Posted by Licia Berry on April 6, 2012
Dearest men, this world has a lot to do towards respect and safety for all people. In the last week through my work with PeaceJam and Unite Women, I have met several young men who are mortified with their male counterparts. They are ashamed to be men, which is so sad because being a man…
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Posted by Licia Berry on April 4, 2012
“When the heart opens, we see others, we feel the heart of others.” -Chogyam Trungpa, Rinpoche, from Shambala, The Sacred Path of the Warrior I had the good fortune to be asked to lead a workshop at the PeaceJam Southeast Conference at Florida State University last weekend, where Nobel Laureate Jody Williams was a keynote…
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Posted by Licia Berry on February 10, 2012
I recently hosted 3 screenings for a documentary called “The Heart to Lead-Women as Allies for the Greater Good” here in Tallahassee. Over 30 women here in north Florida came to watch and share in discussion after the film…we were so inspired that we are creating a Women’s Leadership Circle to explore and encourage each of us…
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Posted by Licia Berry on January 11, 2012
a story about searching for one’s lost tribe (see part 1 here) Lost, But Not Lost According to the anthropologists and historians, My people are obliterated, the extinct ones Rubbed out in language, culture, ceremony Diminished in memory, unnamed on the birth records Unrecognized as a people, place holders in the evolution of time…
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Posted by Licia Berry on December 19, 2011
I love new cycles. I enjoy bringing intention and attention to the endings and beginnings of things; it just feels holy to me to honor the passing of something old and celebrating the emergence of something new! With that in mind, I like to consider a theme for the new calendar year as they roll around. I have…
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