Welcome to ‘just a bit hippy’ and thanks for joining us! We look forward to sharing our thoughts on life, health, and parenting with you.
Most of us want to find ways to reconnect (with everything – each other, ourselve
s & the world around us), look after our environment, and parent our children with love, though we often get mixed messages on the ‘right’ way to do it. The ‘mainstream’ does not always allow it either, and sometimes you just need to include a little bit of hippy to find your answers.
Hippy: a person whose behavior, dress, use of drugs, etc implies a rejection of conventional values.
I wouldn’t consider myself a real hippy. I’m certainly not a dirty hippy but I’m pretty sure that most of my friends and family would classify me as a little bit hippy because my choices are not always in the mainstream. I have a masters degree, I am a health professional, and I do shave my armpits and wear a bra. But I also gave birth to my son at home, we all sleep in the same room, at 20 months our son is still breastfed, I make stuff from scratch, and I try not to destroy the planet.
I think that my desire for all things natural comes from what I have seen our amazing bodies do. I have seen people heal overnight, I have seen women give birth, I have seen the changes that people make with their health every day. I have a huge appreciation of what nature can do, and I honestly don’t believe that ‘man’ can do it better. Nature has plenty of years on us, practicing to get it right.
I don’t use drugs (recreational or pharmaceutical) AT ALL. I think that my body is better than that. Hey, it gave birth to a big baby without artificial pain relief, by making its own endorphins – better than the man-made stuff. Not to mention that it grew a baby. Yeah, it’s pretty awesome…
I put a lot of thought and feeling into my decisions on life, health and parenting and I want to share my thoughts with you, though only YOU can do the feeling part for what is right for you!
I will respect you if you respect me too.
If there are ideas that you disagree with, feel free to comment respectfully, and I reserve the right to reply respectfully also. If something pushes your buttons or gets you worked up, ask yourself why first. Any disrespectful comments will be removed.
