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Kindred Spirit June 2008 |
Welcome to the June edition of Kindred Spirit, the Kindred magazine e-newsletter.
Happiness is a warm puppy.
Charles M Schulz
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Latest Articles - Intact? Don't Retract, plus Stress Hormones & Your Emotional Health.
Kindred Online - Kali's Pregnancy Journal & our new home page.
Special Feature - Jill Bolte Taylor's stroke of insight.
Kindred News - Cotton wool kids, teflon in breast milk & a simple plastics guide.
Events & Workshops - Healthy Brains, Happy Kids & Kali's radio show.
Seasonal Eating - In Season recipe for June with Michele Dennis.
Shop Kindred - Subscribe for a free Kindred bag by Ecosilk®.
Subscribe & Win! - a gorgeous prize pack from Huggalugs.
Kindred Spirit Sponsors - Australian Breastfeeding Association.
Become a Kindred newsletter sponsor - and reach over 4,000 people in the Kindred community.
Kindred magazine - the current issue.
Featured Kindred Outlet - Handmade Naturals.
Where to Buy - Kindred magazine near you.
Recommended Websites - Connected Parenting, Herdshare and Kindred on Facebook.
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Latest Articles
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Intact? Don't Retract - A Kindred magazine special feature
Doctors Opposing Circumcision (D.O.C), an international physicians’ charity, fields around three anguished complaints each week from parents of intact (not circumcised) boys whose foreskins were retracted by ignorant medical practitioners. Sadly, premature, forcible foreskin retraction is a much more painful, serious, and potentially permanent injury than most parents imagine...more
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Stress Hormones & Your Emotional Health
Most practitioners like myself find ourselves talking about the effects of stress to clients more often than not. Stress can be physical, mental and/or emotional, and is seen as a major contributor to many serious diseases. The effects of stress are due to the production of stress hormones — cortisol, adrenaline, and noradrenaline...more
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Kindred Online
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Kali's Pregnancy Journal
Kindred magazine editor, Kali Wendorf is pregnant with her third child. Join Kali on her pregnancy journey to by subscribing to her online Pregnancy Journal. Kali will be making regular journal entries, sharing with her readers her thoughts and emotions as she faces all the decisions that need to be made while pregnant. If you are pregnant or thinking about becoming pregnant, Kali’s journal is a great way to sort through the many options available to pregnant women today. Kali would love you to share your experiences too...more
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We
have a new home page on our website, so now it's even easier to find
your favourite articles and simpler to shop in our online store. We've
also added a search engine so you can find all articles and products
related to your chosen topic. Enjoy!...more
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My Stroke of Insight
Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she realised she was having a massive stroke. She watched as her brain functions shut down one by one: motion, speech, memory, self-awareness ...What resulted was a gift beyond any other and a message for us all...more
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Kindred News
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'Cotton wool' kids losing basic skills
Panicky parents are breeding a generation of 'cotton wool kids' too afraid to climb trees or ride their bikes, NSW's most senior child guardian has warned. Mums and dads are so fixated on keeping their children safe that children are growing into nervous adults without acquiring basic survival skills along the way....more
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How to read labels on plastic containers and products
Unfortunately, the average consumer is buying more and more products packaged in plastic. It's getting harder and harder to find non-plastic containers. So what should the educated consumer do? But if you have to buy plastic, what's the best option? Learn more by using this handy guide...more
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Chemicals used to make nonstick (Teflon) cookware and stain-resistant (scotchgard) fabrics are spreading around the world and turning up in surprising places, everywhere from wildlife and drinking water supplies to human blood. Now, a team of researchers has found these suspected carcinogens in samples of human milk from nursing mothers in Massachusetts...more
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Events & Workshops
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Healthy Bodies, Healthy Brains Seminar
Saturday 21st June. Moruya, NSW
What is learning? How do we learn? How can a child appear intelligent, yet have learning difficulties? Do you know a child with ADHD, allergies, asthma or autism? How does the food we eat affect the functioning of our brains?...more
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Happy Kids is a brand new course for parents in 3 sessions - will be held at Montessori Works preschool, Randwick, NSW on Monday nights from June 16th. This is a fresh new course for Australian parents who want their kids to be happy, both in the short and long term...more
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Healthy Alternatives for Kids on 94.1FM
On the second Monday of every month at 4pm Australian EST, Kindred magazine editor, Kali Wendorf produces a new radio
segment: Healthy Alternatives for Kids on Wonderful World Media, a
Melbourne-based radio station. Listen live online to some of Kindred's
favourite writers and thinkers. If you're
in Melbourne, listen live on the radio on 3WBC, 94.1FM...more
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Seasonal Eating
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In Season in June - Potato & Leek Soup
This time of year, with shorter days and cooler weather many cooks are enjoying the change of season. It is the time of year for a good soup and it is easy to take the cues from your kitchen garden or what can be picked up at the farmer’s market. Always keep your herb pots nearby for easy access, especially in winter when it is often dark before dinner is cooked. This simple potato leek soup can be prepared in about an hour....more
*Photo - a potato plant in bloom.
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Kindred magazine special offer
Subscribe (or resubscribe) to Kindred magazine for 3 years and you will automatically receive a free Kindred 'Alpha' bag by Ecosilk®.
Ecosilk® bags are a stylish alternative to plastic bags, incorporating fashion and the environment, resulting in a new generation eco-friendly shopping bag. Made from endlessly recyclable 100% nylon parachute silk. Light and compact, fitting into any handbag or pocket. Incredibly strong, easily carrying up to 13 kilos. Lasting a minimum of 5 years, thereby eliminating many hundreds of plastic bags in their life cycle, and looking good at the same time. Subscribe to Kindred online or call 02 6684 4353.
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Subscribe and Win
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Subscribe & Win a Huggalugs pack!
Just in time for winter, we have three Huggalugs prize packs to giveaway, each containing a Huggalugs extra large bunny rug plus matching leg and arm huggers.
To win one of these gorgeous prize packs, simply call our offices on 02 6684 4353 and subscribe to Kindred magazine for two years or more.
Check out the complete Huggalugs range at www.huggalugs.com.au
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Competition Winners
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Nature Babycare
Congratulations to the winners of our May newsletter subscription competition:
Katinka Lytton-Hitchins, QLD
Melissa Bock, QLD
Jenny O'Bryan, TAS
You have each won a Nature Babycare
prize pack containing two packs of eco-friendly, biodegradable
disposable nappies, one pack of baby wipes and one pack of nappy bags.
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Kindred Spirit Sponsors
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Australian Breastfeeding Association
The Australian Breastfeeding Association now has TWO great subscription offers:
New subscribers will receive a FREE copy of ABA's comprehensive book, 'Breastfeeding...Naturally.' (RRP $34.95) ** This offer includes gift memberships – give a new family a gift that shows you really care. Renew your subscription and receive Pinky McKay’s exciting new book ‘Toddler Tactics’ FREE! (usually $24.95).
Subscription to the Australian Breastfeeding Association is only $50 for one year...more
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Become a Kindred Spirit Sponsor
To find out how you can become a Kindred e-newsletter sponsor and reach over 4,000 Kindred community members with your website, business or service, click here to send us an email or phone 02 6684 4353.
For advertising guidelines, please see our website
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Kindred Magazine
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Kindred magazine. June-Sept 08
Mothers Rising – reclaiming our birth rights and VBAC.
Only Clean What Is Seen - Forcible Foreskin Retractions.
Sugar - Weapon of mass consumption.
What’s behind rising food prices?
Healthy Home Renovations.
and much more...
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Featured Kindred Outlet
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Handmade Naturals
For all things natural and non toxic for you and your very precious little ones visit us in person at our beautiful shop or visit us online...more
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If you would like to have Kindred available in your store, email us for more information or phone our offices on 02 6684 4353.
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Kindred near you
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newsagents, baby stores, health food stores and now in the US from selected Barnes
& Noble stores.
To find a retailer near you, visit the Where To Buy page on our website.
If you would like to stock Kindred magazine in your store, email us
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Recommended Websites
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Connected Parenting
At Connected Parenting we’re not going to tell you how to parent. What we aim to provide is an experience which will connect you with ‘the parent within’ while connecting you with other parents so you never feel alone during your parenting journey...more
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Welcome to herdshare.com - we are in the process of creating a site that will enable farmers and their share holders to set-up and manage their herd share agreements and operations...more
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The Chemical Maze 4th edition
Now in its 4th edition, Bill Statham's shopping companion, The Chemical Maze has been incredibly influential in making people aware of the various poisons and chemicals in every day products and how to avoid them. 'Our mission is to assist people from
Price: $ 20.00
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Wonder Tales of Earth and Sea CD
WARNING: This CD will ignite your child's imagination and cause them to listen to it over and over instead of watching TV!
Winner of the National Library of Australia's Special Award for children 4-9 years
Entertain the kids in the car, before bed,
Price: $ 30.00
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Pushing for Birth Reform
Birth groups all over the country arecampaigning for reform of Australia’s birth care services. With the crisis in current care systems, the National Maternity Action Plan helps us all sing the same song towards change. We are on the threshold of a rare o |
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Autism is Treatable: Hope that is real, treatments that heal
Sara and her family are one of thousands of families who have discovered successful treatments for their children's autism and shared their successes with other parents and researchers at the Autism Research Institute. |
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How to create a parent support group that works
Parenting can be a lonely and isolated life. Robin Grille lays out some steps to create a support group that works. Getting the parental support that is needed is vital to the growth of our children and our society. |
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US Health Professionals Make Dramatic Call to Cease Fluoridation
Health professionals worldwide are waking up to the hazards posed by water flouridation, saying that flouride, a neurotoxin, is hazardous to children and to adults, with flouride being linked to many childhood and adult illnesses. |
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Birthing at Home - a powerful and important social contribution
In 2001, actress Ricki Lake gave birth to her second child in her home—with the assistance of a midwife. She decided to birth at home after she experienced unwanted medical interventions while delivering her first child. |
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