Full Circle Child Blog

   Looking back on the 2008 elections, it is clear that media bias and propaganda played a huge role.  Not only does the corporate agenda influence politics, it also affects most of the health information we receive.  The drug (pharmaceutical) companies have extraordinary resources at their disposal, including the media.  After watching the commercials throughout your favorite TV program, you may be convinced that you have symptoms of at least one or two medical problems, requiring the prescription drugs conveniently advertised.  The U.S. and New Zealand are the only two industrialized nations where this “direct-to-consumer” advertising is legal.  These companies also make billions of dollars in profits each year.  Like the oil companies, they continue to profit even in this economy. 

   Now consider this: In 1983, the U.S. media was run by fifty corporations.  By 2004, only six corporations owned our media!  Ironically, there are some obvious connections to the pharmaceutical industry, such as the fact that Thomas H. Glocer, CEO of Reuters (the world’s primary source of news) is also a director of Merck & Co., Inc., a global pharmaceutical company.  Don’t assume that the “experts” on TV have your family’s best interests in mind.  Like the rest of the corporate world, they have one goal; money.  Drug manufacturers even pay broadcast journalists, including Aaron Brown and Walter Cronkite, to host “news” programs.

   In 2001, John Stauber and Sheldon Rampton of the Center for Media and Democracy, co-authored the book Trust Us, We’re Experts, exposing the truth behind the media and PR industries.  They reveal how PR campaigns influence public opinion and deceive consumers into believing what their corporate sponsors desire.  So much for truthful, unbiased reporting!  This is where the internet comes in as another way to find many independent news sources.  Be sure to review information from several reliable sources, especially when it comes to the health of your family.   Health and environmental hazrds have been suppressed and continue to be today.  See my articles about BPA, growth hormones, high fructose corn syrup, GMO foods, and more.  

Sources:  Dr. Mercola (mercola.com), Tate Metro Media, Detroit Metro Times

   This question has been thrown around so much for so long that we don’t even think about the meaning anymore.  Whether you are a stay-at-home mom or working mom, you know that the politically correct answer is yes.  The idea that we can “have it all” has been shoved down our throats and become part of our collective “supermom” subconscience.  As the daughters and grand-daughters of the American feminist movement, how could we possibly say that we are entitled to anything less than “having it all”?  

   We need to re-examine the question and analyze its meaning.  When we hear the phrase “Can we have it all?” it is implied that in order to have it all, one must do it all.  Herein lies the problem.  As a mother, “doing it all” means that no longer is it enough to raise children and manage a household, we must also be capable of running a business or working at least a forty hour week outside of the home, and maintain our sex appeal.  
  

   This idea that women are not good enough or are not complete without stretching themselves in fifty directions at once, is a terrible misconception that needs to come to end.  A mother who devotes herself to staying at home to nurture her children deserves respect and support from those around her.  It is a difficult job that offers no vacation time, monetary benefit or much appreciation.  At the same time, mothers who must work or choose to work outside of the home, also deserve respect and support because it is tough to find a balance between nurturing your own ambitions and your children.
  

   As women we are highly capable of accomplishing what we set out to do.  However, the first step in finding balance and doing the best at whatever we choose to do, is establishing our own priorities and defining for ourselves just what “having it all” means.  When we discover what we really need and want on an individual level, we discover that perhaps we can have it all!
     

Yesterday was an unusually beautiful January day with the sun shining and temperatures reaching over 60 degrees!  We spent much of the day outside, visiting a park, the woods, and our backyard.  At several points, I became aware of my mind wandering away from the moment, focusing on work and other projects that needed my attention.  I had to turn off those voices and focus on being in the moment with my family.  I think many of us deal with these voices and feelings that we should constantly be multi-tasking and “accomplishing” something.  How do you handle it when these “voices” take over?