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I am the bird in the cage plucking out my feathers
So as the rest of the world is trying to speed up every moment I am trying to slow it all down. As many are readily inviting digital and AI and instant hot water taps and robot typed messages and automatic everything, I am inviting analogue and using my brain and waiting for the kettle to boil and letters and manual everything.
Carly Chandler-Morris
Jul 294 min read
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Is it really consent if they don't have a choice?
An unexpected consequence of learning to handle the alpacas in a gentle and respectful way, was that it was teaching me how I can ask for the type of handling I need as a survivor of abuse and how we, as humans, can learn to accept each other as we are.
Carly Chandler-Morris
Apr 152 min read
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Finally accepting who I am at nearly 37
Most kids tend to have imaginary friends. I had imaginary animals. Three of them; a bird, a horse and a dog. If I could, I would always choo
Carly Chandler-Morris
Apr 62 min read
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Trying to Bring a Mother-Centric, Cyclical, Sustainable, Nature Inspired Approach to Farming
Farming, mothering, being the family provider. All of these roles and many more offer little respite. They offer little space to breathe but
Carly Chandler-Morris
Mar 117 min read
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A Scandinavian Inspired Unschooling Winter of Farming
Farming with my child in tow was dreamy in the summer and autumn last year but as it started turning cold and went and windy towards the end
Carly Chandler-Morris
Mar 61 min read
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Is She Difficult or is She Just Anxious and Sensitive? - How learning to respectfully handle alpacas has taught me a lot about how I need to be handled
The most sensitive of our animals have often been the most poorly handled and often carry an inaccurate label. A label that describes who th
Carly Chandler-Morris
Mar 46 min read
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Why CameliDynamics is as Good for me as it is for the Alpacas and How it has Translated into my Parenting
When I first started working with alpacas in the summer, one of the first thoughts I had was that I wasn't sure if I could possibly do this
Carly Chandler-Morris
Jan 286 min read
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Beware the Trappings of Domesticated Womanhood
When our hair is straightened smooth it stops us dancing in the rain,
And with our lashes painted black we hold back tears and hide the pain
Carly Chandler-Morris
Dec 8, 20241 min read
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How I Found My Way to Unschooling and Why We're Choosing This Path
Societal norms Before we had our daughter the only thing we'd agreed was that I'd stay home with her until the government paid for her...
Carly Chandler-Morris
Sep 26, 202415 min read
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Using the DIY Punk Ethos to Get Creative Things Done in the Season of Motherhood
I played in a touring punk band in my early 20s. I was immersed in the punk scene and everything was DIY. This is how I met my husband Josh.
Carly Chandler-Morris
Jul 10, 20242 min read
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Baby Sensory - Enrichment for Captive Babies
It's just that I've come to see these things for what they are - enrichment for captive babies.
That's not me saying that we've made our ba
Carly Chandler-Morris
Jun 26, 20245 min read
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Bringing Children Back into Society
As I move about my day running errands and catching up with friends we're often the only mother toddler dyad I see.
Carly Chandler-Morris
May 31, 20244 min read
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Where are the Wild Children?
Humans spend so much time fighting for threatened species without realising that WE are a threatened species. How many wilder humans are the
Carly Chandler-Morris
May 9, 20243 min read
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Ovulation, The Forgotten Part of Our Cycles
I want to address something that's been on my mind a bit lately... I think it’s bloody wonderful that menstrual cycles are coming out of...
Carly Chandler-Morris
Apr 30, 20242 min read
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It's Still Not Safe For Women To Feel It All
Last week I was setting up the central altar for our Wild Woman Yoga class. I popped on a playlist and found myself dancing, singing and...
Carly Chandler-Morris
Mar 5, 20242 min read
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Healing Through Homemaking
I adore a good book. I could write a bibliography of my life through books. I love the journey they take you on, the way they make you...
Carly Chandler-Morris
Feb 5, 20244 min read
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A Journey Through the Layers of the Heart
‘Heart opening’, a little like ‘letting go’, always sounds so gentle and effortless like a rose unfurling its petals on a warm summer’s...
Carly Chandler-Morris
Jan 26, 20243 min read
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Rewilding sleep - how modern baby, toddler and teen sleep advice is affecting our mental health
I have never thought about, talked about or longed for sleep more than I do these days. Other than a brief period of calorie deficiency...
Carly Chandler-Morris
Jan 8, 20244 min read
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I can't 'just be' is there something wrong with me? An alternate view of the holy grail of wellness
Hey loves, I'd love to unpack a mindfulness concept in the context of... yes you guessed it... anthropology. 'Non-doing', 'just being'......
Carly Chandler-Morris
Dec 18, 20232 min read
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Is gentle parenting the domesticated version of natural parenting?
Books have been an incredible way for me to undo cultural and familial conditioning and reconnect to the parent I truly want to be. I...
Carly Chandler-Morris
Dec 7, 20234 min read
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