Tami Lynn Kent > Quotes

“Nothing is more precious than loving the life you make for yourself, and nothing is worse than making a life and trying to fit within its parameters as an afterthought.”
― Tami Lynn Kent, Wild Creative: Igniting Your Passion and Potential in Work, Home, and Life

“The idea of synchronizing her outer movements with the natural rhythms of her body inspired her,”
― Tami Lynn Kent, Wild Feminine: Finding Power, Spirit & Joy in the Female Body

“While each of these may be convenient at the time (and easier choices, culturally, than choosing menstrual retreat, natural birth, breastfeeding, mother-baby dependency, and unmedicated menopause), there is a downside. Each time we deny our female functions, each time we deviate from our bodies’ natural path, we move farther away from our feminine roots. This can create distress within our bodies and can set the scene for further problems, physically and emotionally, for ourselves and our families. - this quote is from the Foreword to Wild Feminine; the foreword is by Sarah J. Buckley, MD”
― Tami Lynn Kent, Wild Feminine: Finding Power, Spirit, & Joy in the Root of the Female Body

“Each generation brings progress. The feminist movement liberated women from the roles that restricted their career choices and personal freedom, but it left much to be done regarding the balance of our work and home lives. Women gained access to the working world and professional development, but the more feminine realms—and the nurturing and caregiving roles related to our less visible inner sanctuaries—were often sacrificed in the process.”
― Tami Lynn Kent, Wild Feminine: Finding Power, Spirit & Joy in the Female Body

“Too many dreams have been cast aside in the pursuit of a career or financial security, based on a formula of success as written by the societal pressures of the “rational mind.” Yet deep and lasting happiness requires expression of the soul—and not in between the tasks of one’s working life but as a fundamental way of being.”
― Tami Lynn Kent, Wild Creative: Igniting Your Passion and Potential in Work, Home, and Life

“Mothering is a true spiritual path in that it will expand your spirit, make painfully visible your personal limitations, and bring some of the greatest heart-opening moments of bliss”
― Tami Lynn Kent, Wild Mothering: Finding Power, Spirit, and Joy in Birth and a Creative Motherhood

“I continue to witness a universal pelvic disconnect. Sometimes the detachment is physical: a woman has difficulty feeling her vaginal muscles. Other times it is emotional: a woman disassociates herself from her pelvic space as a way of coping with painful associations regarding femininity or her body. More subtly, this pelvic disconnect is energetic.”
― Tami Lynn Kent, Wild Feminine: Finding Power, Spirit, & Joy in the Root of the Female Body