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Mosaic — Debut Novel for Veronika Sophia Robinson, editor of The Mother magazine

ISBN: 978-0-9575371

Published by Starflower Press
www.starflowerpress.com
Published March 2013

180 pages
£6.99

By Veronika Sophia Robinson

Betrayed by love, internationally successful children’s illustrator, Topaz Lane, has a jaundiced view of relationships. Sworn off men for life, she feels embittered that she’ll never achieve her one true dream: to have a family. When Topaz’s sister enters her in a local radio competition, her life changes forever. She soon discovers that everyone has a wound, and everyone has a gift to share. Cover illustration by Sara Simon. www.sarasimon.co.uk

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Baby Names Inspired by Mother Nature
More than 650 names

ISBN: 978-0-95603440809

Published by Starflower Press
www.starflowerpress.com
Published September 2012

54 pages
Full colour
£6.99

By Veronika Sophia Robinson

"Have you chosen your baby’s name?" This is one of the first questions every new parent is asked. The time-old ritual of naming our baby ensures we, and others, can identify and call to them throughout life. Giving a baby a name is a parent’s responsibility, and is best done as a heartfelt and creative practice. Does your baby’s name have meaning? Is it pleasant to the ear? Will it suit him as a baby, teenager, in midlife and as a pensioner? This unique book draws more than 650 baby names exclusively from Mother Nature, and offers parents a chance to express their love of the natural world through their baby’s name.

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The Blessingway: Creating a beautiful Blessingway ceremony

ISBN: 978-0-9560344-7-2

Published by Starflower Press
www.starflowerpress.com
Published July 2012

104 pages
Full colour
£10.99

By Veronika Sophia Robinson

A Blessingway ceremony is a beautiful and holistic alternative to the modern-day baby shower. Whether you’re a professional celebrant, midwife, doula or about to officiate your first Blessingway ceremony for a client, friend or sister, this guide will lead you through the essential elements of creating a beautiful, inspiring, meaningful and memorable rite of passage for a mother-to-be or for parents preparing to adopt. Based on the author’s years of experience as a celebrant, The Blessingway contains plentiful suggestions to bring art, soul and heart to this modern adaptation of an ancient Navajo tradition.

Veronika Sophia Robinson has been a celebrant since 1995, when she began officiating wedding ceremonies in New Zealand. She’s also been a celebrant for the following ceremonies: house blessing; divorce; menarche; menopause; baby naming; Handfasting, Blessingway; letting go; Phoenix.

She has officiated ceremonies internationally, in a variety of locations, including: Maori marae, botanical gardens, by an ancient spring, bushland, a stone circle, river, fields, Ironage replica roundhouse, yurts and homes.

What an inspirational book. As both a pregnant woman and a doula this book spoke to me on many levels: from the practicalities of holding a Blessingway to the meanings and sacred space created by one.  As with other books by the author, it’s easy to read and very well written with the pictures of real women in real situations, giving the feeling that this is attainable and something we can also achieve. Thank you to everyone who made this book possible.
Sarah-Jane Currie, Peterborough

Snuggled in bed reading The Blessingway by Veronika Robinson was a pure joy. The book is compact, with vividly coloured pictures to inspire and move to tender smiles. The print is in red, which makes for a gentle reading experience. The book draws on ancient traditional wisdom, Veronika's own empowered journey and experiential experiences weave their way into the story, which is one of suggestions and guidelines for creating sacred ritual and ceremonial space. It reads with a sweet flow and love that brings it into the realms of active prayer; love in action. Love yourself and those you care for by inviting this book onto your hands and heart, sharing with others and extending the gift of celebrant to all. Thankyou Veronika.  
Ruth, Cornwall

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Natural Approaches to Healing Adrenal Fatigue (booklet)

By Veronika Sophia Robinson

£7.00 (including postage)

People from all walks of life, of both sexes, and all ages, are prone to adrenal fatigue. In fact, it’s most common amongst women who are trying to ‘do it all’. There are countless reasons for the cause of fatigue: stress, whether mental, physical, financial or spiritual; toxicity (chemical or emotional); nutritional malabsorption. Adrenal fatigue is curable, whether it was caused from a single trauma or has developed slowly.

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The Mystic Cookfire - The sacred art of creating food to nurture friends and family

ISBN: 978-0-9560344-4-1

Published by Starflower Press
www.starflowerpress.com
Published May 2011

434 pages
25.4cm x 20.3cm
£17.00

Written by Veronika Sophia Robinson
Illustrated by Sara Simon

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data.
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

The Mystic Cookfire is a celebration of vegetarian food suitable for friends and family.
It’s an abundant and inspiring collection of family favourites.
From sweet and sour aubergines; cauliflower biryani; French lentil tart; and polenta pizza
to dandelion and cinnamon fritters; hazelnut and raspberry cookies; and marmalade gingerbread,
these mouth watering recipes will leave you asking for more.
Beautifully illustrated, with room for notes, this treasure of easy to prepare meals offers
more than 280 recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner and
picnics. Learn to make tasty dips, dressings, breads, salads, soups and more.

The Mystic Cookfire is an exploration of one of mankind’s most honoured and revered pleasures.

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Rest of the World = £10.00 or £6.54 Sea Mail

For every copy of The Mystic Cookfire which is sold, Starflower Press will donate money to
feed a South African child for a week. (Banana Appeal, charity number 1122157)

The Banana Appeal works in Zululand, South Africa, which has one of the highest rates of HIV in the world.
South Africa has over 2.5 million AIDS orphans. Each day, another thousand children are orphaned.

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Life Without School: the quiet revolution

ISBN 978-0-9560344-2-7

Published by Starflower Press
www.starflowerpress.com

Written by Veronika Sophia Robinson, Paul Robinson, Bethany A. Robinson, Eliza Serena Robinson

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data.
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“Unschooling is like ambling along
on a relaxed Sunday afternoon,
smelling the flowers
and hearing the insects as they fly about doing their work.

Anything else is like driving along in a racing car
in order to reach the finish line,
with no time to take in the surroundings.”

~ Veronika Sophia Robinson

From the family which brings you The Mother magazine, comes a scrapbook of ideas, insights and inspirations into their life as unschoolers. Together, they invite the reader into their home and hearts to see what daily life is like without school. They aim to debunk the commonly-held idea that home education is a replica of school-based learning with time tables, a curriculum and structure; with parents acting as teachers and controlling learning outcomes. On the way, they've discovered that education comes from within, and is about being inspired. True learning is always led by the child, and is not dependent on experts or an institutional setting. At the heart of their story is the theme that all of life is an education.

“I love the fact that you have all contributed. I love the different styles of writing and different impressions. I love that you’ve put the girls’ writing between yours and Paul’s, kind of symbolic of you both holding them. I love that you mention the importance of love at the beginning of your introduction, and again in your little piece right at the end. The book made me think. It also made me want to come and drink tea in front of your fire, and experience the “just being” with the girls, and each person’s quiet activity. I’d love to hear Bethany’s music, and taste Eliza’s cooking. I’d love to come and help in the garden or join you on a walk. You have all shared so much of yourselves, your life stories, your unschooling story, your thoughts and your passions. I would gladly have read more!"
~ Angela Henry, home educating mother of two.

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Stretch Marks

ISBN 978-0-9560344-3-4

Published by Starflower Press
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Selected articles from The Mother magazine 2002-2009

Edited by Veronika and Paul Robinson
Cover illustration by Andri Thwaites

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data.
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The Mother magazine is a grassroots publication which was founded in the Spring of 2002, by a stay at home, attachment parenting mother committed to the principles of The Continuum Concept, and living lightly on the Earth. This international journal has broken new ground in the alternative and holistic parenting market, by publishing cutting edge material from writers across the globe. The ethos is simple: meet the biological needs of your children, and watch them flourish. No area of holistic living is left unturned, from fertility awareness, conscious conception, peaceful pregnancy, gentle and natural birthing, breastfeeding on cue, the family bed, full-term breastfeeding, natural immunity, vaccine awareness, human scale education and ecological living.

Stretch Marks is edited by Veronika and Paul Robinson, publishers and editors of The Mother magazine. They live with their two unschooled daughters, Bethany and Eliza.

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The Birthkeepers ~ reclaiming an ancient tradition

Published by Starflower Press
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By Veronika Sophia Robinson. Illustrated by Andri Thwaites.

This book is for anyone wishing to understand the true nature of beautiful, ecstatic birth. The author reveals the three secrets to autonomous birthing. It also includes several birth stories from women who’ve birthed without medical supervision. The word Birthkeepers, coined by the late Jeannine Parvati Baker, marries the term Birth with Earth keepers: those who hold birth and the Earth as sacred.

“A homebirther through and through, I must admit that I’ve never been a supporter of freebirth (birthing without an attendant). This book, after two short chapters, transformed my views! Its impact is so powerful that I deeply wish to give birth again, and would aim at freebirth! Entirely persuasive, Robinson’s straightforward thesis of Unobserved Birth as being natural for all mammals rings true for all I previously knew about birth. It makes complete sense. The way she explains it is neither sensationalist nor irresponsible. The Birthkeepers are those women past and present who hold the knowledge of what is necessary for true birth to happen. The second part of the birth shares breathtakingly beautiful births by women of all backgrounds who took the courage of their convictions in their hands and dared to birth, their way, alone.”
~ Reviewed by Lucy Pearce, for JUNO magazine

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The Drinks Are On Me

Published by Starflower Press
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Everything your mother never told you about breastfeeding

Veronika Sophia Robinson

The Drinks Are On Me ~ Reviewed by R. Strauss

Everyone, and I mean *everyone*, should read a copy of this book.

Whether you are planning a baby 'sometime', never planning a baby, pregnant, a Health Visitor, a father of ten children, a midwife, a bank clerk or a breast feeding counsellor you will find something contained within the 200+ pages to nourish you.

If you think you have nothing left to learn about breast feeding, then think again...

Reading this book is like curling up on a sofa with Mrs Robinson, sharing a cosy heart to heart. Her words are inspirational and she cannot fail to connect with you through her brutal honesty.

I cried, laughed (Eliza's darling comment about room for a third breast on page 11 will not fail to tug at your heart strings), wanted to give birth again, and allowed her wisdom to wash through me as I cocooned myself in every word.

Mrs Robinson's integrity shines through every page. It is a work of unconditional love, commitment and energy that stands as a beacon of hope in a world of apathy, guilt and fear.

The book is written in bite-sized chunks; making it perfect for time-poor people everywhere. Leave it in the toilet windowsill to read in those few moments of solitude each day; I'm sure the author won't mind.

This book is factual and practical, with advice about the best foods to eat and herbs to take to ensure optimal health. It is spiritual, not forgetting that every mother needs to nourish herself. It is daring, thought-provoking, profound and comprehensive.

It's a life changing book, and I weep for children and adults everywhere who were never able to claim their birthright to breastfeeding.

Mrs Robinson has given us all a beautiful authentic gift in her writing; so please, go and indulge yourself. You are worth it, and so are our future generations.

About the book

The Drinks Are On Me reclaims and celebrates the ancient art of breastfeeding ~ a natural way of feeding our babies which has allowed humanity to exist for half a million years. The book argues that the rapid decline in breastfeeding rates is in direct proportion to the increase in physical, emotional and psycho-sexual dysfunction seen throughout western society. Our healthy existence as a species is dependent on full-term breastfeeding becoming the norm again.

Veronika Robinson draws on her rich experiences as a breastfeeding mother ~ a ten year journey which included five years of tandem nursing ~ and explains why breastfeeding is vital for the healthy continuation of the species. Embracing a holistic view, she shows how to overcome common and not so common, breastfeeding challenges, whether they be physical, emotional or cultural.

This book is equally suitable for new and experienced mothers. It’s essential reading for all professionals (doctors, midwives, dentists and health visitors) who influence a mother’s choice to breastfeed or not. The author deliberately takes a step outside the usual breastfeeding knowledge to present a new framework in which to view how we nourish and nurture our children.

The Author: A former journalist, Veronika Robinson is the editor of The Mother ~ an international magazine publishing cutting-edge information on optimal parenting. She founded The National Waterbirth Trust (New Zealand) and co-created the Peaceful Pregnancy CD; works as a celebrant and appears regularly in the media to promote gentle and conscious parenting.

The Drinks Are On Me is her third book and integrates her personal experience as well as professional advice, based on her work as a holistic breastfeeding counsellor.

Contents include

Thoroughly referenced, this book presents uncommon breastfeeding information and debunks many myths in order to help mothers make a truly informed decision about breastfeeding.

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The Nurtured Family (Booklet)

This booklet contains a talk given by Veronika Robinson, editor of The Mother magazine, to the
Nurtured Family Nurtured Earth conference in Surrey, June 2011.

The Nurtured Family covers ten threads of nurturing to
weave into family life. They are practical, and easy to follow.

£6.00, including postage, packing and handling. (price includes overseas)

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