. When my first child was born, my community health nurse and my family doctor talked about how important it would be to build my community. I was fortunate to find many ways to do that…and to connect with some amazing people who have not only become part of my tribe, but also connected me to other like-minded people. In the post above, there’s a link to the Mothering.com article on Finding Your Tribe. The part about spending all day with a friend, cooking, lying in bed together nursing little ones, and going beyond a “visit” really struck me, because that’s how I got through those first two years of motherhood. And I’m so thankful for that and for all the people in my tribe…and for people who get the idea of having a tribe. Thanks for this post.

By: Finding your tribe - Interview with Peggy O’Mara | Natural Pod Blog

Finding your tribe - Interview with Peggy O’Mara | Natural Pod Blog — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:14:53 +0000

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