Preparing for the Fall Equinox The fall equinox is a time when the days and nights are of equal length and a signal of the days starting to get shorter. It is traditionally the time of the harvest. In farming communities, the bounty of all that was planted in the spring and tended to all …
Freedom Day: The Commitment to the Next Generations On the heels of Juneteenth is Independence Day, July 4th, the founding holiday celebrating the United States becoming an independent nation. I was thinking about Juneteenth and my own ancestors. They lived in Louisiana and Texas, so it is likely that they didn’t find out about the …
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Trauma: 7 Things You Can Do to Jump Start the Healing Process My daughter’s spiritual teacher announced as part of their spring equinox event that this is a season of healing trauma. For me this means facing things you have buried and tucked away with all the real reasons and …
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May is about women even though March is Women’s Month. We have Mother’s Day on May 8th. May 5th is Cinco de Mayo, when our Mexican heritage brothers and sisters celebrate their ancestors. So, this month, I want to honor the mothers and grandmothers that have helped us get to this point in our journey. …
Continuing the theme of love, we turn from self-love to friendships or plutonic love. What kind of friend are you? How many levels and types of friendship do you have? You know what I mean… acquaintances, casual friends, close friends, and best friends. Acquaintances – you love seeing them, yet you don’t call them, even …
Yes, I am still talking about love. This month, I am contemplating what gets in the way of us loving ourselves fully and completely. My conclusion… We have swallowed statements from outside ourselves about who we are or who we are not that keep us from connecting to our spirit. Here are a few examples. …
If someone were to ask us, “do you love yourself?” Our answer would be a resounding “yes.” And if an outsider looked at what we do all day and into the night, would our actions demonstrate that love? Would the conversations we are having with ourselves demonstrate our self-love? I challenge each of us to …
What Will You Bring to 2022? We often start the new year asking what we can expect. At the Winter Solstice, we encouraged you to ask yourself: What do I want? What will be my contribution? What will I create? We have choices beyond the reality of life with COVID in our midst as we …
Why I Love Kwanzaa Habari Gani! What’s the news! Kujichagulia (Self-Determination) I saw that one of my coaching groups was looking for someone to write about Kwanzaa as part of their diversity newsletter. I remember going to my kids’ elementary schools every year to do the Kwanzaa presentation for their classes and have them write about …
Embracing the Love and Gratitude This Holiday Season December is here. Let’s be clear, Christmas is my all-time favorite holiday! All the songs, Hallmark movies, baking, eating, decorating, and celebrating and then opening presents. And during these two weeks before the end of the year, I am also putting the finishing touches on my plan …
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