Untitled, originally uploaded by Kera Robson I’m occupying my life in new ways, now that he’s gone. It’s like I’ve rediscovered a whole wing of abandoned rooms and hallways; entire areas I declared off-limits for reasons that made sense some time ago. Spaces I’m reclaiming and inhabiting. Skin I’m only just now growing into. I’m seeping out into the edges…
Category Archives: empowerment
Feeling my way in 2013
Like many of you, I’m beginning this new year with a word.  This word is a dristi for me, a centering place for my energy and a reminder of who I’m becoming as I unfurl new aspects of myself. It’s  e m b o d y. As in, live into.  Know by be-ing.  Feel, rather…
Freeing yourself from your inner mean girl
Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts. ~Buddha  The meanest girl in high school had nothing on the inner voice that turns up to berate us when we’re facing a challenge or reaching for a heartfelt goal. “Are you kidding me?! You can’t do that. You’re weak-lazy-stupid-unenlightened-ugly-unlucky. …
The power of the personal permission slip
Remember those slips of paper our parents tucked into our backpacks, giving us permission to skip PE or to leave school early? Remember how freeing it was to pull that sucker out and present it to the folks at the front office? Rather than a ticket to chaos, letting ourselves off the hook every now…
An alternative path : what if it doesn’t have to be hard?
I have a radical suggestion for you. Go for the easy. As in, find what brings you ease. Ease-y. Yes, that. I invite you to try it on and tell me what you find. You might be really surprised….
Be your soul’s own gardener: caretaking your unfurling
As we all learned in the first grade when we planted sunflower seeds in Dixie cups, plants thrive when their optimal growing conditions are met : when they have enough sun, shade, nutrients, water and space to grow. Imagine a grove of succulent ferns. Or a meadow of clover and wildflowers. These plants live…
Unfurling with Dyana Valentine
 I’m not intimidated by your greatness.  Are you? Dyana Valentine has been referred to as an oracle, a seer and an urban priestess. She identifies herself as an instigator. Whatever you want to call her gift, it’s something you want if you’re in that vanilla zone and you’re desperate to get…
What’s Your Why?
Serendipity is not subtle. You’ve heard that “…what you teach you most need to learn“, right? Well, I’m leading a course right now and it just so happens that the same topic I taught in my morning session was served up to me later that day on a call with my fellow participants in Tara…
Unfurling with Julie Daley
We each have a blessing to give, and as women, a deeply instinctive, creative force that emits power beyond measure. Julie Daley is unabashedly female. In the writing she shares online she weaves words in beautifully heartfelt sonnets of aching and longing and becoming. Danielle LaPorte has described her…
