Happy Women’s Equality Day! It is through rising up and lifting up and holding each other up that we all make gains. Find your power and use it to empower another. This is where your Internal Luminosity is. 💖
Empowerment is Light
Both This and That
I buy outfits for dates I don’t even have prospects for—a little extra feminine, enhancing my eye color…revealing a curve—and imagine the excitement of feeling lovely in my skin as I dress to meet a man who makes things once in shadow seem manageable again . I watch myself with pride solving problems on my... Continue Reading →
I learned to float one summer in Buffalo when I was six. In a relative’s pool at a cookout, a great uncle promised me that he would not allow me to sink. He placed his hand on the small of my back and taught me to relax my muscles while also slightly arching my back... Continue Reading →
Status with Substance
Connecting through books, shared experiences and ideas can be exhilarating. What is your current state of being and doing? Care to share? I’d love to hear! Do elaborate on any of your answers. I’m quite curious, as I’m always looking for new inspiration. I first saw this status list idea on the Read Books’s (in... Continue Reading →
The Healing Power of Loving Creatures
This is my favorite time of day right now—lap full of ducklings before I crawl into bed. First there’s a bit of protest—“how dare you pick me up, human!!” Mealworms sprinkled in the creases of the bath towel on my lap are very persuasive. Then there’s lots of rooting around the the towel to gobble... Continue Reading →
Little Steps to Healing and Wholeness
Today I went on a little hike paddle adventure in Northwest River Park. I have dreams of taking on bigger hiking/camping trips, but joining a local hiking group is a good next step for me. It stretches my capacity for being vulnerable and requires that I show up on my own to a new place... Continue Reading →
Bathing Among the Spanish Moss and the Trees
Yesterday I went on another introvert outing by way of The Nature Bus, a local business that creates nature adventures. You might be wondering what about a bus full of people supports an introvert outing? Here’s the thing about introverts, it’s not that we don’t enjoy people, it’s that we spend energy being with and... Continue Reading →
Summer
Paying attention to the little joys in the tiniest of moments…
Internal Luminosity 