Do you “know your worth?” In 2010-2011 I took an online empowerment course called Feminine Power where they talked about our value and our worth. They'd say, "your value and worth are inherent in your being." I'd never heard such a thing...
Part 4: Feel Your Feelings, But... One thing that's come to me twice in the past few days is a saying: Feel your feelings, but don't stay there too long. It is important, shall I say IMPORTANT TO FEEL OUR FEELINGS!!! It is SO important, I...
Part 3: And...Don't Take On Others Suffering Hi, In this unexpected third part of the series about turning towards life, I realized how important it was to communicate this point of not taking on others' suffering. Yesterday, as I was...
Part 2: How to turn towards what's happening Read Part 1 Here Dear fellow human, It is with a sad heart that I start to write this email. I have no words for the awfully horrifying events that took place yesterday at an elementary school in...
Part 1: Turning Towards Tragedy, Life and Ourselves I learned a lot two Saturdays ago about empathy and care. My dance partner and I were teaching Latin dance to a private wedding party Saturday, May 14th, in the evening. The racist shooting...
Help Buffalo's East Side Well, as you may have heard, Buffalo’s in the midst of healing from a racially motivated violent attack on black and brown skinned people from a young, 18 year old man, who doesn’t live here. He targeted Buffalo’s...
A sure way to get change Hello! Thanks for stopping by. I was sent a blog post about one woman’s transformation through IFS. And, I thought, this would be a great introduction to the Internal Family Systems Model of Therapy if it’s new to...
C. G. Jung and The Privilege of a Lifetime Dear Reader, When I saw this quote, it struck me. It’s so simple. The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are. - C. G. Jung And, there’s actually a lot packed into these few words....
I've been kind of dreading this Last weekend, I woke up feeling a bit down, a bit unenthused. I sensed an underlying agitation, but couldn't put my finger on it. Later that day, I spoke with my cousin and she mentioned someone she knew was...
