“A disruptor is a person who shakes up or breaks up existing paradigms and offers an alternative to how things are being done. It is often one of the first steps toward making a change within a system; showing where it hasn’t been working and offering an alternative. What comes next is the staying…
Today is Mary Magdalene’s Feast Day – and I thought I might share a few thoughts with you about the power of image and story to shape culture. Share written post and image Watch BIOPOWER Motherboard Video Sharable Facebook links above if inspired to share or watch there. Regardless of your spiritual tradition, the…
When we create, we heal. When we heal we wake up. When we wake up we begin to care about more than just ourselves. When we care about more than just ourselves, community gets created. When community gets created isolation decreases and belonging increases. When we feel like we belong, we are empowered to…
One month exactly from my 49th birthday, some thoughts on aging… coming face to face with my whiskers….and my bold new dress This and a Black and Yellow Dress They said: go for it follow your dreams don’t let anything stop you They said: put love first scale the mountain this world…
Mired in a myth of false systems each person who chooses consciousness is called to ongoing acts of awakening At some point in our lives, somewhere within we know, something, has gone awry At first we may not know where to look The very things we were taught to trust that were…
“Shaping one’s own story is the making of revolution. A story becoming a legend means we open the door to the land of the imaginal narrative. To see things in new ways we need to invite new seeing and self expression. We don’t just rely on reason and what we know to shape the story…
Should the unschooled write? Dance? Paint? Speak? Should anyone who doesn’t know the rules attempt anything new? Should we standardize self expression markers? Should we correct every mistake? Because there IS a right and wrong? Somehow we should all know what it is. And if we don’t know what is accepted as right, we must…
We are the shelter of the sacred No one is coming to save us from ourselves We are the ones doing the saving We cannot save ourselves by sleeping We cannot save each other by angering We cannot save the earth through complaining Saving begins in the innermost temple In the hidden places many of…
The same discriminatory thinking lies behind the continuing gender gap in pay and why there are still so few women in office in the West. The root of this prejudice lies deep in our histories, but its impact is felt every day. It is not women and girls alone who suffer. It damages all of…
YOU DO NOT SPEAK FOR ME Grieving America If you do not speak for the earth You do not speak for me. If you do not care for the water You do not care for me. If you do not protect our skies You do not protect me. If you do not see our firey…