The other day, I didn’t say NO, and I created an unnecessary mess… My brother and sister-in-law’s Indonesian housekeeper, who greeted me for the first time with a warm smile and massage of my arm, asked if we could be friends on FaceBook. The fake smile, nod of my head and higher-than-normal-pitched “sure” came out…
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When I was a little girl, there was a giant, 3-trunk sycamore tree in our back yard. My favorite trunk sloped into a huge horse, which at its best could hold all of the neighborhood kids at one time, as we happily climbed and jostled to be the first one up. I would discover different…
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Many years ago, when I had first entered this world of mind-body, I had a closing meeting with one of my teachers. I promptly showed up hoping he would give me a magical key to unlock and free my deepest longings. I was also anxious, because that’s how I always was, as I incessantly looked…
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Yesterday I spent far too much time on Facebook and twitter defending an opinion and supposedly putting my voice in the world. And despite my informed, textual shouting, as my anger heated up, I felt out of control, ranty and entirely ineffective. I am fiery by nature. Which means I can be deeply warm-hearted, but…
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There is… A single woman in her 30s, who has craved touch and affection for so long, she now feels invisible. Her loneliness aches inside of her. Until one day, fed up with the feeling, every muscle comes alive, she leaves her carefully laid out career, and begins training as a massage therapist. A soulful…
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