Unclassified Woman

Randi Buckley writes and coaches emotionally aware, deeply contemplative women toward finding their truth, with depth and beauty, with life’s big questions and sticky situations.  She is the creator of “Maybe Baby" - When you hear this whisper of “maybe” in your heart”, “Healthy Boundaries for Kind People”, and “The Viking Woman Workshop”. Today we discuss the nature of ambivalence and our experiences with it. You can reach Randi at www.randibuckley.com.  As Randi covers the following areas of ambivalence about having children, you can expect to hear: Randi knew as a 6-7-year-old girl that she didn’t want to have children because she equated having a child with NOT being a feminist. She never saw herself as a mother and was horrified when she heard the whisper of “maybe” in her late 30's. Randi found that many of her beliefs about motherhood and childbearing were not her own, but were society-driven. Randi had initially believed that motherhood would make her into all the things she didn’t want to be. It’s o