It’s not the absence of grand gestures - it's the presence of those small, daily betrayals of our own truth that leave us silent and desperate for some ‘other’ to stop it and/or change it. While we wait, the pressure builds… inside us, where we live… as it becomes impossible for us to NOT notice our capitulation, yet again, to that which we do not want. ... Continue Reading >>
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Memory Lane: The Line in the Sand
Consider how many times in your life you have stopped yourself from saying out loud what moves inside you; how many times you have said 'yes' to something when you wanted to say ‘no’; how frequently you have pulled back from the edge of your own thinking to, yet again, comply with the thoughts of those around you. Stop for a moment and allow yourself to ... Continue Reading >>
Memory Lane: Finding Your Voice
In my close-to 30 years of working with women, far fewer women actually don’t know what they want than there are women who know… and just won’t tell. That’s a tough one: when you think that others don’t want you to have what you want or that others would turn away from you if they really knew the truth of who you are. And yet, in all those years of working ... Continue Reading >>