Letting Go...To Grasp What Really Matters
“What’s lifting you today?” Today, it was the eleven-year-old dog who lives at the home studio where I recorded the audio book for Hands Free Mama. I knew being asked to record a six-year-old book was highly unusual, so I paid attention. When I greeted the brown and white dog at the door, the producer said, “Since you recorded here…
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I am not the same person I was 37 days ago. That may sound dramatic, maybe even impossible – but it’s my truth. 37 days ago, I was NOT in a good place. I was living in reaction mode, allowing external factors to sabotage the peace and stability of my inner world. I felt utterly inundated and completely empty. I…
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a healerhas the braveryto use their experiencesof recovery and move inharmony with the universefor the benefit of many-yung pueblo Avery’s music album came into the world two weeks ago. Over that time, we’ve heard from people who are listening… “My beloved struggles with regulating her emotions, and your album calms her down.” “My beloved died of COVID, and I needed your…
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I can tell you where my anti-racism journey started. I’d walked through the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Rwanda where 250,000 victims of the mass slaughter of nearly one million people have been laid to rest. The visitor center exists for those wishing to understand the events leading up to the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi and remember those who perished. For…
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A while back, my swimmer daughter happened to tell me the vital importance of water in her life. When submerged in water, her brain stops running a hundred miles an hour; she thinks only of the movement of her body, a sense of peace envelops her. In water, she can breathe. “Everyone needs an escape, especially kids,” Natalie said at…
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Almost three years to this day, two dear friends drove 300 miles in one day to lay eyes on me. They’d read a troubling post I’d written a few weeks prior. A dark, desolate thought for their beloved friend, no matter how fleeting, sent up red flags two friends could not ignore. I was kind-of hoping none of my close…
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