The first in a series of reflections on the incredible Dialogue 2010, curated by Rose Deniz and on the topic of hybrid identities and location.
The first in a series of reflections on the incredible Dialogue 2010, curated by Rose Deniz and on the topic of hybrid identities and location.
Dear Kiri, Even though I'm not a Breeder your blog about contemplating life while pregnant spoke to me on a lot of levels. I thought about my friend Wendy who was murdered, and how horrible it was for her mother to lose her daughter so suddenly and ...
When I first moved to Europe going on seven years ago I was bummed that I felt they didn't really celebrate Halloween, American style. Dressing up, spider webs, pumpkin carving, creepy music, ...
Here in Europe we have this amazing cream called Bepanthen that is phenomenal for healing wounds without any resulting scarring. Doesn't matter how you got the wound, scrape, burn, but if you use Bepanthen ...
Eight years ago two planes flew into New York's World Trade Centers killing thousands. I remember my then-boyfriend waking me up to tell me what had happened. It was 8am in California and so I laughed at ...
Dear Senator Kennedy, My heart goes out to your family and everyone touched by your passing. The world will not be the same without you. I was not alive when your brothers were assassinated, but in spite of that I have always felt a vacuum where their ...
Dear Kari, You make a number of excellent points in this article and I agree with you fully. I spent this summer getting over some serious burnout issues from my last job, and it is amazing how long it took for me to return to myself ...
This is a beautifully written piece, Mr. Bishop. The lines, "(You can substitute anything you are more comfortable with for the word y,"Divine." God, Spirit, the Universe. Whatever works for you. I'm pretty confident that God, Spirit, the Divine, etc did not name Itself. So It ...
I am pretty sure I've discovered a new fairy who has been in my life for some time now. I'm calling her The Trauma Fairy, and my belief is she goes into our minds while we sleep and erases things that are just too awful to ...
Five years ago at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, I met an amazing Californian Phillipina woman and we became fast friends, seeing in each other kindred spirits. Interestingly enough, it was the same year I met Paolo Coelho who told me: "Always keep your heart open; it will bleed, but it will heal." ...
The Season 6 finale of "LOST" featured a gargantuan statue of the Egyptian crocodile-headed god Sobek. Being fascinated not only with "LOST" but also Egyptian mythology (I even took ...
Everything we do in life requires some level of preparation. Our jobs, our hobbies, our dinners. It gives us a chance to get all our ducks in a row before moving on with a project, and even the smallest amount of preparation tends to make the end result better.What's strange is that I've ...
His Holiness the Dalai Lama says, "Genuine compassion is based on a clear acceptance or recognition that others, like oneself, want happiness and have the right to overcome suffering. On that basis one develops some kind of concern about the welfare of others." Compassion is the ability to see all fellow human beings as equal ...
Written on a postcard of your Fairy Challenger oracle card, #56:"Plant your feet,Bend your knees,Sway with the bumps and lurches of life."Where a stamp shaped like a hole in my sock could go:PragueJanuary 23, 2008So basically you're saying that I should go through life ...
Written on a sepia-toned postcard of blood-stained snow:The heart of mineburied with youburns with the acheof injustice.Where a stamp could go but there is only sadness:Pine Ridge POW CampDecember 29, 1890I am haunted by your history.
Getting Real About Stress
Another lovely and relevant post, thank you Ed & Deb! Normal stress is compounded for me by also dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder and I have to be very aware of which kind of stress may be affecting me at any given point. I find that drinking ...
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