With the baby coming in less than a month, I’ve started to read books on labor. My mom got me this great labor booked called “Better Birthing with Hypnosis, mindful Pregnancy and easy labor using the Leclaire Childbirth Method” by Michelle Leclaire O’Neill, Ph.D., R.N. I’ve starting skimming it and I came across this wonderful meditation about staying in touch your purpose and body. It could be used for more than labor. Here are a few lines from the mediation. Page 180:
- Feet: Walk your own path. What does that mean to you?
- Legs: Support yourself and get proper support from others.
- Hands: Reach out and hold onto what you want and need. Let go of what you don’t need or want.
- Arms: Comfort and embrace yourself, your baby, and others whom you chose.
- Shoulders: Carry what you want and need. Let go of the rest. Ask your own inner guide or your own higher power for the wisdom to know the difference.
- Eyes: See what you choose to see. Fill your eyes with beauty. Choose your literature, television, and movies carefully. Spend as much time as you can in nature in the midst of wherever you are. While you’re pregnant, make a list of what you want to to show your baby.
Reading: “The Lost Symbol” by Dan Brown.
Watching: My stomach as the baby kicks. So amazing…
Thinking about: All the things we have to buy for the baby.
Thankful: For having the opportunity to have a career and a family.
Looking forward to: A Baby Shower Luncheon hosted by my awesome sister Missy and great friend Maria.
4 time in a row NASCAR Sprint Champion Jimmie Johnson is becoming a father this July. Yeah! Matthias and I totally have something in common with Jimmie, parenthood! Yeah baby, our baby will be born in the same year. Cool beans! Best wishes you two. (Come on, I know…random NASCAR post but, it’s kind of cool if think about it)
As president and member of the California Community College Student Affairs Association (CCCSAA), I have noticed a very hot topic that has come up on our Email List Serve. There have been a lot of questions and responses around what is the role of student government advisors, what can campuses do when the administration is talking about cutting student life programs as part of the budget cuts, and what will be the future of student affairs on community college campuses. To help bring awareness about the importance of student life programs, especially on community college campuses and to help advisors advocate more for their programs, the CCCSAA board decided to bring back a document that was developed in 1994 at our Annual Professional Conference. The document is called the California Community College Student Affairs Association Statement of Professional Standards and Competences. The document provides professional standards and competencies for student affairs professionals on community college campuses. The professional standards and competences address management, supervision, and professional development, along with student development and student relationships. The document also includes Student Affairs/Activities minimum standards for hiring Student Affairs/Activities Personnel.
I encourage all student affairs professionals and managers to visit www.cccsaa.org, click on resources to download a copy of the CCCSAA Statement of Professional Standards and Competences. It is an excellent resource. There is a link off my website under Links.