Licia’s Blog

The Collective Brain: We Are One

The Collective Brain: We Are One

  We all want to be individuals, to stand out, to be unique. We ARE unique; however, relationships are at the heart of our development. Our interpersonal interactions shape our brains, our perspectives, and the way we think. Both the adaptive and maladaptive...

What is “Mother”?  excerpt 3 from I Am Her Daughter

What is “Mother”? excerpt 3 from I Am Her Daughter

 “The woman I needed to call my mother was silenced before I was born.” –Adrienne Rich From Merriam Webster dictionary: 1moth·er noun ˈmə-thər 1a :  a female parent b (1) :  a woman in authority; specifically :  the superior of a religious community of women (2) :  an...

Psychotherapy…..It’s Just The Way I Am

Psychotherapy…..It’s Just The Way I Am

Because neuroscience has shown us that from birth our experiences wire us to react a certain way to our interpersonal interactions, we find ourselves saying “that’s just the way I am”. Have you ever had someone tell you, “You’ll have to accept me for the way I am....

Solstice Blessings

Solstice Blessings

It's Winter in the Northern Hemisphere... SOLSTICE LETTER 2014 Dear Fellow Travelers,May this Solstice Greeting find you well!  Today is the day of the longest night in the northern hemisphere of our sweet planet, inviting us to curl up next to the fire and...

Broken Open

Broken Open

I just completed a 4000 thousand-mile, one month long road trip for my The Frontier Inside (tm) western tour.  It was an extraordinary, adventure and love-filled experience of women, wisdom and landscape. It began as a dream to host a women's retreat in Tucson; once I...

Unapologetically Me

Unapologetically Me

My journey to be myself has been a long one, and it ain't over yet. Growing up in the south in the sixties and seventies was a trip for this curious, spiritual-but-not-religious little girl.  I had regular, direct experience of my connection to the All That Is,...