Posts Tagged ‘#writingforhealing’
Asking Questions as a Practice of Self Care
How do I write about the bad things that happen? How do I write about sad things and not relive them? Instead, being able to process them and reflect on them, to take those nuggets of wisdom from the experience and move forward better for having lived through it. I once tried morning pages, the…
Read MoreA Lesson from the Feminine in France
After a full day on the TGV from Biarritz to Paris and Paris to Nice followed by a local train to Menton. I find myself at the easternmost end of the French Riviera, just east of Monaco and just on the border with Italy. My Airbnb was a 6 block walk from the train station…
Read MoreLovely Biarritz
Happy to finally be in Biarritz I found the taxi queue. I took it all in, there were families arriving on holiday, there were groups of college age kids and everything in between. The train station was a buzz from the train’s arrival. My taxi driver spoke no English so it was my first real…
Read MoreThe City of Lights
Today, I booked a flight to Paris. This trip is part healing journey, part future reconnaissance mission and part letting my inner gypsy stretch her wings after a year of staying put! It has been two years since I have been to the city of lights. The last time I was in Paris I was a wife, celebrating a 10th wedding anniversary with a husband. This time I go as just, Renee, a woman desiring to reconnect with a place that she loves. I also go as a woman stepping into her future.
Read MoreMemories and Self Compassion
Today was a beautiful, warm, sunny day in San Diego. As my Sunday went by with intentionally less things on my to do list, I found myself early this afternoon debating, do I stay in perhaps enjoy a good book on my balcony, watching the sailboats elegantly glide the waters of the bay or do I leash Blue (my Great Date) up and take him down to the car and get out.
Read MoreSisters from afar.
As I write this, it is Easter Sunday, April 4, 2021, this afternoon I was moving some items around to organize them in my spare room closet when I decided to look through a box of old photos.
How fluid is your perception?
If you have been following me for a while now, you know that I have been studying Shamanism for about 15 years now. One of the concepts you learn about in Shamanism is the concept that we each have an Assemblage Point. Our assemblage point is the point on our body where we are connected to all that is in the universe and it is the place where we assemble our perception, our view of the world from.
Read MoreHow are you? I really want to know.
Have you ever been with someone and they asked you the question “How are you?” and you begin to answer, honestly, truthfully, putting it all out on the table, only to notice their discomfort or even their attention subtly or perhaps not so subtly shift away from the conversation?
Read MoreDid I fail so I could create something that was me?
In December I had an idea, I wanted to change the format of my writing class. I have been taking this program that looks at my numerology, astrology and my Human Design to ensure that the things that I have in my life and the things that I am building toward are in alignment with who I am as a person. In that program I could see my need to go deep, ask probing questions and get to the bottom of understanding.
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