Women are Storytellers

Women are Storytellers

“A woman cannot be passive and hold a microphone.” This is the brilliant observation of women’s humorist, writer, speaker and professor of feminist theory, Gina Barreca.  She advocates that women stop trying to fit into a world that wants 140...
Inner guidance saves the day (again…)

Inner guidance saves the day (again…)

I have been writing and publishing online since 2001; in tandem with opening a practice in Asheville NC, I created a website called “Healing Alchemy” to describe my process of working with my inner guidance.  This was after years of being an educator and...
I AM That Woman

I AM That Woman

I wrote and posted this on my Facebook wall yesterday: [Tweet “You know, I love a gutsy woman. A dangerous woman! A woman that, despite the possibility that she will be misunderstood, not liked or accepted, called “unladylike”, or possibly piss...
Fortune Cookie Wisdom

Fortune Cookie Wisdom

  After a somewhat challenging Thanksgiving, my son and I went out for Vietnamese, one of our favorites. Comfort food, for sure. There, a fortune cookie imparted wisdom that I desperately needed after the holiday mayhem. Who knew that a fortune cookie could frame...