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Treasures in the Crap!

Treasures in the Crap!

I am finding that during periods of sort of chronic, intense, prolonged challenge it is during the flare-ups, the acute episodes of crap that we can see how much we’ve grown! It is now twenty months (almost two years!!) that I have been dealing with the corporate media agenda-driven character assassination. Not in a million […]

An Extraordinary Gift to Myself

An Extraordinary Gift to Myself

Just the other day I gave myself an extraordinary gift. I forgave someone who had hurt me. I had considered this person a genuine friend. We had shared some powerful experiences and had worked together, with shared values to do what we could to protect and restore nature and our environment. She had been one […]

Discovering my Mother

Discovering my Mother

I dedicate this to Frances Killingsworth, my lovely and gently strong Mother. One of the most precious beautiful jewels unearthed during my devastatingly painful year of public shaming was the transformation of my relationship with my mother. Although Mom was very loving and supportive in my early childhood, due to a whole variety of family […]

The Seductive Thief

The Seductive Thief

Ego is such a seductive thief. I’m not talking about the obvious aspects of ego such as arrogance, pride and insecurity. I am talking about ego with a big “E”. This is the Ego that constructs the appearances, rigid beliefs and false identities we wrap ourselves in trying to overcome the deep core feeling of […]

The Price and Pricelessness of Caring

The Price and Pricelessness of Caring

Once you walk through certain doors you can never return. Once you open your eyes or heart to certain things the course of your life is changed forever. This happened to me in my early twenties. I had just taken the plunge to become a first generation college graduate and was attending courses at the […]