Flavors of Alanis Morissette

Why Struggling for Power Is Pointless

2011-12-14T22:18:00.001-05:00

In her fourth and final blog for the iVillage blog series CelebVillage, multiplatinum-selling singer Alanis Morissette writes about why power struggles are pointless -- and how we can stop trying to one-up each other.

I am very sensitive to the interactions I have with people. Whether it’s a momentary glance in an elevator, or a deep philosophical conversation over dinner, or a brush-by in a café, I feel (sometimes exhaustingly) attuned and affected by the subtle exchanges that pass seemingly benignly between us as human ships. Being a sensitive empath is a beautiful thing as an artist, and it fosters a deep burning curiosity about why we do the things we do.

There is no more a curiosity than the one I have toward how we struggle for power with each other. Certainly I’m no stranger to the jousting and fighting for the one-up position and the resignation and despondency/anger that goes with the reduced/inferior position. It has dawned on me how subtle our assessments of who is better than whom can be. These assessments and struggles for power happen almost everywhere I look, and I find myself compelled to inquire into the heart of what I believe underlies it.

Beyond sanctioned competitions like those in sports arenas and reality TV shows, we seem to compete with each other in a myriad of ways by using our chips, status, levels of experience and stages and places in life. The one-up-(wo)man-ship-ing pervades so many seemingly innocuous and day-to-day interactions as to render me spent at the end of most days out in the world.

I have been affected by society’s programming and conditioning like anyone else, and have spent most of my life thinking there were only two places to fall on the continuum: above everyone or below them. Not liking the latter, my aspiration was to secretly (or not so secretly) achieve dominance. (I would only risk the inferior obliteration role for times where I felt I was in over my head OR if I thought that the inferior role would allow me to secretly gain the upper hand at a later time. To use the metaphor of animals, I would go tiger mostly, unless I was with another tiger. Then I would check their teeth and if they were pointy, I’d feign docile cat, only to pounce and gain the upper hand later. Ha. Wearying! Embarrassing! Futile! Comical!)

Inside this tiresome rivalry and struggle-for-power mindset, the horizontal journey of our lives gets turned on its’ side and becomes rungs in a vertical hierarchical ladder of life. And it’s this constant gauging of where we stand on this ladder that takes all the fun and potential comradeship out of life! This act of assessing whether we are "above" or "below" others is a ruthless, internal, ongoing, and often shame-filled and private one, and we do it hundreds of times a day. And it is never leads to any kind of inner peace.

The answer to how we gauge whether we are better or worse than someone is found within how we measure up to our deeply held belief systems that keep this power struggle alive on the planet.

1. The fear of scarcity: The thought that there’s not enough love/time/money/approval/patience/power to go around fuels most competitions, power struggles and wars on the planet. Whether it is found on the schoolyard, within our religions, within our offices, our nations, on our red carpets or within our homes, it’s a pervasive belief, and creates so many of the ills we see in the world.

2. The thought that we are separate beings: This value system keeps us at odds with each other, and sets up the win-lose battle at the heart of our struggles, large and small. Through this lens, we believe that if someone else loses, that’s their loss, and we remain unaffected. We keep ourselves locked in the loneliness and depressing sense of disconnection that comes from such a separatist belief.

3. Defining our power by how we stack up against our given value systems of the day: This starts by begging the question, Who sets the standards of what we value in the world? Well, WE do. And we do it in small and large ways:

-- Our families: Our families tell us what is valued, thereby what our power is in our home and the world at large. Basically, what is approved of by mama and papa (and grandma and grandpa too) is what wins and gets the approval. Certainly, parents are well-meaning enough, but when who we are differs from what is valued in our house, is it any wonder why we have barely any dregs of self-valuation available after being hammered with their agenda?
-- Our community: Hollywood and Portland and fishing villages in Thailand and monasteries in Tibet, Harvard, Vipassana retreats and Olympic or military training camps all have very different value systems, all of which, depending upon which community, school, or group we find ourselves in, tells us where we will derive our sense of power.
-- The planetary culture: Things like nuclear power, economic power, and corporate power are the larger more valued entities that have far-reaching effects on our sense of self and the sustainability of life on this planet. In this value system, any personal aspiration that doesn’t respect consumerism is overlooked as naïve and powerless. From this perspective, it’s a dog-eat-dog world and you eat or are eaten. So, is there any wonder why we growl at those we perceive might threaten our rung on the climb?
-- The era in which we live: We have to take into account the ongoing shifts of standards of beauty, wealth/inflation, and social trends. I remember when it began to be super-hip to be charitable in Hollywood, and everyone’s sense of power was affected by how philanthropic and charitable they were. This had not been the case even 10 years prior. This shift was palpably felt.

All these cultures, values and beliefs create standards by which we quietly measure ourselves, yet all of these standards shift and change, and they aren’t necessarily even our values! Herein lies the flaw of having us define our worth in accordance to these moving targets! It would be irresponsible to have our senses of self fluctuate with these tides! With these changing value systems are we doomed to claw at each other’s eyeballs just to give ourselves a false and temporary sense of superiority? How exhausting. How then are we to create a sense of personal power not based on the erroneous fear that only a chosen few can win?

I believe we have an antidote that would eradicate our animalistic battles. One, believing that there is ENOUGH of all that we want. There is enough time, love, opportunity, affection, attention, power, ideas. And with that being the case, there is nothing we need to fight each other over in order to gain any kind of upper hand.

Two, believing that we are inextricably and spiritually connected, that the harm I inflict on another is the harm I inflict on myself, and vice versa. That this kind of win-win partnership mindset is the only way for us to achieve the peace that we all crave.

And, finally, since value systems are constantly shifting, we need to define our power internally rather than externally. We need to look no further than the very fact that we exist and that we have value for being here. We are as unique as snowflakes falling from the great cloud of life – our value is inherent. It is our birthright. It is constant, unwavering and nothing less than miraculous. Any messages fed to us when we were tiny kids that say anything other than that our core selves are fascinating and precious is an outright lie. Every choice we make and every passion we follow would be borne from this awareness.

In this way, we become spiritual and social activists. We take what our cultures value (wealth, fame, sexualized beauty, youth, intelligence, status) and we replace or add to it (even if only in our own hearts) with what WE prioritize and value. Maybe it’s things like community, contemplation, intimacy, humility, compassion, connection, empathy, vulnerability, passion, rest, presence, inspiration and inclusiveness.

Perhaps if we lived with this knowledge of our inherent worth, that we are deeply connected, and that there is PLENTY to go around we’d define power in a whole different way. And suddenly we wouldn't have to fight each other for it anymore, because we’d know there was nothing to fight FOR. We’d step out of just operating from our fear/animal/survival selves, and heighten our consciousness together.

Knowing our unique places in life would help identify us, not rank our souls. Maybe we’d just stare at each other more, and behold each other with fascination rather than posturing, comparing and injuring each other. Maybe we’d just drink our lattes and ask each other what our names are, and chuckle at how unique and powerful we all are.

And then maybe this innate sense of value, connection and abundance that’s been sitting there patiently the whole time in each of us, like little pilot lights, can begin to heat the whole house, the whole planet, and beyond.

Source: iVillage.

Happy Thanksgiving from Alanis Morissette

2011-12-04T11:52:00.001-05:00

hi everyone
big day focused on gratitude…
thank you, first, to our native peoples

for carving the way with grace, spirit and honoring of family, large and small

and for honoring the earth….
and thank YOU each for your care

and participation and expression

and compassion and interest

and aliveness and humor

and thoughtfulness

and depth

and levity.
so grateful to you each

for the amazing gifts of community

vulnerability

support

hilarity

and championing.
love to you and all your families.

may you directly feel our connection around the planet

oxoxoxo

alanis

Alanis Morissette on the American Music Awards [Pictures]

2011-12-04T11:47:00.001-05:00

Alanis Morissette: "I'm glad I didn't give up on the idea of marriage".

2011-11-17T22:34:00.001-05:00

In her second blog for the iVillage blog series CelebVillage, multiplatinum-selling singer Alanis Morissette shares her path to deciding to walk down the aisle with rapper husband Mario "Souleye" Treadway in June 2010.

I was 12 when I first really thought about marriage. As an institution, it had long been threatened by skyrocketing divorce rates, the feminist movement, the 60’s freedom movement, as well as by the evolutionary imperative to update an antiquated system. A high percentage of people were either getting divorced and swearing off marriage altogether, or they were continuing to live so-called coupled lives of quiet desperation and resignation.

If I was to be part of the marriage conversation at all, I was not prepared to make a lifelong decision based on adherence to or rebellion toward something. There had to be a third way! I had to find or come up with a new definition of why I would --with all these new reasons not to get married abounding -- still jump the broom and be "made an honest woman out of" (as though I’d been dishonest the whole time -- ha!). And so began my passionate foray into all-things-research around a simple question: Why would I even entertain getting married?

Looking back I can see that I was both ashamed for how isolated I felt in my dearly held value system of monogamous commitment-for-the-long-and-windy-haul, and I also wanted so badly to prove that I was open to all approaches, lest mine seem totalitarian (read: I’d been made fun of for what I believed in in so many of my hipster circles).

I wanted to be wrong about what I believed, if for no other reason than I wouldn’t have had to tortuously date for so long with no outbreath of wedding-trigger-pulling! I wanted to get down to the business of my dream come true! Waiting for “the one” and sidestepping almosts while holding firm to a vision was not for the impatient of heart. And so it was with this eye-on-the-prize way of thinking that I spent the last two and some odd decades doing my own personal research and development toward a new model for marriage.

Like any good researcher who wasn’t sure that what they wanted to find existed, I spent my time attempting to try (almost) every current romantic relationship model on for size:

- I tried pretending not to be who I was (that was fun).
- I tried being the disempowered beta female (yeah, right).
- I tried long-distance relationships (even more fun!).
- I tried big age gap relationships.
- I tried high and low chemistry relationships.
- I tried good-in-theory-but-not-in-practice relationships.
- I tried ones where I chased (oops) and ones where I sat still (better).
- I tried ones that were monogamous and ones that were, well, not monogamous (that one lasted the length of the conversation about how to navigate such things).

But the more the models I tried on that didn’t work, the more the model I held near and dear to my heart became concrete in my mind and heart. After a while, this dream relationship seemed to be less a fantasy and more a reality, albeit a potentially difficult one to find.

What I yearned for was a relationship that took into account that I was a female animal like any other: I yearned for security, protection, generosity and partnership like anyone else, and I yearned for babies too. I was also a spiritual being, yearning for consciousness-raising and the promise of wholeness through the committed relationship alchemy that was me and another with two feet in. I qualify two feet in because where I live, in Hollywood, it’s all too easy to be married for the infatuation of it all, and have it all come undone as quickly as it arose, rather than for it to be the sweltering sweat lodge of truth that I always yearned for marriage to be.

I craved a marriage that was entered into for deliberate reasons, not one where, “I’ll see where this goes and if the heat in the kitchen gets a little too hot, I’ll jump ship.” I wanted a marriage that woke me and my beloved up out of our slumbering! I wanted a marriage where the height of intimacy and healing and growth were par for the matrimony course. I wanted a marriage where conflict was an invitation to growth, and it indicated a beginning of something -- not the end!

I wanted a marriage that I entered into with great consideration based on self-knowledge and open eyes while dating, where our true norths were similar, where our values were matched, where our missions were aligned -- knowing that if those bases were covered, persevering through the other incompatibilities would then be made possible.

I wanted a marriage that I entered into neither too quickly nor too cavalierly. And, perhaps most importantly, I wanted a marriage where I could be the fiery yet tender-hearted alpha female that I am, sans wings being clipped. I wanted my marriage to require something of me. I wanted the kitchen to get hot. I was a moth that wanted to be swallowed into the flame. I wanted my man to demand that I grow beyond my defense mechanisms. I wanted to influence and be influenced over time.

As has always been the case for me: be careful what you wish for. Now I find myself in a marriage where the rubber is at last hitting the road, where everything I had intellectually grasped is being asked for me to LIVE. What was once mere knowledge has segued into this sacred, surprising application:

- Where stretching to meet the needs of my partner, however difficult the task, is my star of Bethlehem.
- Where I am asked to be vulnerable (yikes), responsible (lordy lordy), and to step out of my self-absorption (oh no)!
- Where I am asked to be big, assertive, to come out of denial, to be accountable, to grow up.
- Where the blending of my connection with the divine and my connection with my innermost self and my connection with him all meld into one great commitment to love.
- Where I trade short-term chemistry for long-term harmony. I trade highs and lows for consistent warmth. Dictatorialism makes room for true win-win partnership. My self-gratification makes room for maturation. Care is begotten because of empathy, not because we’re entitled to it. Love goes from simply a feeling to an action where one breaks into two, and then back to one again. And friendship gets really, really (really) sexy.

I now spend an inordinate amount of time outside of my habitual behavior wheelhouse and slowly, almost imperceptibly, I am beginning to become unrecognizable, knowing that this will eventually feel familiar and HOME. I thought getting married would be beautiful -- and it is. I thought marriage would be hard -- and it is. And I thought someone whose bones I would want to jump who also shared my new definition of marriage would be hard to find -- and it was. But as my dear friend said to me during a particularly despair-filled moment, “You only have to find one.” And I did. And I’m so grateful I kept the flame vision alive, and didn’t give up before I met him.

Enter to win an autographed harmonica.

2011-11-17T22:23:00.001-05:00

To celebrate the new website, Alanis Morissette is giving away one autographed harmonica. All you have to do is leave a comment anywhere on the site and one person will be chosen to win. You can enter the contest by November 30th. Hurry up and good luck.

[Portuguese]

Para celebrar o novo website, Alanis Morissette está sorteando uma gaita autografada. Tudo o que você precisa fazer é deixar um comentário em qualquer lugar na página nova e uma pessoa será selecionada para ganhar. Você pode enviar o comentário até o dia 30 de Novembro. Boa sorte.

Alanis wants to know you better

2011-10-21T02:30:00.001-04:00

You know about Alanis Morissette. Now she wants to know a little more about you. Just click on the link below and you'll be brought to a page with some questions about yourself. All you have to do is answer them. Have fun!

Survey: http://www.dechesermedia.com/survey/collective/am01/#source=1362

[Portuguese]

Você conhece Alanis Morissette. Agora ela quer saber um pouco mais sobre você. Clique no link abaixo e será direcionado à uma página com algumas perguntas sobre você. Tudo que tem que fazer é respondê-las. Divirta-se!

Pesquisa: http://www.dechesermedia.com/survey/collective/am01/#source=1362

And She is back!!!

2011-10-13T17:41:00.000-04:00

After a long time without posting, I am finally back. I didn't have my laptop fpr almost 6 months and I've been going through bad times. A month ago I lost my best friend: my DOG. But I'm doing better now.

Well... I've heard good news... Alanis Morissette is back recording. Can't wait for the new CD.

[Portuguese]

Depois de muito tempo sem postar, finalmente estou de volta. Fiquei sem meu laptop por quase 6 meses e passei por momentos complicados. Há um mês perdi minha melhor amiga: minha cadela. Mas agora já estou melhor.

Bem... boas notícias... Alanis Morissette está gravando novamente. Mal posso esperar pelo CD novo.

R.I.P. Amy

2011-07-27T13:28:00.000-04:00

"We only say goodbye with words, I died a hundred times..."

After a long time not posting anything due to my new work schedule, I couldn't let this moment pass by and not say anything.

I finally had a day off today and I'm coming for a special post that has nothing to do with Alanis Morissette.

A few days ago we lost one of the biggest talents ever found in the music industry. It is very sad that people are losing their lives more and more for drugs.

"At 27, Amy Winehouse was found dead in her apartment". I could not believe when one of my friends texted me that. I was and still am in shock.

There's a lot of judgements going on right now and that makes me really upset.

Some people are just not strong enough to through life without trying drugs. That's really sad but they think this is what will make them powerfull to face problems. Unfortunately, once you try it, you can hardly quit it. That is a chemical problem. Not a personal decision. Your brain is addicted and everyday it needs more and more to keep going. But some still think that it is just a matter of saying "I quit". No!! Not true.

That makes me very upset.

Amy wasn't, maybe, strong to say no to drugs. But that does not make her a bad person. That does not eliminate her talent. And that does not give anyone the right to judge her acts. Anyone could be in her situation some day. Nobody knows what the future holds.

I hope wherever she is, she will have the chance to look back and learn from her mistakes. And next time, when she comes back to this planet, she will have the chance to come stronger and live a great life.

Amy, you will be missed...

[Portuguese]

Após muito tempo sem postar nada por causa do meu novo horários de trabalho, eu não poderia deixar esse momento passar sem dizer nada.

Finalmente tive um dia de folga e vim aqui postar algo que não tem nada a ver com Alanis Morissette.

Há alguns dias perdemos um dos maiores talentos já encontrados na indústria da música. É muito triste que pessoas estejam perdendo suas vidas cada vez mais para as drogas.

"Aos 27 anos, Amy Winehouse foi encontrada morta em seu apartamento." Eu não consegui acreditar quando uma amiga me mandou essa mensagem. Eu fiquei e ainda estou em estado de choque.

Muitos julgamentos estão sendo feito a seu respeito e isso me chateia bastante. Algumas pessoas simplesmente não são fortes o suficiente para passar pela vida sem experimentar as drogas. É triste mas eles pensam que essa é a solução para que possam enfrentar os problemas.

Infelizmente, uma vez que experimenta, você dificilmente consegue sair. É um problema químico. Não uma decisão pessoal. O cérebro vicia e a cada dia precisa de mais. Mas muitos ainda pensam que é só uma questão de dizer "basta". Não!! Não é verdade. Isso me chateia.

Amy, talvez, não foi forte para dizer não às drogas. Mas isso não faz dela uma má pessoa. Não elimina seu talento. E não dá a ninguém o direito de julgá-la.

Qualquer um pode estar na mesma situação um dia. Não sabemos o que o futuro guarda para nós.

Espero que onde quer que ela esteja agora, que possa olhar para trás aprender com seus erros. E que dá próxima vez, quando ela voltar para esse planeta, que ela venha mais forte e possa ter uma vida ótima.

Amy, vamos sentitr saudades...

Into a King - Anniversary song

2011-05-23T12:33:00.002-04:00

Alanis Morissette posted an anniversary song for her husband today on her facebook and twitter, called "Into a King". Read the lyrics below and click here to listen.

[Portuguese]

Alanis Morissette postou em seu facebook and twitter, uma música para seu marido em homenagem ao aniversário de casamento. A música se chama "Into a King". Leia a letra abaixo e clique aqui para escutar.

Into a King - by Alanis Morissette

It started harmless enough

Animal infatuation

But something within it prevailed

You were a sweet amalgamation

Of all the parts I have loved

The hottest slippery slope

And out came depth

And out comes healing

Out comes friendship unlike any I have known

Happy anniversary baby

You’ve gone from a prince into a king

Happy anniversary darling

I’ve gone from a maiden to a queen

Continued and softened us up

Our rocks are hewn by this water of love

And steadfast: our pinky swear

And out comes fun

Out comes relief

Out comes championing unlike any I have known

Happy anniversary baby

You’ve gone from a prince into a king

Happy anniversary darling

I’ve gone from a maiden to a queen

And how far have we come

How far we’ve yet to go

Til we’re gray great grandparents

Til we’re one tiny little wrinkle

I say I do I do I do

Happy anniversary baby

You’ve gone from a prince into a king

Happy anniversary darling

I’ve gone from a maiden to a queen

And so, we’ll trapse from paper through diamonds

A family tree’s genesis

Our fingers t’wining together

And out comes ever

And out comes alchemy

And out comes drooling on your chest

Happy anniversary baby

You’ve gone from a prince into a king

Happy anniversary darling

I’ve gone from a maiden to a queen

Released by: Epiphany Music

Release date: May 22, 2011

Source/Fonte: Official Alanis Morissette's Facebook Page / Twitter.

I'm back!!!

2011-05-20T11:51:00.000-04:00

I am very happy to announce that I am officially back to the virtual world again. Because of my moving, I had no internet connection for over a month, so I wasn't able to update the blog. I have to confess that I missed my blog so much!!! But now I'm here.

The move was great. I was just too tired. It took us three days driving to come all the way from Massachusetts to Florida. But it was a great trip. Our dog was so stressed that she passed out when we got here. But now she is fine. She is all used to the new apt and I think she lovessss Florida just as much as I do.

I think I found a job yesterday. I'm gonna start training this afternoon. So, please, keep all your fingers crossed to me and wish me luck.

I'll be back soon with some posts about our favorite singer, Alanis Morissette.

Have a great day!!!

[Portuguese]

Estou muito feliz em anunciar que estou oficialmente de volta ao mundo virtual. Por causa da minha mudanca, eu fiquei sem conexao por mais de um mes, logo nao tinha como atualizar o blog. Preciso confessar que fiquei morrendo de saudade do meu blog!!! Mas agora estou aqui.

A mudanca foi otima. Eu fiquei muito cansada. A gente levou tres dias dirigindo pra vir de Massachusetts pra Florida. Mas foi otimo. Nossa cadela ficou tao estressada que desmaiou quando chegamos aqui. Mas agora ela esta bem. Ela ja esta acostumada ao apt novo e eu acho que ela ama a Florida tanto quanto eu.
Acho que consegui um emprego. Vou comecar a treinar hoje a tarde. Por tanto, cruzem os dedos e me desejem sorte.

Estarei de volta em breve postando algo sobre nossa cantora preferida, Alanis Morissette.

Tenham um otimo dia.

Meu teclado esta desconfigurado e por isso nao coloquei acento em nada. Sorry! :)

Picture

2011-04-21T14:26:00.001-04:00

My apologies

2011-04-09T18:39:00.000-04:00

Hi guys, I'd like to apologize for not posting very often lately. I'm moving next month and I haven't had much time to be online. I also don't know if I'll have internet as soon as I move to my new place, so I'll probably not be updating the blog a lot in the next month. But I'll do my best to keep posting as much as I can.

I have to go and keep packing now. Sorry!! :)

[Portuguese]

Oi gente, gostaria de me desculpar por não estar postando muito frequentemente ultimamente. Estou me mudando e não tenho tido muito tempo pra ficar online. Eu também não sei se terei internet assim que me mudar, então provavelmente não estarei atualizando muito o blog no próximo mês. Mas farei o possivel para continuar postando o máximo que puder.

Agora tenho que continuar arrumando a mudança. Desculpem!! :)

Picture

2011-04-02T23:02:00.000-04:00

Source/Fonte: Twitter.

Your House by Delta Rae

2011-03-25T20:38:00.000-04:00

Alanis Morissette posted on her Twitter a video of a cover of "Your House" by Delta Rae.

[Portuguese]

Alanis Morissette postou em seu Twitter um video de um cover de "Your House" por Delta Rae.

Picture of Alanis

2011-03-21T14:32:00.001-04:00

Alanis has posted this picture on her twitter today.

2011-03-10T21:51:00.000-05:00

Source/Fonte: Twitter.

Radio Free Albemuth Movie Trailer

2011-03-02T18:16:00.001-05:00

Dailymotion has posted Radio Free Albemuth Movie Trailer. Now you can watch it here as well. Check it out.

[Portuguese]

Dailymotion postou o trailer do filme Radio Free Albemuth. Agora você também já pode assistir. Confira.

Radio Free Albemuth movie trailer

Source/Fonte: Dailymotion.

Message from Alanis Morissette

2011-02-23T18:42:00.002-05:00

Hi there,

This year of the rabbit is off to a colorful start.

This "new-normal" that is being established as a new parent is a revelation....

I am filled with gratitude and inspiration...

So many things to write about (articles maybe, or essays to come)

Physical parts (!!)

Emotional parts

Philosophical parts
Humorous parts

Psychological parts

Sweet-lord-i-had-no-idea parts

Teeming with thoughts and findings

Suffice it to say for now.....

I am so grateful for all the kind congratulations you have sent to me and souleye

We are deeply touched by your kindnesses....

Ever has cracked open a door in my heart that i had been dusting off for years in anticipation of this kind of opportunity to love.

And what i have found on the other side is no less than a golden healing balm and celebration....

And a responsibility that i feel blessed to take on...privileged. inspired. ready.

The softest and cuddliest sucker punch.

Yayyyy.

Love you

Connect soon,

Alanis.

[Portuguese]

Olá,

Este ano está começando colorido..

Ser mãe é uma revelação..

Estou repleta de gratidão e inspiração..

Muitas coisas pra escrever (talvez artigos ou composições estão por vir)

Lado físico, emocional, filosófico, humorístico, psicológico e o "meu Deus eu não fazia idéia".

Repleta de pensamentos e descobertas..

É o que tenho pra dizer por agora..

Estou muito grata por todas as congratulações enviadas para mim e Souleye..

Estamos profundamente tocados por sua gentileza..

Ever escancarou uma porta em meu coração que há muito tempo vinha preparando para essa oportunidade de Amar...

E o que encontrei do outro lado foi nada menos do que um bálsamo de ouro e celebração...

E uma responsabilidade que me sinto abençoada por ter.. Privilegiada, inspirada, pronta.

O soco mais macio e mais fofinho..

Amo vocês.

Beijo e abraço,

Alanis.

Source/Fonte: Alanis Morissette's Facebook.

Alanis Morissette and her family in Venice, CA

2011-02-21T22:24:00.001-05:00

Alanis Morissette, her husband and their baby, Ever Imre, were seen in Venice - CA, when they were going out for some coffee.

[Portuguese]

Alanis Morissette, seu marido e o bebê deles, Ever Imre, foram vistos em Venice - CA, quando eles estavam indo comprar café.

Source/Fonte: Fabulous Freak.

Alanis Morissette takes her baby for a walk

2011-02-15T20:12:00.000-05:00

Alanis Morissette went for a walk with her 6 week old son, Ever, outside her Brentwoon house (CA).

[Portuguese]

Alanis Morissette levou o filho de 6 semanas, Ever, para passear do lado de fora de sua casa em Brentwood, CA.

Source/Fonte: Fabulous Freak.

Picture of Alanis Morissette's Baby

2011-02-08T23:08:00.002-05:00

Tonight Alanis Morissette posted for the first time on Twitter a picture of her baby boy with her and daddy. What a beautiful happy family. Alanis, you deserve all the best!

[Portuguese]

Esta noite Alanis Morissette postou pela primeira vez no Twitter a foto de seu filho com ela e o papai. Que família feliz linda. Alanis, você merece tudo de melhor!

Source/Fonte: Alanis Morissette Twitter.

Professional Torturer

2011-01-23T21:21:00.000-05:00

It is now available online "Professional Torturer" by Alanis Morissette. The soundtrack for the movie Radio Free Albemuth. If you haven't heard it yet, you can do it now.

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Está disponível na internet "Professional Torturer" de Alanis Morissette. A trilha sonora para o filme Radio Free Albemuth. Se você não escutou ainda, pode fazer isso agora.

Alanis Morissette WebMD Interview

2011-01-09T23:32:00.006-05:00

This is an interview with Alanis Morissette for the WebMD Magazine. The interview has happened before her baby was born. Click on the pictures to read the whole article in English.

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Esta é uma entrevista com Alanis Morissette para a revista WebMD. A entrevista aconteceu antes do bebê nascer.

"Ícone do rock Alanis Morissette está cantando uma canção nova esses dias. Casada recentemente e grávida, não consegue tirar o sorriso do rosto mesmo lutando contra os enjoos matinais e as noites sem dormir.

Morissette está se sentindo distante das músicas de amor angustiantes que lhe levaram à fama internacional em 1995. Primeiro, ela está muito feliz no casamento. Ela se casou com o rapper Mario "MC Souleye" Treadway em Maio do ano passado em uma cerimônia discreta em sua casa em Brentwood, California. Segundo, ela está grávida. O bebê poderá chegar a qualquer momento. E está escrito no rosto dela: esta mulher está em êxtase.

"Há muitas razões para a felicidade" ela diz à WebMD "Não menos do que a explosão hormonal causada pela gravidez" Ela ri. "Também a mudança no estilo de vida tem sido reveladora para mim. Eu sempre fui viciada em trabalho. Durante o primeiro semestre e definitivamente no terceiro. Se eu tivesse que continuar trabalhando em todos os milhões de projetos que eu estava envolvida e tantas horas por dia, eu não conseguiria..."

Morissette: Musicista, Atriz, Escritora

Morissette, 36, recebeu com orgulho 7 grammys e 12 Junos - o último Juno foi em 2009 com o trabalho mais recente, Flavors of Entanglement. Ela também é a voz emocionalmente irritante por trás do cd mais vendido do mundo por uma cantora. Jagged Little Pill vendeu mais de 30 milhões de cópias.

Ela também é prolífica em outras áreas. Fãs de canais à cabo conhecem Morissette como regular no HBO, Showtime and FOX Network, aparecendo como atriz em 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' e 'Sex and the City', e trabalhando regularmente em 'Weeds'. Ela também apareceu em 'Nip/Tuck' e também fez uma ponta em duas peças off-broadway. Como se não fosse suficiente ela ainda está escrevendo um livro que ela descreve como uma mistura eclética de 'fotografias, diário de viagens, pesquisas e filosofia'. E ela está fazendo tudo isso enquanto trabalha em seu próximo CD, naturalmente.

'Foi muito difícil no começo,' ela admite se referindo ao primeiro trimestre da gravidez. 'Mas eu olho pra trás agora e me sinto grata. Mesmo sabendo que foi fisicamente desafiante. Foi como um cartão de liberdade da vida de vicio no trabalho. Me permitiu desacelerar pela primeira vez na vida. Eu não desaceleraria no passado sem alguma razão. Meu próprio bem estar não era motivo suficiente.'

Em outras palavras a auto-denominda 'coruja noturna' ficava acordada até às 4 da manhã para escrever as letras das músicas, novas melodias e memorização. 'Eu percebi que o meu cronograma não é necessariamente o cronograma do bebê', ela diz. 'Eu imaginei que o livro estaria pronto antes do bebê chegar. Ainda estou escrevendo todos os dias mas não até de madrugada, como eu fazia antes. Eu preciso terminar o livro no ano que vem (2011).'

Sobrevivendo aos enjoos matinais

Como muitas mulheres, Morissette lutou contra náusea durante o primeiro trimestre da gravidez.

'Foi difícil,' ela diz agora, claramente aliviada de ter passado. 'Mas tem um propósito. Eu não estou exausta e enjoada por causa de uma intoxicação alimentar. Eu estou exausta e enjoada porque tem um Ser Humano crescendo dentro do meu corpo! Um certo nível de humildade, reverência e rendição é necessário.'

Ari Brown, MD, pediatra, diz 'Enjoo matinal é um mito. É enjoo do dia todo para a maioria das mulheres. Com tanto que não estejam vomitando em excesso, até as que se sentem muito mal - e não estão ganhando muito peso no primeiro trimestre - tendem a se sentir melhor, comer melhor e ganhar peso no segundo e o terceiro, quando é necessário nutrição correta e ganhar até um kilo por semana.'

'Além disso, enjoos matinais são um sinal positivo de uma gravidez saudável. Normalmente significa que os níveis de hormônios no corpo estão normais.'

'Ouvi muitas dicas,' diz Alanis sobre o assunto. 'Você sabe, comer e beber gengibre. E eu comi refeições menores e lights. Mas falando sério, o músculo que melhor desenvolvi não está resistindo. Porque eu resisti por alguns dias; eu tava negando que toda minha vida mudaria. E que meu corpo desligaria.'

Transtorno Alimentar e Gravidez

Comer saudavelmente vem sendo um problema para a cantora há muito tempo. Alanis lutou abertamente contra transtornos alimentares no passado. Agora ela é a primeira a dizer que trabalhou duro - fisicamente, psicologicamente e até espiritualmente - aprendendo vagarozamente a respeitar o corpo suficientemente para se alimentar de comidas ricas em nutrientes e a se exercitar de um jeito balanceado e não obsessivo.

'Eu vejo meu corpo de um jeito diferente agora. Por muito tempo foi um corpo atlético, na mair parte das vezes um organismo ornamental. Agora é essa miraculosa máquina de fazer bebês. Um novo sentido para o meu corpo. A comida também ganhou outro significado. Me tornei mais bem orientada nutricionalmente uns dois anos antes de engravidar. Então a época da gravidez foi fortuita para mim.'

Além de exercícios de pouco impacto como caminhadas, Morissette que correu duas maratonas e vários triatlos antes de engravidar, continuou a correr durante o primeiro trimestre. 'Mudou naturalmente, praticar yoga tem sido muito importante. Quanto mais minha barriga cresce, quanto mais tensão nas minhas costas, mais apertado fica meu quadril - yoga é uma dádiva para mim agora,' diz ela.

Buscar se manter em forma permite que Morissette desopile um pouco, ela diz, e não 'ficar obsecada com todas as coisas da gravidez que têm me enlouquecido.'

Insônia no terceiro trimestre

Dormir suficiente ainda é um problema para ela que, no passado lutou contra insônia. Ironicamente, assim que a cantora anuncia que finalmente pode desacelerar, seu corpo entra em aceleração total no terceiro trimestre.

Ela vai dormir cedo - uma raridade no passado - e mantém um horário regular para ir para a cama. Ela ainda come frutas e alguma proteina uma hora antes de deitar, pois ajuda a dormir melhor. Apesar dos esforços ela ainda acorda regularmente no meio da noite com surtos de energia que a fazem despertar.

Ter um recém nascido em casa significa trocar 8 horas ininterruptas de sono por 24 horas de amamentação, troca de fraldas, choros e canções de ninar, como todas as mãe sabem. Estudos recentes comprovam que as mãe perdem aproximadamente 120 horas de sono por ano.

Plano do parto em casa

'Nossa intenção é ter um parto normal em casa, mas eu entendo que o bebê tem suas próprias intenções. Eu tenho uma parteira incrível e estou usando uma doula. Mas temos um plano reserva: Eu liguei para todos os médicos caso alguma coisa aconteça.' "

Source/Fonte: Alanis Morissette Info.

Davis Factor Photoshoot

2011-01-05T19:52:00.001-05:00

These are amazing pictures of Alanis Morissette taken by Davis Factor for Vogue Italy.

[Portuguese]

Estas são fotos maravilhosas de Alanis Morissette tiradas por Davis Factor para a revista Vogue da Itália.

Source/Fonte: @AlanisMorissetteNews, Alanis Morissette Info, Fabulous Freak.

Photoshoot 2010

2011-01-02T19:56:00.000-05:00

Photoshoot by John Russo

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Sessão de fotos por John Russo

Source/Fonte: Fabulous Freak.