by adminwomen | Apr 24, 2023 | Fierce Compassion, Grief, Mindfulness, Phase III — Diving Into The Deep, Spiritual Voyage
I just saw the movie “TopGun II“ in which the main character Pete Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is speaking to his colleague and friend Tom Kazansky (Val Kilmer) as they face his impending death together. Tom’s message to Pete is “It’s time to let go, Pete.” In that...
by adminwomen | Apr 18, 2023 | Fierce Compassion, Grief, Phase III — Diving Into The Deep
As we journey through life, we inevitably encounter pain and grief. These experiences, when addressed with an attitude of fear and aversion, can harden our hearts and make it difficult to move forward. Because grief feels so big and scary, and because our culture...
by adminwomen | Mar 21, 2023 | Fierce Compassion, Phase II — Finding A Mooring
HOW DO WE NAVIGATE AND EMBODY THE YIN & YANG OF SELF-COMPASSION? This toolbox of self-compassion is a vast continuum from gentle, loving and open receptivity to the fierce discernment that comes from being in your absolute Truth, or standing firm for your...
by adminwomen | Jan 3, 2023 | Embodiment, Fierce Compassion
Writing a memoir is a very unique writing experience. Often as I began writing about the six major transitional events that happened in my midlife years starting with the birth of my son at 39 in which I developed severe post-partum depression, I had no idea where I...
by adminwomen | Sep 4, 2022 | Embodiment, Fierce Compassion, Grief, Internal Family Systems Work (IFS), Phase III — Diving Into The Deep
THE HEROINE’S JOURNEY IS OUR GRIEF JOURNEY In l990, Maureen Murdock published a book called The Heroine’ s Journey. A woman’s quest for wholeness in our contemporary world, she says, is about defining woman’s experience of becoming and not how it has been...
by adminwomen | Feb 5, 2022 | Fierce Compassion
Have you traveled away from home during this Covid period? Have you been beyond the borders of the US? I just returned from a trip to Chile and Argentina and I can tell you it was very empowering to get outside of the US Covid fear, anxiety and paranoia, and be in a...
