women’s issues
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We live in a time watching wisdom get pushed aside for emotional drama. Everyone feels up in arms about how things are going to hell in a hand basket. These are the worst of times… Until the next round… Realizing that we move through cycles here on big Planet Earth, could help everyone calm down. Read more
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As a woman of a certain age, we were taught to acquiesce to our fathers, husbands, preacher, teacher, you name it. Our voice was of no concern. We were meant to be agreeable, to “get along” with family and others. While there are still many women who follow this dictate there are also many who Read more
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After my own experience of being nearly wrapped up in a yoga cult, I am watching this documentary and it is bringing it all up again. Kundalini is where my spiritual yogic journey began. Guru Jagat or Katie, the subject of the film is another notch on the Yogi Bhajan cult belt. Though she never Read more
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I don’t know about other women of a certain age but the biggest risk was always “being yourself”. Born with an inquisitive mind and an even larger mouth made “getting along” with others nearly impossible. I had a habit of saying what was on my mind, even as a wee one! Why couldn’t I be Read more
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I have arrived at an age where I have allowed myself the privilege of making comfort a priority. Comfort for me goes across the board. 1. Temperature– in my house or car or anywhere else that I can control the environment I make sure I’m comfortable. Whether anyone else likes it or not, I have Read more
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I want to give you a bit of background. I’ve had this blog for years and I stopped blogging this last year for 2 reasons. 1. I had become so disenfranchised with nearly everything I saw and was experiencing. The chaos of the pandemic and then my move from Santa Monica back to Minnesota, which Read more
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It has taken years for me to understand the level of trauma I was born into. A long story short…My mother was adopted and claimed to not know much about her family of origin, my Dad was a red neck simple angry man, our house was filled with secrets. They both had very public jobs Read more
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So, in the category of what is going on, I say, life looks like a mystery bus tour. I’m seated on the bus in my part of the world looking out the window and who the hell knows where I am. Every day is different. One day I live in a rain forest and have Read more
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Why write, why share? Those words echoing like a mantra marching in this burned out teacher’s head. “It has been such a difficult period time”, she keeps telling herself, which is unbelievable as she has moved through so many other “cycles of difficult” times. Gut wrenching times. Down on your knees times. Pain melting your Read more
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