This is the article I wrote recently as a guest blogger on the wonderful online gathering place for our tribe, Roots of She. I’d love to hear what calls YOU — please declare it loud and proud in the comments below. love, amy What Calls You? You take steps in one direction, originally…
Category Archives: women
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…
Unfurling with Gabriela Masala
If I used colors to represent the women in this interview series, Gabriela Masala would be an easy choice: blazing bright orange. This woman is a beacon of light and love. Gabriela’s unfurling has the kind of vitality that can’t be hidden. She’s unleashing a new level of engagement with life, and it’s lighting…
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. …
Puzzle pieces : linking your part to the whole
Come on in; you’re invited. There’s a roomful of us, a large yet cozy room where we have plenty of space to sprawl. We’re together for a reason: we’re assembling a huge, room-size jigsaw puzzle. Each woman has her own part of the big puzzle, her own set of pieces to fit together that…
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…
Unfurling with Lucie D’Alessandro
What began as a harrowing experience transformed – and elevated – my life. Here are the words Lucie D’Alessandro uses to describe her healing journey, one year after being diagnosed with breast cancer: Awakening. Amazing. Wild. These words are not generally associated with…
Courage and self-love : fuel for your unfurling journey
You’re in motion and it feels great. You took the cues, did your homework, made the announcement. You’re forging new territory and finding a path through the woods. You’re unfurling. And then, a wall. Maybe the first of many. You come flat up against a solid wall of doubt, insecurity, who-do-I-think-I-am-ness. It literally knocks…
