The pleasure, pain and growth of human connection.
What would you do if you knew you were going to be alone for the rest of your life? This is the question Waylon Lewis, founder of elephant journal, posed to his readers. He answered it with something to the effect of (I can't find the darn article, sorry), You would create an amazing career, read [...]
Yeah, this is never going to be me. I've never been the girl who laughs openly and raucously. I don't talk loudly so the whole crowd can hear or have any delusions about being the life of the party. I can't fake enthusiasm. I'm not known for doling out exuberant praise. I don't take up a lot [...]
I've found a new place to go deeper — Sacred Introvert Space. I guarantee you will feel at home there as well. Sacred Introvert's creator, Lisa Avebury, is an introverted kindred spirit. I've written a piece entitled, The Intimate Introvert, for this beautiful community. Sacred Introvert encourages your participation. If you want to write for SI just [...]
The masculine grows by challenge, but the feminine grows by praise. — David Deida, The Way of the Superior Man Not submissive. Not macho. According to spiritual and sexual author and guru, David Deida, the feminine essence (which both men and women possess) refers to the part of [...]
My last relationship ended before it got serious. He stopped putting energy into it before we were fully intimate, fully trusting, deeply involved. In my opinion, it ended on the edge of amazing. I have a desire to go deep. To wander into an intimacy that provides a safe place to be wild, quiet, emotional, sexual and above all, [...]
I witnessed a lot of pain this week. The kind where people curl up fetally and ache deeply. The kind where they cry until they are numb and limp. People are fragile. Physically, mentally and spiritually. True, people are strong and endure magnificently as well, but this week was about fragility. This week was exhausting. I'd never [...]
