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The Inspiring Indian Moms behind Namaste Switzerland

It's December 2018 and what better way to wrap up for this year than with a post about not one, not two inspiring Indian Moms but four of them! These amazing women are the brains and brawn behind, Namaste Switzerland, an online magazine that serves as a unique platform for the Indian community in Switzerland. Now, considering we all need that extra push of motivation and inspiration I thought we could speak to all four of them on their journey as Team Namaste Switzerland. I

The Inspiring Indian Moms behind Namaste Switzerland

Mom Speak : 'Post-Adoption Depression'

Editor's Note : This was first posted by Sushi Targett on her blog on the occasion of World Mental Health Day. I asked her if I could publish it on the Times of Amma, as well as I had never heard anyone speak or write about it. I hope that by sharing this important post here, I will be able to amplify her message through the Times of Amma community. Today on World Mental Health day whilst all mothers talk about post natal depression let me introduce to you something new, som

Mom Speak : 'Post-Adoption Depression'

Mom Speak : Living and Mothering With Disability

I was diagnosed with a sensironeural deafness when I was 30. I was, then a mother to a 2 year old daughter. A routine ENT check-up during my annual summer vacation in Madras revealed that I had already lost 60 decibels in both ears and since it was a progressive condition there was little I could do. I could avoid oto toxic drugs, wear hearing aids, avoid stress, loud noises and carry on. It was not going to get better, I was told. The only memory I carry of that visit was

Mom Speak : Living and Mothering With Disability

Mom Speak : It All Starts With Loving Yourself

“You are so chubby and cute! No wonder your sister and you have dimples!” “You have such slim arms for your body” “You carry of sleeveless really well for “your kind”" “You have good child-bearing hips” Some of the few back-handed compliments that I’ve received all my life. Till about my mid-teens, it never bothered me. I had a pretty good childhood, barring being child molested by a family member and I had a boyfriend really early on, which did amazing things for my sel

Mom Speak : It All Starts With Loving Yourself

Inspiring Single Moms : Featuring Maheswari

Editor's Note: As the Times of Amma continues to feature 'Inspiring Single Moms', here is a lovely guest post from Anjana Dhanavanthan who writes about her inspiring mother Maheswari who was a single parent in India, at the time when divorces were taboo. Read her account of being brought by a strong woman who dealt with life's challenges with grit and resilience and zero drama. The loss of one’s parent is a matter of deep grief, but in my case it was met with an ‘Oh! That’

Inspiring Single Moms : Featuring Maheswari

Parent Speak : Bringing Home Our Preemie Baby

As It Happened Two Months to the Due Date Raaghavi : On the 17th February 2017 around 4 a.m, as I came out of the washroom after changing my clothes for the third time, he asked me what was wrong. I told him that I had been urinating from midnight without control. I never realised that my water bag had started leaking until he typed, ‘water-bag discharge during pregnancy’ on Google! It was only the two of us at our home and no one else to help. With no further delay, we rus

Parent Speak : Bringing Home Our Preemie Baby

Mom Speak : Living With Disability

Editor's note: I met Anupama, as I meet most Indian Moms these days, on Instagram. The fact that she too was an expat mom of two like me, living in Europe made her a kindred spirit of sorts and I started following her feed. The first time we struck up a conversation, she told me that she was a Malayali from Kochi who did not speak Malayalam and that she only spoke English. Sensing my mystification she explained that she had been diagnosed with severe hearing loss at the age

Mom Speak : Living With Disability

Star Mom : Kamana Gautam

Kamana Gautam is a mother of two – a tandem Baby-wearing Mom, a lactation counselor, a natural birther and a breastfeeder. With a massive following on social media, her posts resonate with mothers and others who react with love and comments. I’ve been following her for months now and I am so excited to feature her on the Times of Amma. Kamana, you are such an inspiration to Moms on Instagram. Could you tell us about your journey to the babywearing, breastfeeding Mom that you

Star Mom : Kamana Gautam

Inspiring Single Moms : Featuring Asha Sarella

They say that , "Being a single parent is twice the work, twice the stress and twice the tears but also twice the hugs, twice the love and twice the pride." I am perpetually in awe of Single Moms who literally do it all. I feel that we all could stand to learn from them and their journey. This week, The Times of Amma is happy to feature Asha Sarella. Asha is a Bharatanatyam dancer, movement therapist, and a counselor. She works with special needs children and adults, as a da

Inspiring Single Moms : Featuring Asha Sarella

Inspiring Single Moms : Featuring 'Athai'

Editor's Note: As the Times of Amma continues to feature 'Inspiring Single Moms', here is a lovely guest post from Saumya Bala about a mother who was widowed with 3 children in 1970's India, and how she went on to raise her children amidst trying circumstances. 'Athai', as she was affectionately referred to passed away at the age of 88, this past June. Here is her story. "Athai" When I look back upon my childhood, I see that it sparkled with a fine collection of aunts and

Inspiring Single Moms : Featuring 'Athai'

Inspiring Single Moms : Featuring Udita Saklani

They say that , "Being a single parent is twice the work, twice the stress and twice the tears but also twice the hugs, twice the love and twice the pride." I am perpetually in awe of Single Moms who literally do it all. I feel that we all could stand to learn from them and their journey. This week the Times of Amma is happy to feature, Udita Saklani , mom to an almost 2.5 year old lovely daughter named Varanya or Zuzu as she is called at home. Udita has been a single mo

Inspiring Single Moms : Featuring Udita Saklani

Inspiring Single Moms : Featuring Sanaa

They say that , "Being a single parent is twice the work, twice the stress and twice the tears but also twice the hugs, twice the love and twice the pride." I am perpetually in awe of Single Moms who literally do it all. I feel that we all could stand to learn from them and their journey. This week, the Times Of Amma is happy to feature inspiring single mom, Sanaa. Sanaa is a writer, diagonal hugger, and founder of Kidchen. An attempt to encourage the next generation to

Inspiring Single Moms : Featuring Sanaa

Star Mom : Neha Chawla

An HR professional, a former airline crew and an educationist, Neha Chawla has chased all her dreams with her prowess and dedication. Multitasking work and children, she says that there are no excuses for achieving your dreams. Her first book of short poems "Thoughts have Wings To Touch the Sky' is now available worldwide via online sellers. Thank you, Neha for taking the time out to talk to the Times Of Amma. Apart from your family, what would you define as your passion?

Star Mom : Neha Chawla

Mom Speak : Vani on Life After Her Angel Baby

So I have been wanting to write about my Pregnancy story for a while now. But I just didn't have the courage or time. This draft has been lying with me incomplete for over 2 years. Today is the day I thought. Anyway here goes... 4 years back around the month of March.. a little bean was conceived... First child for us, first grandchild for both our families.. everyone was elated.... wishes poured in... blessings were sent.... temples were visited and advices were given in ab

Mom Speak : Vani on Life After Her Angel Baby

Moms Who Blog : Featuring Janani Viswanathan

Hello and welcome to Mom Blogger October on the Times of Amma. As regular readers know, the Times Of Amma community is all about inspiring Moms and building them up as they work on being themselves and Mothers. And so, this month is dedicated to featuring Moms who are working on being themselves and mothers, while expressing themselves through their blogs. Today we feature Janani Viswanathan who blogs on twins in the womb, twins in NICU and Parenting Twins. Janani graduate

Moms Who Blog : Featuring Janani Viswanathan

Star Mom : B. Gayathri

Gayathri is a full-time internal auditor and a mother of two. She has been based in Texas for nine years. As with many of the inspiring Moms I meet, I met Gayathri too on Instagram. She posts about her adorable children and about the loveliest handicrafts that she uses for home décor. What made me want to feature her on The Times of Amma was a series of posts that she did on creating a Madhubani painting on one of the walls of her home. Mind you, this is a mother of two wit

Star Mom : B. Gayathri

Mom Speak : Dhivya on her challenging breastfeeding journey

Breastfeeding was a challenge for me and my babe, right from the start it did not feel like it was meant to be. It started soon after Advika was born on a cold blurry winter morning in February of 2014. I had a quick an easy labour, and she popped out beautifully, curiously looking around with her bright sparkly eyes. I had read all about breastfeeding and spoken to other moms and I knew I wanted to experience it and pass on the antibodies that were much needed to build her i

Mom Speak : Dhivya on her challenging breastfeeding journey

Mom Speak : Ranjani on her One Month Old's Date with God

Here goes a small story of my little Miracle who decided to meet God for some time and come back. This was my second pregnancy after 5 years. I was very happy and so was my family. My first one was smooth sailing and so I thought, this one would be too. However, I started spotting and that was the first step followed by many other events. I was asked to abort my liltle champ four times for different reasons till the second trimester.I hated going for scans .I decided to cont

Mom Speak : Ranjani on her One Month Old's Date with God

Inspiring Mompreneur : Jaya Narayan

Welcome to yet another edition of the Times Of Amma Mompreneur series where we talk to mothers who have transformed their passions into money-making ventures. From online jewellery stores, to handmade craft collectibles to potential actualizing workshops and much more. We hope that their accounts of the highs and lows of their entrepreneurial journey will inspire other mothers to hold on to their dreams and follow them through. Today, we speak to Jaya Narayan a Bangalore ba

Inspiring Mompreneur : Jaya Narayan

Mom Speak with Nameeta Sohoni

When a friend introduced me to Nameeta's mom blog what struck me the most was her voice. It was strident, unapologetic and strong. Nameeta is a communication designer specializing in branding and packaging design. She has her own practice called Bayo design. A mum to two absolutely delightful babies, her baby food blog is called NomNomMum which documents her babies’ journey into the world of food. She lives in Mumbai with her Singer-Composer husband Rajiv. As I browsed thr

Mom Speak with Nameeta Sohoni

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