The Defender

The Defender

I’m excitedly writing a book about the inner masculine/feminine energy dynamics; I’m exploring the qualities of masculine and feminine energy, what it looks like when they are imbalanced and how to bring them into balance.  I have much personal experience as I...
Spring into Fall Cleaning

Spring into Fall Cleaning

Originally published in October 2007 under the title “Fall Cleaning 101” in “811”, a San Luis Valley newsweekly, in my weekly column “Wise Words from the Valley Shamama” In my own life, I feel the impulse to go in so many...
Autumn-The Energy of Letting Go

Autumn-The Energy of Letting Go

Article originally published on www.liciaberry.com September 22, 2004 We have reached the season of spectacular change!  The hottest days are past and each is shorter than the last.  Groves on mountains take on brilliant colors.  The state fair is over and school is...
A Certain Kind of Madness

A Certain Kind of Madness

Identifying Oneself as an Artist, Hearty Traveler of the Inner Landscape Going into the arts felt like the path to my heart, or rather from my heart.  When I chose my major of art/education with a psychology slant, I figured I was going into something a little...
The Weight of the Hate

The Weight of the Hate

 “The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different...