I’ve started walking recently. Pre-pandemic, I ran. I ran a lot (not as much as my friend Jung, but a lot more than zero and pretty consistently). I ran because it felt like the only time I could put my brain on pause. I ran in spite of injuries and exhaustion. Pre-pandemic, I also ran […]
Month: July 2021
Accepting Responsibility, Holding Space for Possibility, Moving Towards Freedom
Friends, I am moving towards freedom. But the journey towards freedom means a lot of unlearning. Today, I had a very powerful lesson on responsibility: accepting and taking responsibility for impact not aligned with intent; on what I cannot control: the pain of grace withheld and being misunderstood by someone I thought would know my […]
The Same But Different
My sister and my (youngest) daughter remind me of more free versions of myself. My six-year old has been one of my greatest teachers. She is so self-expressed and unapologetic (at home) that I have actually wondered at times how it is that I birthed her from my body. She is brilliant and passionate, but […]
Joy and Healing
It has been three weeks since my sister arrived in the states, and I have to say that it has been an extraordinary three weeks during which I have experienced so much pure joy and learned so much about her and myself. Even though we grew up over 20 years apart in different parts of […]