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Resources for White Folks who want to Educate Themselves on Racism

by Wilrieke | Jun 23, 2020 | Emotions & Insecurity, Non Monogamy, Polyamory & Open Relating, Parenting, Sexuality, Spirituality

This is an ever-evolving collection of resources for white folk who desire to educate themselves about racism, white supremacy, colonialism, cultural appropriation etc. The first lesson I received and would like to share is this: Listen. Listen to those voices who...

Sitting with Overwhelmed Children

by Wilrieke | Dec 4, 2019 | Courage & Fear, Emotions & Insecurity, Parenting, Relationships, Tantra

Eight years ago on this night, I wasn’t sleeping. My body was feeling the contractions of my third child coming. The Little Pirate was on her way. Her birth was special. It was calm, peaceful, fast. Just like her sisters, she came out of my womb on a stool in...

Balance is in the Extremes

by Wilrieke | Aug 27, 2019 | Courage & Fear, Emotions & Insecurity, Non Monogamy, Polyamory & Open Relating, Parenting

To me, balance isn’t a steady state. Balance rather is the ‘average’ of extremes. Being introvert and extrovert. Being shy and outgoing. Bringing the kids to school, and traveling the world giving kinky workshops. Just to name a few.....

‘Mum, there’s hair under your arm!’

by Wilrieke | Jan 8, 2019 | Courage & Fear, Emotions & Insecurity, Parenting, Relationships

My youngest daughter, aged 7, hugged me yesterday and yelled in an amused, surprised way: “Mom, there’s hair under your arm!” And I told her about female bodies, how they grow, develop, change. That it’s absolutely normal that hair grows at...

Don’t Live In a Box

by Wilrieke | May 14, 2018 | Courage & Fear, Emotions & Insecurity, Non Monogamy, Polyamory & Open Relating, Parenting

Those days where I feel unhappy, stuck and trapped, I notice I’ve been putting myself in a box again. It’s a thing. A paradoxical thing. Humans like to put their world into boxes. Other humans, their calendar, their work, their relationship, their sexuality, other...

I’m a Wild Mum

by Wilrieke | Apr 9, 2018 | Courage & Fear, Emotions & Insecurity, Parenting

I’m not the mum who’s waiting at school every day With tea and biscuits ready And patiently plays with dolls.   I’m not the mum who stopped her career Stopped her own ambitions And started putting everyone else first.   I’m not the...
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