Licia’s Blog
As long as there is hurting, there is a need for healing
I was reminded this weekend that I am a healer. I’ve always known this, but haven’t always wanted to own it. I think there are a lot of us out there. I don’t have to say a word. Just my presence, a smile, will sometimes awaken the desire in others to offer up their...
Blue Eyed Indian
a story about searching for one’s lost tribe Wingapo Cheskchamay (“Welcome, All Friends” in Powhatan language) I share this excerpt from my book with you now because I have lately struck a chord in some of my posts….there are others besides me who do not feel...
Telling the Truth
"When a woman tells the truth she is creating the possibility for more truth around her." -Adrienne Rich There is something about having an audience that provokes an artist (of any kind, whether writer, musician, visual artist, actor, etc.) to rise to the occasion...
The Gift of Gratitude-from 2004
(Author's note: It is interesting to me to see how my thoughts and writing style have evolved over years of time. I see that there is still some use to the writings below, so offer them for your perusal. Perhaps an updated version will follow!) The Gift of Gratitude...
My Own Space, part 2
The response I've received since publishing my last entry about my desire to have "my own room" has been so interesting, I felt it merited a little more airtime. Some have written to accuse my husband of not wanting to share power (sorry I told on you in my blog,...
Woman, Interrupted…..My Own Space
what if I am allowed to do it just because I am worth it?
Journeys and Initiations-Anne Marie Bennett’s “Bright Side of the Road”
You know that I am ALL about the journey....everything I write in my life is about the journeys I undertake, whether from un-awareness to awareness, a place on a map to another, or the immense journey one undergoes to reclaim themselves for healing. I was particularly...
The Little Boy in the Labyrinth
They say in therapeutic settings that we always confront and heal what’s easiest first. For me, first was to confront the sexual abuse, then to confront my father, and to reclaim my sexuality, my feelings of safety in the world, and my power (and probably will...
She Without End-the Boundless Presence of the Feminine
by Licia Berry, April 2007 There is a lot of talk these days in progressive thought or spiritual communities about the “return of the feminine” on the planet. If you type “re-emergence of the feminine” into an internet search engine, you will find endless articles...
The Stolen Mother Moon
The Stolen Mother Moon from a story that Clarissa Pinkola Estes tells on “warming the stone child”, worshipfully transcribed by Licia Berry This is about a light, a certain kind of light that is represented by the moon, a psychic light, a cool light, it has some...