…and not letting it lead… Welcome back, friends. For those new to my blogs, I share stories from my life as seen through the lens of one who survived adversity as a young person and adult. I grew up in an environment ripe with physical violence, emotional neglect and abuse, sexual abuse, addiction, and caregivers… Continue reading Dancing, With Fear
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Grow the Good
Be the change that’s needed… Welcome back, friends. I am grateful for each one of you. I see you. I hear you. I am touched by your outpouring of love. You remind me that I am not alone in either my struggles or my joys. You live from your hearts and without judgement. Thank you… Continue reading Grow the Good
Calming the Storm
The row boat, the motorboat and the helicopter… Welcome back, friends. I imagine many of you are, as I am, feeling an underlying sense of anxiousness as we count down the days towards our country’s unknown future. As a survivor of Adverse Childhood Experiences, this uncertainty triggers a deep sense of danger. A pervasive anxiety… Continue reading Calming the Storm
Would you like to dance?
Giving thanks for Dr. B… Welcome back, friends. It is comforting to be in community with you as this past week I was quite grieved by the passing of Dr. Barbara A. Holmes, Core Faculty member of the Center for Action and Contemplation, President Emeritus of the United Theological Seminary, spiritual thought leader, activist, lawyer,… Continue reading Would you like to dance?
Searching to Find Purpose
Soulful Reconnections… Hello friends! It has certainly been a while since my last post. It doesn’t mean that I haven’t been thinking of writing, or even trying to multiple times, but, honestly, life got in the way, and I got out of the habit of sitting down to share whatever it was that moved me.… Continue reading Searching to Find Purpose
Trust the River
Grace-fully Release Your Worst Stories… Hello again friends. Franciscan friar and founder of The Center for Action and Contemplation in Albuquerque New Mexico Father Richard Rohr, encourages us all to “Trust the River.” In a recent Daily Meditation, he says the following: “Grace and mercy teach us that we are all much larger than the… Continue reading Trust the River
No Place Like Home
Seeking what is within… Welcome back, friends. Last week I encouraged you to sit in stillness as a way to find your way to a homecoming deep, deep inside of you. Were you able to hear through the quiet to that still small voice calling you home, wrapping you in a knowing? As Sufi mystic,… Continue reading No Place Like Home
The Odyssey “Home”
An inward path back from adversity… I have felt like Odysseus in Homer’s The Odyssey for the past six weeks or so, navigating a myriad of medical tests, anxiety, loss of sleep, physical depletion, setbacks, loss of way, and a whole bunch of hurry-up-and-wait. For Odysseus, during the sack of the city of Troy, the… Continue reading The Odyssey “Home”
Interrupted Spirit
I received a needed dose of “pick-me-up” this week… Hello friends, I sit in my brown wooden swivel chair padded with pillows wanting to find the right words that will share my inner journey with you. The hope is the words you read touch your soul and resonate with a deep sense of peace of… Continue reading Interrupted Spirit
Uncovering the Gold
This Little Light of Mine… American psychologist and author, Tara Brach, is known to teach us through the story of the Golden Buddha discovered beneath a clay façade in Bangkok in the 1950’s, “Just as the monks disguised the beauty of the golden Buddha in order to protect it during dangerous times, we cover our… Continue reading Uncovering the Gold