A Conversation with Sara Catena
I would like you to meet my friend Sara Catena – the Joy Activator. She lives in Australia but is actually a Kiwi, since she was born in New Zealand. … Continue readingA Conversation with Sara Catena
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How to be an artist – even if you don’t feel artistic.
The Merriam-Webster online definition of the word Artist is 1) a: a person who creates art (such as painting, sculpture, music, or writing) using conscious skill and creative imagination. b: … Continue readingHow to be an artist – even if you don’t feel artistic.
The Healing Power of Stories: why our stories matter
In one of its earliest forms, the word courage meant “To speak one’s mind by telling all one’s heart.” It takes courage to tell our story honestly, to listen to … Continue readingThe Healing Power of Stories: why our stories matter
The Yoga of Dreams – How Our Dreams Help Us to Unite Our Mind and Heart
We live in a logical, left-brain society that values doing over being, and facts over fiction. For many, fairy tales, myths, and dreams fall under the fiction category as things … Continue readingThe Yoga of Dreams – How Our Dreams Help Us to Unite Our Mind and Heart
Mindfulness and Meditation – Cultivating Connection to Our Inner Peace
World events and the actions of others can be distressing. No matter what is going on around us, we have a peaceful center that we can come home to at … Continue readingMindfulness and Meditation – Cultivating Connection to Our Inner Peace
My Body My Friend
Learning to love ourselves and our own unique body! I once saw a commercial featuring a photo shoot of an afghan hound – long hair blowing, like a model. I … Continue readingMy Body My Friend
A Year in the Life of a Grandmother
If you look at my calendar you will see that all I do is babysit and get my haircut. A closer look would reveal a annual physical and eye exam, … Continue readingA Year in the Life of a Grandmother
Transformation
I get to watch a baby being born. He tells me I am holding too tightly. The birth of the new is the old transformed. The baby flops out, the … Continue readingTransformation
Well Behaved Women Rarely Make History
I recently read that historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich (the first to say, “well-behaved women rarely make history”), was not using the statement as a rallying cry for women to act … Continue readingWell Behaved Women Rarely Make History
Be Your Own Beloved
If you are in need of some self care – these things helped me – I hope they help you too 🙂 Be Your Own Beloved http://www.viviennemcmasterphotography.com/blog/ This is the … Continue readingBe Your Own Beloved
Circles of Love
Why our women friends nurture us and keep us sane. Family is important, but when we moved recently to be closer to grandchildren, I left behind a circle of women … Continue readingCircles of Love
Women’s Circles
I read a poem by Oria Mountain Dreamer in a yoga class one evening, and when a woman asked for a copy to read to her Women’s Group I thought, … Continue readingWomen’s Circles