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A Child’s Song By Alan Cohen

There is a tribe in Africa where the birth date of a child is counted not from when they’ve been born, nor from when they are conceived but from the day that the child was a thought in its mother’s mind. And when a woman decides that she will have a child, she goes off and sits under a tree, by herself, and she listens until she can hear the song of the child that wants to come. And after she’s heard the song of this child, she comes back to the man who will be the child’s father, and teaches it to him. And then, when they make love to physically conceive the child, some of that time they sing the song of the child, as a way to invite it. 

And then, when the mother is pregnant, the mother teaches that child’s song to the midwives and the old women of the village, so that when the child is born, the old women and the people around her sing the child’s song to welcome it. And then, as the child grows up, the other villagers are taught the child’s song. If the child falls, or hurts its knee, someone picks it up and sings its song to it. Or perhaps the child does something wonderful, or goes through the rites of puberty, then as a way of honoring this person, the people of the village sing his or her song. 

In the African tribe there is one other occasion upon which the villagers sing to the child. If at any time during his or her life, the person commits a crime or aberrant social act, the individual is called to the center of the village and the people in the community form a circle around them. Then they sing their song to them. 

The tribe recognizes that the correction for antisocial behavior is not punishment; it is love and the remembrance of identity. When you recognize your own song, you have no desire or need to do anything that would hurt another. 

And it goes this way through their life. In marriage, the songs are sung, together. And finally, when this child is lying in bed, ready to die, all the villagers know his or her song, and they sing—for the last time—the song to that person. 

You may not have grown up in an African tribe that sings your song to you at crucial life transitions, but life is always reminding you when you are in tune with yourself and when you are not. When you feel good, what you are doing matches your song, and when you feel awful, it doesn’t. In the end, we shall all recognize our song and sing it well. You may feel a little warbly at the moment, but so have all the great singers. Just keep singing and you’ll find your way home.

“Sing Your Song,” from Wisdom of the Heart by Alan Cohen, copyright © 2002 by Alan Cohen. Published by Hay House, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved. For more information on Alan Cohen’s books and programs, visit  alancohen.com

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the rise of STRONG, CONNECTED and LIFE-CHANGING women...

Well what an amazing musical journey I've been on today!

My mission was to find some good, strong, self-efficacy building song lyrics for young women - songs that would help them in their adventures of 'unconditional self-love' - one of every woman's greatest obstacles. Songs that, in enhancing their sense of self, would help women really believe that they can make a difference in their own lives. What I discovered was that it is almost impossible to find songs of this nature that don't focus on body image! I am beautiful, you are beautiful, looks don't matter, beauty is on the inside - blah, blah, blah!

Isn't it time we saw female self-worth as a concept that doesn't need to be addressed through beauty?

The endless number of pop singers singing about women who 'Are Already Beautiful' was too much to bear and just when my search seemed futile and I was about to abort mission I came across Mick Thomas' Vandemonian Lag project. And what I found was pure gold!

REAL STORIES about convict women who were transported for crimes of prostitution, for murder, for theft - women who were brought to Tasmania, who were thrust into a life of poverty, as criminals and who REGAINED THEIR LIVES AS STRONG CONNECTED WOMEN! Can you believe it?!



Now this is what I call motivational - I can not tell you how many young women I've worked with who are involved in crime, living in poverty, victims of consequence and part of a vicious cycle of low sense of self. It takes ridiculous amounts of belief in yourself to even imagine successfully breaking this cycle - and that is something these women don't usually have.

So, for you girls, HERE IS A POSITIVE MESSAGE!

Here are girls who've done it before. As Professor Lucy Frost says these women were tried for being disconnected themselves and here they are, against all odds, keeping their families together, giving them a sense of connectedness and developing their emotional stability.

It is SO possible! And THIS is the message I want young women to hear :)


Jane Gilligan - On The Town. Jane Gilligan was tried and convicted for prostitution, or as was documented, being 'on the town'.


Ann Myers. Annette Myers was convicted of shooting her husband in the head. A public campaign saw her death sentence altered to transportation after it was found he abused her.



Sex Hospital. Portrays the story of one of Tasmania's biggest sex scandals of the day.