transformation Archives - Barbara Buckner Suárez

How Can a Haircut Make Such a Difference?!

by Barbara Buckner Suárez | changes, family, transformation

I took my very soon-to-be 16-year-old son to the local hair salon this week to get his first real haircut. Well, not his very first real haircut. For the past eight years or so, I’ve been giving him a buzz cut in our bathroom as he sits in the tub. Why? Let me be...

I CAN’T Do It All! (And I’m OK With That)

by Barbara Buckner Suárez | feminism, reality, transformation

I’m having a conversation online about how feminism might have screwed us. But before everyone gets all worked up, let me plead my case. We’re supposed to be able to “do it all” but too many of us (all of us?) are finding that it’s impossible to live up to that ideal...

How Pregnancy & Birth Transformed Me

by Barbara Buckner Suárez | changes, parenting, power, process, transformation

It’s not a new idea: Pregnancy and birth are powerful, transformative experiences. But I believe this power to transform happens every single time you’re preparing to become a parent, whether it’s your first time or your fifth! Each of my...

Hopelessly Devoted to You…

by Barbara Buckner Suárez | activism, Childbirth Education, confidence, decisions, devotion, impact, transformation

de·vot·ed /dəˈvōdəd/ adjective adjective: devoted 1. very loving or loyal. “he was a devoted husband” synonyms: loyal, faithful, true, staunch, steadfast, constant, committed, dedicated, devout; fond, loving, affectionate, caring, admiring “a devoted...

The Eyes Have It

by Barbara Buckner Suárez | 4th trimester, changes, Childbirth Education, expectation, newborn, parenting, ready, reality, teaching, transformation, vulnerability

There’s an article that I just read from the BBC about a project called “One Day Young” from London photographer, Jenny Lewis, who for the past seven years has been capturing a stolen moment in time in the lives of new mother/baby pairs within 24 hours of birth....

The Power of Story

by Barbara Buckner Suárez | process, transformation, vulnerability, writing

I am a really, really big NPR geek. It started when I was a stay-at-home Momma after the birth of my first baby. My girl never slept during the day through that whole 4th Trimester – unless I was holding her. (This was sixteen a LONG time ago! Long before the...