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Dec 22, 20196 min read

Becoming More You in 2020

In 2020, what if you... Prioritize your self-care. Do the things that center you now, rather than waiting for when you are centered to...

Feb 15, 20191 min read

Love is at the Center

At the Awaken Your Creative Soul Women’s Retreat Weekend (upcoming Sept 20-22, 2019), Marianne Richmond asked us to paint a circle with...

Dec 31, 20182 min read

"Once I Love Myself..."

Some say, “Once I love myself, I can let in love. But first I need to love myself... First. Once I’m there Once I’ve finished ...

Feb 13, 20184 min read

A Sacred Kind of Defiance

I gathered with an incredible group of women during this recent last full moon. We shared a span of ages forty years wide, a multitude of...

Dec 31, 20173 min read

Try This New Year's Reflection, First.

This is an invitation to a writing reflection during this turn of the year, an invitation to honor the woman you are. I wrote an...

Dec 27, 20173 min read

Are You Willing To Be This Open?

Often, between the here and there of places, intriguing things happen. On my way home to my family for the holidays, I had a two-day...

Jul 20, 20175 min read

Cracking Open My Piñata

When I came to Guatemala in February 2012, I had a poem in my pocket, a few words written on a loose blank page and a pulsing piñata...

May 28, 20162 min read

Who Stands By Your Heart?

I've been tracing around my small village with a tiny folder of marked up papers and my phone as a voice recorder. Inside of that...

Mar 1, 20161 min read

Playing Small

What would you write about? Do you think you'd be the only one?

Feb 23, 20164 min read

I'm Saying He's a Gold Digger. (Yep Him, Your Critic.)

Trust me, he’s a gold digger. Not the guy you’re dating now. Or the ex involved in your messy divorce. Or the prince charming or...

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