Equality: Reclaiming Your Power
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”- Declaration of Independence 1776 My kids have this book called “Have you filled a bucket today?” It talks about how everyone has an invisible bucket that they carry […]
The Call
“Come what may, I know the way, I am Moana” – Moana This is my favorite part of the movie where Moana looks back over her hero’s journey and all she learned. She stands in her truth, and boldly declares all she always knew in her heart. I’ve had this powerful moment, and just like […]
The Missing Piece
“The best gift you are ever going to give someone- the permission to feel safe in their own skin. To feel worthy. To feel like they are enough.” -Hannah Brencher Our lens for Understanding and Implementing Diversity and Inclusion in this world is new. In the US, it has been only 50 + years since […]
The Power To Heal
“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” Rumi I had a beautiful inner child healing session with myself a few days ago, and it always amazes me how we can heal a part of ourselves and get free, and later still, find you have healing to do in that area. If you […]
WE ARE ONE
Artwork by Autumn Skye https://autumnskyeart.com ““A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, […]
The Sacred Place
“The heart is the hub of all sacred places. Go there and roam.” ~ Bhagawan Nityananda I remember my grandmother’s house very vividly. If I close my eyes, I can walk through as I remember it. I can remember the smells, sounds, and, most importantly, the love. I think that is why I used this […]
DEI Professionals: Are We Practicing What We Teach?
I recently joined Linkedin. A friend suggested that it would be an excellent way to network. I created a profile, started following anything diversity, DEI related, and I quickly found myself overwhelmed by some of the things my DEI peers were posting. What I am about to suggest is not a judgment; it is an […]
Who’s Judging Who
“When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.” – Wayne Dyer We have all experienced the burden of the opinion of others. At some point or another, we all have struggled with feeling like we are not enough, we don’t measure up, or that people don’t like or accept us just […]
Dear Reluctant Creative,
“If you wish to be a writer, write” – Epictetus I am a published author. I wrote my first book ten years ago, and my second book is scheduled to be released in May 2020. I have always enjoyed writing, but due to a major disappointment with my first book, I gave up. I didn’t […]
Fix Your Focus
“It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.” – Aristotle Onassis Did you ever notice how effortlessly we can focus on all of the things that are going wrong? My mom tells this story about when she took me to the circus as a kid. She bought me balloons […]