My days are spent trying to get my thoughts clear about how to run my life now that I’m a working mom. Something I never thought I would be…which now as I write is interesting since I was constantly...
MoreWHERE DOE'S WOMEN'S AUTHORITY COME FROM? a new series looking into womanhood & gender roles
Yesterday I opened my phone’s web browser to look for some tickets to an upcoming Storyteller’s performance I wanted to share with my kiddos…only to be utterly shocked at the page that came up. I have absolutely NO IDEA...
MoreWHAT IT MEANS TO BE A WOMAN…
I am thrown right into the fiery furnace of Daniel and his friends once again (gosh it actually causes me physical discomfort to use Bible stories that are all about men..let’s rename him to a her, shall we?). Take...
MoreEMBODIED COACHING: Dancing the Structured Chaos
Yesterday when I started to type I ran into a word that I wanted to explore more: chaos. Here is what I ended up typing yesterday as I followed my own Embodied Coaching practices. It is a bit rough...
MoreRADICAL SELF-ACCEPTANCE THRU DIVORCING ABUSE, PRACTICING JOY & DANCING WITH LIFE
I’m back from my writing intensive last week and full of new ideas, direction and….chaos. Yes, you read that right…chaos. As I just typed that, my creative side desperately wants to investigate that word “chaos” and all that is...
MoreSPOTTING ABUSE AND RESPONDING
AN EVERYDAY OCCURRENCE In order to give you a glimpse of how common this type of behavior is in our society – especially (and this is in no means a slight against men, for both women and men have...
MoreHAVE YOU BEEN TOUCHED BY ABUSE?
With the rate of relationship abuse being the experience of 1 in 2 women in the Western world (and this is from reported stats I believe…how many of us don’t ever report it or declare this as the reason...
MoreThe Red Tent: Turn your Curse into your Blessing
One of my little quirks is that I do not like to do what every one else is doing. I like to be different, unique, to march to my own drum…and then some. If everyone is going to WordPress...
MoreCHANGE IS EASY. CHANGING IS HARD.
There was a chant I used to participate in back in my days as a Seahorse on Munster’s High School Swim team: My back is aching, my arms are sore My coach is yelling for more and more. My...
MoreTHE MAKING OF A STORYTELLER: Day 3 @ Writer's Digest
YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU DO NOT KNOW Sunday, my final day in LA and at the conference has already arrived and my focus has switched from one of the business of writing to one of art of...
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