Dear Readers,

I hope you enjoy this special issue dedicated to Women’s Wellness. In honor of it, I wanted to include some inspiration from Christiane Northrup, M.D., a leading authority in the field of women’s health and wellness. She speaks about Mother’s Day, and while not all of us are mothers, we all have mothers and our wonderful Mother Earth. Enjoy!

The Mother Our Souls Need

Connecting with the Energy That Made Us

by Christiane Northrup

This Mother’s Day, I want to tell you about a different way to think about your mother and about yourself—a way that is deeply true and liberating, no matter what is going on with your mother.

        On a soul level, we’re old friends with our mothers. And they signed up for assisting us on our souls’ journeys big time—by being willing to take on the role of our mother. And no matter how well they did or didn’t do that job, we have a job, too: to realize that though we might not have had the mother we wanted, we all got the mother our souls needed.

        What’s more, every single one of us can connect right now with the mother energy that made all of our bodies in the first place—the Earth herself.

        It has been said that when you lavish your attention on the Earth—on a flower, or a stream or any aspect of nature—that energy loves you right back.

        In the book series The Ringing Cedars, Anastasia refers to the land you live on and love as, “Love dissolved in space.” You can feel this when you travel to parks and gardens, farms and yards that have been loved by those who live there. This mothering energy is available to each of us from the Earth and from Mother Nature—no matter what has happened with your biological mother.

        So here is my prescription for a glorious Mother’s Day.

        Call your mother—in spirit, if she is no longer in a body—or if speaking with her directly is too painful. Here’s a special prayer: “With my Spirit, I send Divine Love to my mother’s Spirit.”

        That’s it. Just say this prayer. With your whole heart. And let go of the outcome.

Happy Mother’s Day.

Christiane Northrup, M.D., is a leading authority in the field of women’s health and wellness. The full text of this excerpt, reprinted with permission, appears at DrNorthrup.com. © Christiane Northrup, Inc. All rights reserved.

Happy Mother’s Day and Father’s Day!