by adminwomen | Feb 26, 2024 | Fierce Compassion
My mother was born on February 29th —she was a Leap Year Baby. But I never knew it because she never let anyone in on her secret. I finally figured it out when I was older and noticed she secretly celebrated with special friends every 4th year on her birthday. This...
by adminwomen | Feb 8, 2024 | Fierce Compassion, Mindfulness, Phase II — Finding A Mooring, Spiritual Voyage
I just returned from a 6 day silent retreat at the Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe. As I headed home, I felt the familiar challenge of how to talk about this experience to my friends and family. What can I say about why this is important to me, for our relationships, for...
by adminwomen | Jan 8, 2024 | Fierce Compassion
As I have been pondering the New Year’s approach, I have been reflecting on some of the significant learnings I had this past year. The first major learning came from an 8 week class I took through SURJ in Denver called “Confronting White Supremacy.” My intention in...
by adminwomen | Dec 2, 2023 | Fierce Compassion
This is the darkest & coldest season of the year, and yet this is when we are supposed to be joyful and happy. We are often brought up to think about caring for others more at this time of year, but sometimes we don’t feel like it. We sometimes go through...
by adminwomen | Sep 4, 2023 | Fierce Compassion
The more I keep listening to my deepest yearnings as a woman to break away from the binds of how I’ve been taught to be, I find clarity, freedom, joy, vast creativity and peacefulness. This doesn’t mean I’m rebelling, as much as I’m discerning with my Fierce...
by adminwomen | Jun 28, 2023 | Fierce Compassion
This year has been a powerful one for me so far. I’ve been learning to live more deeply what it means to be 70 years old from the inside out. I’ve been exploring being an Elder and a Crone by feeling how my body is showing me what to do and feeling deeply into...
