Joan Raphael-Leff Quotes

• When adults come together to form an intimate relationship, each person releases into it unresolved issues from their trans-generational pool of unconscious fantasies. Partners are often chosen to actualize certain potentialities for each other, and the unborn baby becomes party to their drama.

  Joan Raphael-Leff

  Baby, Drama, Party

  Joan Raphael-Leff (2001). “Pregnancy: The Inside Story”, p.10, Karnac Books

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• En el embarazo hay dos cuerpos, uno dentro del otro. Dos personas viven bajo una misma piel. Cuando gran parte de la vida se dedica a mantener nuestra integridad como seres distintos, este tándem corporal es un hecho asombroso.

  Joan Raphael-Leff

  Integrity, Pregnancy, Two

  Joan Raphael-Leff (2001). “Pregnancy: The Inside Story”, p.8, Karnac Books

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• Although the needs of babies have changed very little over the millennia, over the past decades, female equality in education and occupational opportunities has altered maternal expectations. This renders baby-care requirements discordant with ambition for many mothers, and produces heartfelt dilemmas for others.

  Joan Raphael-Leff

  Mother, Baby, Ambition

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• La maternidad es el acontecimiento humano más constante. Hombres y mujeres por igual, todos hemos sido gestados dentro del cuerpo de una mujer. Como fenómeno, la maternidad es aparentemente eterna y universal, pero pone de relieve como ningún otro la división entre sexos, la singularidad de la experiencia individual y las diversidades socioculturales.

  Joan Raphael-Leff

  Diversity, Males, Events

  Joan Raphael-Leff (2000). “Spilt Milk: Perinatal Loss & Breakdown”, p.1951, Karnac Books

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• There's nothing there — get rid of that!

  Joan Raphael-Leff

  Joan Raphael-Leff (2001). “Pregnancy: The Inside Story”, p.22, Karnac Books

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