WHAT WOULD HYGEIA DO?

We were making and selling jewelry along the backroads of Maui
when a couple stopped by to visit. They were on their honeymoon
and hoped to become pregnant that night.

I gave them the gift of our Cozy cradle baby sling along with a
copy of my book PRIMAL MOTHERING IN A MODERN WORLD
They drove off into the sunset in their rental Mustang convertible.

Two years later I was facing my darkest hour and reached out
via internet to a readership who had needed me all these years
and who I desperately needed right then.

The tourist from Maui suddenly became my cornerstone as she
told me about thebaby they conceived, the daughter they loved,
and how my book kept them strong with every adversity society
threw their way.

Then she told me the most important thing my ears needed to hear...
she said, "Hygeia, you need to read your book."

Tears poured down my face as I read page after page of my own
experience, strength, and hope as a primal mom.

Suddenly I was renewed, rejuvenated, and ready to do what only I could do...
be the she-bear I am and take down the enemy.

May this book serve you the way it has served not only every woman
who has read it but also the author herself!

Love,Hygeia

PRIMAL MOTHERING IN A MODERN WORLD is available foron-line reading at:http://sites.google.com/site/primalmothering/

RAISING YOUR OWN THROUGH THICK OR THIN

"Countless individuals beset by trauma report that
their basic problem is an existence that is without
meaning" Julius Segal


Our nomadic lifestyle has given us the opportunity to witness the "snowbird",
that growing group of grandmothers and grandfathers who travel in their expensive motorhomes, leaving children and grandchildren behind.

A common bumper sticker on these fancy rigs reads,

I'M SPENDING MY CHILDREN'S INHERITANCE

My own growing intergenerational family, happily cramped into our old camper would stare at those bumper stickers in disbelief. We could not even fatham the idea of driving away from let alone taking money away from our loved ones.

While pregnant with my first child, I raised enough money to buy a small travel trailer and old truck with which to pull it. I cleaned restrooms at a state campground in trade for my camping spot where I met a woman who tattooed forevermore the destiny of my maternal soul.

She was walking her fluffy white poodle when our paths crossed. She asked about my pregnancy and then sadness sudenly filled within her and she started to weep. I gave her a hug and asked what was wrong. I'll always remember what she said...

She said for me not to make the same mistake she had made. Decades before, she had bought into the American dream putting her career ahead of her children. Now, twenty five years later she was supposed to be reaping the rewards of that long endurance ride to retirement. Instead of feeling rewarded she felt ripped off. The only thing that remained of her entire mothering experience were pictures of her grandkids she barely knew hanging on her motorhome wall.

She told me that if she had it to do all over again, she would have bought a motorhome instead of the big house, and she would have shared traveling with her children. She would have taken her personal talents seriously and been everything she always wanted to be including the woman who raised her own children instead of farming them out to daycare and the public school system.

She asked me to please stay true to my vision of family nomadism and assurred me that, in hindsight, the poorest of times would prove to be the richest in memories.

The she walked away with her poodle, the closest thing she had to a grandchild, in the direction of her fancy motorhome devoid of maternal joy.

True wealth has nothing to do with money. All the riches in the world can still make you the poorest soul on earth. My book WEALTH IS THE ANSWER is my promise to that woman, as it contains all the rich memories of every poor moment my family has known. May our experience, strength, and hope show you the way to stay true to your maternal soul...your upcoming grandkids will be most grateful!
Love,
Hygeia

WEALTH IS THE ANSWER
on-line reading at
http://sites.google.com/site/primalmothering/

LISTEN TO YOUR MATERNAL HEART

LISTEN TO YOUR MATERNAL HEART
by Hygeia Halfmoon

My favorite book has always been the dictionary. Even as a child I carried it like a bible, looking up words and learning what they meant.

One word that keeps cropping up in letters from people who question my support of teen pregnancy is "condone". Over and over I read lines that go something like these...

"I think it's wrong for you to condone teen pregnancy"

"I don't condone teenagers becoming mothers"

Well, I decided it was time to find out just what these critics are saying. According to my dictionary, condone means to forgive or overlook.

Now what is THAT supposed to mean?

People who condone teen motherhood are forgiving these young women for becoming pregnant?

Or overlooking their "mistake"?

And what about the critics who DON'T condone teen motherhood?

The opposite of condone is condemn, which means to express strong disapproval of, to declare unfit for use, to prove guilty.

Neither of these responses to teen pregnancy bring value to the human experience of young motherhood. Both of these responses are tantamount to spitting upon two generations in one fell swoop - the young mother AND her offspring.

While the majority of society goes about condoning or condemning teen pregnancy my lifework is to stand firm to the fact that teen motherhood aligns young women with their natural development.

Integrity is the act of being whole, and nothing disturbs the human psyche more than oppression. Denial of our primal blossoming in adolescence creates imbalance that can lead to suicidal tendencies, sexual deviance, and paranoia.

Obviously the status quo mentality forced upon our youth is not in alignment with true need. If it were, the United States would not lead the way in teenage suicide. And the high rate of sexually transmitted disease amongst young is the byproduct of promiscuity which is the result of young people being denied the opportunity to enter meaningful relationships. Monogamy is a natural tendency when it is allowed to occur in the first place.

Young people are constantly receiving mixed messages. They are told not to have sex then handed free condoms. They are told abortion is wrong then forced to keep it secret while being driven to an abortion clinic three towns away.

My trusty dictionary describes hypocrisy to be the practice of pretending to higher standards or beliefs than is the case. What a head trip that must be for a pregnant young woman who has been told her entire life that abortion is murder only to have her family insist that, in HER case, abortion is necessary.

Female intellect is very keen. A woman knows whether or not she wants to be pregnant and until a bottle of menstrual pills is sold right alongside other convenient contraceptives abortion is the only option to the woman who chooses not to continue a given pregnancy. I stand behind each and every woman in each and every individual circumstance, whatever the choice she makes. I know all sides because I have been on all sides. I've been condemned repeatedly for my rigorous self-honesty and I can relate to women who have felt similar stones cast their way.

Young mothers have stones cast at them no matter which way they choose. They are ostracized for being pregnant, shamed for getting an abortion, and shunned for being a mother.

Furthermore, when their maternal hearts call upon them to create yet another child they are labeled insane and irresponsible.

When I visit the profiles of my teen mom friends one theme that prevails is the fact that motherhood has brought with it the meaning of "true love". Relationships with men may come and go but true love lives on between a woman and her children. The reason why so many teen moms "find themselves" inside motherhood is because they are in alignment with their primal development.

To thine own self be true, whether it's becoming a mom for the first time or having the courage to welcome the next child you deeply desire. When you're right you only need one argument and the best defense is a good offense.

The only way to take yourself seriously is to take yourself seriously.
Listen to your maternal heart.

Love,Hygeia
myspace.com/hygeiahalfmoon

My inspirational ebooks including
LISTEN TO YOUR HEART are
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BABY SLINGS PRODUCE HAPPY BABIES

Babies who live next to mom in a baby sling are always content
and that's the way it's supposed to be!

Moms who wear their babies always have their hands free to
tend to life's daily tasks

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