WHAT'S SPECIAL ABOUT MOTHERS?

Mother is about creativity and the very act of creation. It is also about nurturing, guiding, and supporting. Often mother demonstrates tenancity, protectiveness, preservation and resourcefulness. One of the great lessons of the mother archetype is the process of life and mothering. It is important to create, nurture, empower and release.

Mother and Motherhood Quotations:

"The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new." - Rajneesh

"Of all the rights, the greatest is to be a mother." - Lin Yutang

"A mother's arms are more comforting than anyone else's." - Diana, Princess of Wales

"Becoming a mother makes you the mother of all children. From now on each wounded, abandoned, frightened child is yours. You live in the suffering mothers of every race and creed and weep with them. You long to comfort all who are desolate." - Charlotte Gray

"A woman establishes maternal identity as she becomes a mother through her commitment to and involvement in defining her new self. Maternal identity continues to evolve as the mother acquires new skills to regain her confidence in self as new challenges arise." - Ramona T. Mercer

"the unique psychological transformation that occurs in women when they become mothers...validates the often confusing emotions that accompany the development of a new identity." - Daniel N. Stern

The Mother as Archetype

Whether through myth, fairy tale or film, one of the most easily recognized archetypes is that of the Mother. Archetypes are universally understood patterns of behavior that transcend geography, ethnicity, or era.



What we mean by the terms "MOTHER" and "MOTHERHOOD"

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Million Mums - Why Mums Matter

Featuring Sarah Brown, Naomi Campbell, Davina McCall, Kylie Minogue, Alexa Chung and many more, Why Mums Matter, by Torie Chilcott at Rockabox Media is a inspirational film to raise awareness and garner support for the White Ribbon Alliance's Million Mums campaign. Please take a minute to watch the film and join the Million Mums campaign and show the world that mothers really matter.




The White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood is an international coalition of individuals and organizations formed to promote increased public awareness of the need to make pregnancy and childbirth safe for all women and newborns in the developing, as well as, developed countries.

The white ribbon is dedicated to the memory of all women who have died in pregnancy and childbirth. In some cultures, white symbolizes mourning and in others it symbolizes hope and life. The white ribbon represents this dual meaning globally. The White Ribbon Alliance not only works to sustain life and hope for all women, but also mourns and honors those women who did not survive pregnancy or childbirth.