One of the hardest things I’ve had to learn is that nothing in life is guaranteed. You can try to control and prepare and be very, very good, but you still don’t get to control the outcome. Waiting for the ideal anything (financial grounding, body, partner, schedule) is also riddled with pitfalls. I’m not saying... Continue Reading →
I haven’t seen this creature in a year. Last September and October, for 5 visits to the gardens in a row, it was there at the very same spot. I thought it must be so tame (it looks me right in the eye and holds my gaze) because people were feeding it. But I remembered... Continue Reading →
I’m so excited to share with you this co-creative year-long labor of love. For me, it was a weaving together of a lifetime of contemplation, self-discovery and self-reflection. From the first poem I wrote in Mrs. Bridger’s Field Lighthouse class in the third grade, through many years of personal struggle around identity and finding a... Continue Reading →
This told itself to me last night as I was struggling with a missing sense of joy about the beginning of autumn for so many reasons. And then the first news story I heard this first day of autumn morn was about How we may well be turning a corner and be in a better... Continue Reading →
I’m so excited that this year-long labor of love is about to be delivered. It feels a little like magic and a lot like healing. I think it’s going to be a really important contribution to to demystifying the gifted feminine in a way that just might lead to some blossoming. I’ll let you know... Continue Reading →
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. 💖
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 →
