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Thank you for sharing this. I am glad it holds meaning for you!

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YES to it all! YES to big mama medicine!

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Thank you Julie, yes to Big Mama Medicine. I appreciate your resonance.

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Oct 12Liked by Prajna O'Hara

By the way, thank you for the birthday wish and the recognition of the photo as mine. I proudly take ownership of it. 🙏🏻🙏🏻

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You are so funny. Of course, thank you so much for offering the photo. Birthdays are on the way.

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Oct 12Liked by Prajna O'Hara

Recognition is so vital and essential to our well being.

You stated it so beautifully when you said, “We would be empowered to quit the 'expert,' leave the 'confessional,' listen to what is going on inside us, and respond in ways that feel good and right to us. We would take responsibility for ourselves, and honor and trust our wombs.”

You nailed it. This is so true in my experience. I can hardly believe how much being recognized has changed me in the last 6 months. I didn’t even know I needed it, I learned the value of it through the act of receiving it. And WOW!

It has helped me to see myself, accept myself, trust myself, love myself more, believe in myself, champion my self, celebrate myself … it’s the gift which keeps on giving…

Thank you Prajna for this powerful piece. ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥. Thank you for recognizing me, thereby ushering me into greater fields within myself from which I can feed the world from.

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This is spoken like a true woman who is standing in herself, standing for herself and owning every part of who she is. Yahoo I’m so happy to be on this journey with you. 🌹🧡🌹

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Gosh. This made me teary eyed. I am in the “owning it all phase.” It’s not an easy place, but I tell myself, “Lila, look how Life is supporting you with all these amazing women. Let them see you, celebrate you, honor you. They are the LOVE you’ve been waiting for.”

It makes me think of a wonderful verse in the Bible which states, “How can you love God who you can’t see, if you cannot love man who you can see?”

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Oct 12Liked by Prajna O'Hara, Ella Newton

"Michelle gave me a strong dose of medicine I didn’t know I needed—recognition all women, mothers (and parents) yearn for and deserve." ---It is so amazing when we lift each other up! Such wonderful medicine indeed.

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Absolutely no Shayne in acknowledging a need for recognition. This is what keeps us from self-destruction as a species. Thank you so much.

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You pulled out a good one Lsura. Thank you for your kind words and for reading.

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Oct 12Liked by Prajna O'Hara

It is amazing Laura. I for one really need it, and I am not ashamed to say so. 💝

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Oct 11Liked by Prajna O'Hara, Ella Newton

My house is a house of flowers.

I have an outside garden packed with flowers.

I have an indoor garden inside under a glass roof, with some flowers.

I have an indoor/outdoor garden in a courtyard outside my house with some flowers.

In my home right now, I have African violets flowering, violets flowers and mini orchid blooming.

In my home right now, I have Bearded Irises and a blood red single rose my husband picked for me.

In my home right now, I have a bunch of fire red native bottle brush that I picked for myself yesterday.

Is my body a house of flowers, though? I don't really know. I do know I would love to see it bloom big.

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Oct 11·edited Oct 11Author

Wow! Therese this is exquisite, poetry, flowers, everywhere. Anyone who can create such beauty definitely has a body full of flowers.

I can’t wait to see your bloom!

Thank you for reading and for your comment.

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I absolutely love this "womb wisdom." I immediately shared it with my mother and grandmother. This honest expression of stories about our connection to our bodies and divine feminine energy deeply moved me.

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It makes me so happy when there is a strong resonance with the heart energy that I put into my Substack. Thank you @Ella Newton for sharing with your mother and grandmother—I hope they receive benefit as well.

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Oct 10Liked by Prajna O'Hara, Ella Newton

Wow I'm pondering this what would it be like to treat my body as a house of flowers? Perhaps I'd gently caress the petals, water it when it looks thirsty and simply be with it appreciating its beauty.

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Hello Chaya, my body feels more like a flower just reading your words. Yes that sounds like a very good practice. Put into place if you haven’t already thank you for the encouragement and for reading.

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Your desire to heal and a way for women to heal is an amazing discovery for those of us who need to see it written in words of perpetuity. You give me that and no doubt many others as well. Thank you for all you give.

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Thank you Kathy, I love that you find healing in these medicine stories. Thank you so much for restacking. I appreciate you!

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I am in the process of buying you book on Kindle ❤️🥰

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Gorgeous, Prajna!

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Hi Robin, I think Substack is shifting before my eyes, you were already here. I htough we were in notes. Where are we? Thank you for humoring me.

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Thank you so much Robin, I hope you get to comment in the post, to continue the conversation

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Thank you so much @Robin Blackburn McBride You are a dear.

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Hello Red. I sent you a private message for clarity purposes.

Here it is again: I am so glad you want to read this labor of love. If you are inclined to write a review on Amazon—this would be amazing. I hope this works, let me know. Here is the link to my website book ordering page: https://prajnaohara.com/cart/

Order 1 book, ad the coupon code GRACE (all caps) you will then get an email for the download. Be sure you add your address properly. Then you can download it in a variety of ways. Good luck. Please tell me it was a success. Best wishes, Prajna You can respond to me here, Thank you!

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I am so glad to hear this. Thank you so much and do let me know how it reads for you. I can’t wait to hear back.

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