Traveling the World Through Others
Based on recent events in my life and in our society, I want to bring back a post I wrote in 2015. This post was part of a series that highlighted accomplished women. Unfortunately, it fell a bit flat, but today I feel a renewed sense of energy. Women like Kamala Harris and Stacy Abrams…
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Being a woman comes with a list of positives and negatives. There are things that are tough to deal with, like sexism, feelings of inadequacy, body issues, and work/family balance to name a few. These things can be sneaky because they are often not out in the open, but they hide surreptitiously waiting to spring…
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When I was young, my grandmother would watch me pick up food for my plate. She would leer incredulously, “If you actually eat all of that, young lady, I will eat my hat.” I marveled at the phrase and accepted the challenge, forcing myself to finish every chosen morsel. My grandmother was a harsh woman,…
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“Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all.” -Emily Dickinson There is a constant shifting in this life between light and dark. The external events that are happening right before our physical eyes can cause us to toss and turn. …
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It is day six of my manifestation challenge. Part of my intentions for the New Year is to write more. I also want to try and speak more from the heart. I want to think less about what you, dear reader, may think, and more about what I want to say. I started my day…
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As soon as my students learn that I can read people, they always ask if I can read them. Some people are easier than others. Some feelings come through so strongly that I cannot ignore them. It is always through my left side. Today a teaching assistant was standing next to me, and I saw…
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Women are obsessed with their bodies. We are so preoccupied by them that I sometimes feel as if I am only a combination of the things listed above: boobs, butt, and other round things. If it stopped there, if my constant focus on the elements of my body remained merely in the awareness of these…
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This morning I attended a 5:30 am yoga class. I love this class, but there is a woman in the class who breathes loudly, large intakes and out takes of breath. She throws off my flow. I get annoyed and angry at the distraction. “Why can’t you be silent?” I say in my head. “Just…
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I called out of work. I feel awful. I feel like death. I feel like eating this entire box of dots. “But you are on this healthy lifestyle thing,” my brain tells me. “No processed foods; no alcohol; no dots.” Yet here I sit, in the bathroom, while Jonah is in the tub. I am…
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A Course in Miracles says that when you feel defensive, you should know this is your moment to see the illusion for what it is. If you are feeling as if you have to defend some part of yourself or some greater idea, then your ego has you believing that there is an image of…
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