Watching my parents die was one of the most difficult and painful experiences of my life. It was a modern-day tragedy, their suffering both heartbreaking and unnecessary. I watched, powerless to change a sickness of the mind, a fundamental commitment to their powerlessness. We are all powerless over death, but we are…
View More Conscious Aging“Unraveling external selves and coming home to our real identity is the true meaning of soul work.” Sue Monk Kidd Unraveling to awaken authenticity is an important task for the aging woman. Yes, there is much to be done in the unraveling department, but we are uniquely ready. Fortunately, when…
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This month’s selection for the Aging Abundantly Book Club is a recent favorite of mine. I Will Not Live An Unlived Life: Reclaiming Passion and Purpose by Dawna Markova is at it’s heart poetic. Packed with images, metaphors and enough symbolic language to keep me giddy for weeks, it is a…
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Sometimes it just takes guts. Sometimes we can’t think our way to a solution. We can’t whine our way to the answer. We can’t emote our way to healing. Sometimes it just takes guts and putting one foot in front of the other and doing the thing we think we…
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The unfolding of consciousness sometimes feels like a runaway freight train…and I’m just hanging on for dear life. Ah, but what a ride! My only regret is that I got on board so late in life. On the other hand, my life’s path that led me to this point carries…
View More My UnfoldingMy nights of late have been filled with dreams of struggle. Arguments, unease, confusion. I am going through a deep change. I can feel it happening in many areas of my life and my dreams seem to be reflecting the movement. What’s different this time is that some of the dreams…
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