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What if we could accept that our value has nothing to do with who we are or what we do and everything to do with the fact that we simply exist? I had a great therapist in Boston who…
Continue readingI was raised in a very conservative religious culture that placed a high premium on image. Women in particular were expected to be self-sacrificial, submissive and people pleasing. How I presented to the world was a big deal. Failure to…
Continue readingThe first time I cut myself, was the week of my twenty-sixth birthday. I stood in the bathroom, eyes blurred, wrist over the sink, watching the blood run satisfyingly down my arm, mesmerizing my bloodshot blurred eyes. So unnatural and…
Continue reading“All of our heroes, at some point, broke away from the norm, the crowd, the established, to become pioneers, to find their own spiritual property, to build their own spiritual homes, to become caretakers of their own lives. Sovereign.” ~The Liberation of Sophia, David…
Continue reading“I abandoned everyone. Therefore I felt abandoned. Because I was.” ~ The Liberation of Sophia, David Hayward This is the second installment in a three-part series. If you not yet read Part I, I encourage you to do so first. In…
Continue reading“Even though my freedom dawned within me like the gentle sun rise, when I made it manifest in my outward life it was like throwing open the door to a winter storm, and it blasted me and everyone around me.” ~The Liberation…
Continue readingAbout six months ago, I was driving home in the pouring rain reflecting on Brene Brown’s book Braving the Wilderness which talks a lot about healing our wounded parts by welcoming them home to ourselves. Suddenly I was immersed in memories….
Continue readingI was on the phone last week with an old friend and she was asking me about the recent changes in my life. She was mostly concerned about my finances since I had left my lucrative real estate career to…
Continue readingBodhisattva Prayer for All Humanity May I be a guard for those who need protectionA guide for those on the pathA boat, a raft, a bridge for those who wish to cross the floodMay I be a lamp in…
Continue readingAccording to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), suicide rates increased in the United States by 25.4% between 1999-2016, and over half of our fifty states saw over a 30% increase. Almost just as alarming is the number…
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