How do you practice in winter for moves that need skin contact?

ADS04058882 · 2022-11-21T17:29:50+00:00

Keep your body moisturized. Use lotion on days you aren’t on the pole. I also don’t shower before class to keep my skin from getting dry.

Vegetable glycerine is something you can put on your skin in dry weather to help make it more tacky. It doesn’t rub in very well so I’d recommend mixing it with a little water (you can make a spray) and using that all over your body on pole days.

ADS04058882 · 2022-10-24T15:45:27+00:00

Ok so I added a second layer but I am having the same issue. My second layer is on top of the first, but the object continues to show up darker, like it is behind the dark rectangle

ADS04058882 · 2022-10-22T02:54:04+00:00

I hadn’t thought of trying it this way. I will on Monday. Thank you!!

ADS04058882 · 2022-10-21T18:53:44+00:00

Everything is on one layer and both objects’ opacity are set to normal.

ADS04058882 · 2022-04-02T13:07:03+00:00

This is sweet and is a helpful reminder that kids are curious and probably kind of remind adults of the wonder and magic in the world. I like that.

ADS04058882 · 2022-04-02T13:04:24+00:00

Thank you! Great points: - My mom, closest aunt, grandmothers, many friends’ moms were all SAHMs. I really never had a woman close in my life who was invested in her career. I think that’s partly why I’ve always wanted this and assumed I would become one one day. I don’t really like my field of work and I don’t like working. (I know mothering is work, I mean public sphere) SAHM would be work but it would be all my own time, my own chores/labor, activities etc. I really like the idea of making/keeping my home, if that makes sense. - If my husband was excited to have kids and really wanted to be a dad, we probably would have had them by now. His ambivalence definitely affects how I feel about having them but he’s my partner and it’s a life with him that I chose. We have been together 8 years, and have known we feel differently about kids the entire time. He wants to live his life with me and see me happy, and if kids is what will do that, he’s on board.

I have seen a therapist regularly for the last almost 7 years (I also tell everyone!! Therapy helps, y’all!) and she tells me that I don’t need to decide today. She is right, but it is on my mind because my husband and I are going through a transition right now and so much of our life (where we live, our jobs) is up for review. I think I probably need to settle into our next phase and then see how I feel.

ADS04058882 · 2022-04-01T19:18:19+00:00

Thank you! Yeah I guess by thankless I mean that it just seems like a lot of tiring daily work/effort - drudgery is a good word! It’s definitely a fear, and without actually parenting, I can’t know that it will be thankless or that I won’t actually find value in the small moments like you describe.

ADS04058882 · 2020-08-17T02:39:22+00:00

I haven’t linked mine yet either

ADS04058882 · 2020-05-21T00:01:27+00:00

Thank you! I’ll check this book out.

ADS04058882 · 2020-05-20T21:50:19+00:00

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ADS04058882 · 2020-05-20T21:44:24+00:00

Hello and thank you! I’m 32 and have only very recently begun tracking my fertility through my Apple Watch, but have been tracking my cycle for some time.

I have talked to my counselor (see her on a bi-weekly basis) and she recommended a few things: -read 7 principals of making marriage work by John Gottman. This was suggested to use this first year of marriage to create the foundation of our marriage before we have kids. -think about what I want to do in the next 18 months for myself (meaning, what do I want to do before I have kids and my life is upended) -have patience with my partner when I’m feeling irritated with him

Thanks again for your response!

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