MATRESCENCE – A POEM
When a mother gives birth, she too is reborn. Leaving the idea of who she was forlorn. If we surrender and allow our new selves to unearth, The journey to motherhood is a divine rebirth. But she didn’t know [...]
HELLO OVERWHELMED WOMAN, I SEE YOU Part 2
Your life is full and overflowing, and yet you also long for something deeper. Something is missing. You fill that emptiness with wine, gossip, meaningless meandering on social media, home-improvement projects, and shopping. Have you ever just sat with [...]
HELLO OVERWHELMED WOMAN, I SEE YOU Part 1
Hello overwhelmed woman, how is your day going? I see you, beautiful lady. You are a taskmaster, a high-functioning manager, balancing 28 teacups while racing across a balance beam. Whether in yoga pants or high heels, you make it [...]
HOW TO OVERCOME FEAR
Fear is our hidden obstacle in life, until we address it. The obstacle that keeps us from the deepest connections, and thus our deepest possible healing, is some flavor of fear. In order to overcome fear, we must cultivate [...]
HER FIRST TIME
She showed up and overcame her fear She came in and sat down, visibly uncomfortable as the newcomer to our Women’s Circle. Not knowing what to expect, she was afraid. She fidgeted with her hands and shifted in her [...]
HOW MY CIRCLE BECAME MY VILLAGE
Isolation A year ago, I didn’t actually know how badly I needed real community in my life. I just remember feeling a kind of a vague, background loneliness that occasional coffee with friends couldn’t quench. I was experiencing the all-too-common [...]