Tag Archive: transformation

The Portals of Aging

My first self-portrait in January 22011

  Recently I was asked to write both about my experience of being in my fifties and my menopausal experiences.  It’s difficult for me to write in my authentic voice about this.  My first reaction is to start doing research and then educate you, my dear reader.  If I approach the question academically, then it …

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The Illusion of Color

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  Over the weekend I painted a picture for fun and because I wanted to capture a feeling I had.  Even though my skills don’t match my imagination, I enjoyed creating something full of color.   I was reminded of a trip to French Polynesia. The colors there are brilliant and vivid.  The flowers, the …

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Slaying the Dragon: Fairy Tales and Real Life

Canon EOS REBEL T2i, New York City

  In fairy tales sometimes a damsel in distress is about to be sacrificed to a fire-breathing dragon to save the village.  The knight in shining armor arrives on a white horse to slay the dragon and save the day.  I love archetypal (universal) imagery because I can easily apply these symbols to my life …

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Session Ten: Walk on a Rainbow Trail

 Walk on a rainbow trail; walk on a trail of song, and all about you will be beauty.  There is a way out of every dark mist, over a rainbow trail.  ~Navaho Song   In Greco-Roman mythology, the rainbow was a path created by a messenger, Iris, between Earth and Heaven.   A rainbow is …

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Session Nine: Illuminating Dark Boxes

Wildflower altered with Aperture Cross Process 1, Canon EOS REBEL T2i

  “Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this, too, was a gift.” ~ Mary Oliver       Last week I wrote about mysteries.  It wasn’t my best piece of writing ever. In fact, it kind of sucked.  I wasn’t open or honest …

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Session Seven: Finding Grace in a Moment of Forgiveness

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 ”I remember a hundred lovely lakes, and recall the fragrant breath of pine and fir and cedar and poplar trees. The trail has strung upon it, as upon a thread of silk, opalescent dawns and saffron sunsets.” ~ Hamlin Garland   We all know life can change in an instant but our ability to handle …

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Session Six: The Threshold of Inner Power

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 “Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.” ~ Golda Meir   According to Wikipedia, the study of power in a society is referred to as politics.  For …

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Making the Shift from Dear Diary to Journaling for Transformation

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    My first diary entries began at age 8.  I was usually mad at my little sister or mad at my mother.  There were weeks or months between entries.   In high school I wrote about my crushes and recorded idiotic conversations in great detail.  I also wondered about the meaning of life.  I …

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Is you is or is you ain’t?

  I is ever changing and growing. Learning to accept the way I is or isn’t has been a lifelong process.  There are things I cannot change and there are things I can change.  Personal growth is a decision although I had to learn that lesson the hard way.  It’s usually the way I roll. …

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Official Launch Day for The Transformation Journey!

The Transformation Journey, an e-guide through the deepest levels of change towards a more enchanted existence, has been launched.  Whew.  For two months I’ve been consulting with experts, getting advice, writing and editing, posting  and making videos.  I have stretched myself in ways I didn’t know were possible.  And I pulled off Christmas.  And I …

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