I feel raw. I feel exposed and vulnerable. I hurt constantly. I forget everything and probably rely on my calendar a little too much. I left my amazing sisterhood for three months. In part because I could not handle that much wonderful energy. In a larger part, because I worried that my energy would change … More I’m Owning This Much Today
Well. Here it is. Today is the first anniversary of my amputation. I don’t know what to say and I don’t know how to feel. People who know have been extremely encouraging and overly generous in their praise. They have been supportive and wonderful. They help me to remember to be gentler on myself and … More Some Anniversaries Are Not Happy Ones
A couple of weeks ago, my friend and syster, Dionne came to town and did a workshop using Lisa Michael’s Elemental Forces of Nature. While I’ve worked with Dionne over the years, this workshop caught me at a particularly vulnerable spot in my life journey, a place where I felt the only safe place for … More What the Elements Say…
“Have you ever thought about just embracing your otherness?” What a terrifying notion for a woman who had spent forty-five years repressing, redirecting, and obscuring anything that remotely looked like “other” ! I have accumulated quite a bit of otherness in the last thirty years–those qualities, events, and things that put a person outside of their … More Embracing the Other
Embracing Otherness 