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x, 232 pages ; 23 cm |
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Introduction PART ONE The east: here's to your new beginning. Finding your way Moving the winds Is it susto or ser? PART TWO The north: time to meet the family. Setting your table Becoming remothered The smoking mirror PART THREE The west: how to let that shit go, for real this time. Building your medicine bag Reclaiming your worth Coming back to your body PART FOUR The south: facing the fire. Following the hummingbird Home sweet home Rooting to rise PART FIVE The fifth direction: connecting it all. Writing a new flower song |
| Summary |
Anyone scrolling through Robyn Moreno’s social media and seeing her with her adorable kids and taking the stage at empowerment conferences would have thought she had it all together. But the truth behind her well-curated pics was that Robyn was burnt out: in the midst of a full-on, midlife meltdown caused by that all-too-familiar working mom tightrope walk coupled with painful family drama. To save her soul, sanity, and family, Robyn quit her manic #mommyboss existence, and set out on a 260-day spiritual journey based on an ancient Mexica (Aztec) calendar, studying the medicine of her Mexican grandmothers: curanderismo. She learned about sustos—soul losses—and ser—your true essence. She reconnected with family she hadn’t spoken to in ages, and learned fantastical stories about her great-grandmother, Mama Natalia, who was a curandera. She took cooking lessons with a tough but tender-hearted Mexican chef and found community, and joy, in hiking. She had dramatic moments with her sisters, her mom, her husband, and herself. And finally, she went into the jungle of Belize and found healing in the most unexpected way. Reckoning with the hidden stories and aspects of her family and her Mexican American culture that were transforming and heartbreaking brought Robyn to an unshakable understanding of who she is and how she fits into this world. And, by looking to her past to decide which traditions, which medicines, to pass on to her daughters—and which to leave behind—she began to root into the person she was meant to be. |
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Moreno, Robyn, 1973-
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Self-actualization (Psychology)
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Mental health.
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Traditional medicine -- Mexico.
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Mexican Americans -- Folklore.
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| ISBN |
9780306926273 (hardcover) |
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030692627X (hardcover) |
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