The 8-day ‘Free to BE Effective / Emotional Maturity Challenge begins on Monday, October 19. I invite you to register and insert 10 minutes each day to “imagine what it means to have no cares, no worries, and no anxieties … ten minutes of being open to the effectiveness of practicing calm and quiet … […]
Iona Drozda
The Criteria of Emotional Maturity
Every act rewards itself, or in other words, integrates itself, in a twofold manner; first in the thing, or in real nature; and secondly in the circumstance, or in apparent nature. Ralph Waldo Emerson October is my favorite month year after year. Being here at our 50-acre retreat tree farm in central Virginia, we sip […]
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A Maze in Grace
Dear Gentle Readers, In this post, I find myself particularly reflective. These nine months of being the midwife for the nineteen-year-old, providing space so that she could give birth to her story, has been unsettling as well as moving. She has helped me to experience a profound part of healing. She has shown me that […]
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Almost Twenty
Dear Readers ~ This week the story told by the nineteen-year-old closes as she prepares to turn twenty. Thank you for being here and for witnessing this one-year journey. Being the scribe for the nineteen-year-old I have learned to trust the creative process in new ways. I have gained an additional depth of awareness (add […]
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Bridges to Cross
Dear Readers: We are nearing the close of this 1968 rite of passage. In this chapter, the nineteen-year-old employs the method of healing and integration that she provided for me in December 2018 as my arm healed. She looks to a time when she was an empowered/natural child. She reconnects with who she was in […]
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Be Living Not Dying
9 Keep stretching a bow You repent of the pull, A whetted saw Goes thin and dull, Surrounded with treasure You lie ill at ease, Proud beyond measure You come to your knees: Do enough, without vying, Be living, not dying. From The Way of Life according to Lao Tzu Translated by Witter Bynner […]
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The Benefit of Hiding
Dear Reader, WARNING! DO NOT read this post if you are triggered by any form of domestic violence, sexual predation, or PTSD due to personal trauma. All Readers proceed with caution. Take the best care of you. Thank you for your witnessing heart and mind. This Rite-of-Passage story has not been shared in its entirety […]
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Don’t Say a Word
Dear Readers, I am standing for the courage and the tenacity of this nineteen-year-old woman. In 1968 there is no term for post-traumatic stress. Her support system helping to ferry her through these rocky straits are the letter from Alice and the two books. I honor the time it has taken for her to reach […]
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Carried By Words
Dear Reader, I was mistaken … PLEASE NOTE: there is no warning with this post. Read on … This listening role that I have been given by the younger self is revealing a fascinating aspect of the creative process. As a trained artist and an intuitive painter, I allow my hand to be guided by […]
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Intermission
Dear Readers, This week we push the pause button on behalf of my younger self and her well-being. To support her and to maintain her dignity this is an appropriate place for: ‘INTERMISSION’ At this point in her story, three empowering gifts, comprised of two books and an unexpected letter, have been received. The […]
