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Call In The Magical Child Within You.

She is the water and fire you crave in life. She is the one who aches at you each time you give the power away. She waits for you in the stillness of all the chaos and fear. She waits for you to embrace her -- and tell her that it's okay to be powerful. She is your guide through the rough and ...

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On Days Like This: Finding Courage Amidst Despair.

Though I always initially resist when she shows up, despair has taught me so much about silence, about the virtue of moving slowly, about doing tasks for the doing itself, not just for the completion. She has shown me the depth of my courage, but the greatest of all of despair's lessons is the ...

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Choose To Treat Trust Like A Flower.

I choose to trust other women in my path because it lightens my heart and mind, robbing my demons of their favorite drugs: fear and insecurity.

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Take Back Your Power: Our Bodies And Sexuality Are Not A Punchline.

Why must we be cast as a Madonna, a whore, a selfless mother, a sexual object of desire, an endearing manic pixie dream girl with absolutely no character arc except quirkily supporting the male protagonist, or a sheltered childhood sweetheart whose virginity it seems the duty of the male lead ...

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Marker In The Woods: Using Discernment As A Tool To Better Understand Life.

If we can observe an instinct, emotion or quality through the lens of having both a positive and negative expression, we can build our discernment in any given circumstance to aid in reclaiming our sovereignty through trusting our inner sight. Here are a few examples of how we can use this tool ...

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Winning The Self-Sabotage Battle With Self-Love.

We do have to take our time getting to know people, especially when we are very empathetic. Because while we can recognize serious issues people have, our compassion for what they’re dealing with can override any need to protect ourselves.

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Thank You, Fear, For The Opportunity To Choose Love.

Living while enduring loss is a death, living while you are full of fear is a death, living while what’s around you is dying is a death, letting go and living in love is birth.

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I Am Afraid Of Geniality: A Conversation With Kali.

This is terrifying to me -- that the word geniality could have had such an impact on my self-understanding. I realize that kindness is a very real fear for me, and it’s not because I don’t wish to be a kind person -- some days it’s easier than others -- it’s because by being kind I open myself ...

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Pledge To Overcome Your Fears, And Mean It With Every Fiber Of Your Being.

To snuff out the light of just one human being, even if that human being is you, is an act against humanity, because one light shining especially bright is all it takes to change the world.

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Quickening Moon Mania And Witch’s Exhaustion: A Fireside Chat With Mother Durga.

Tonight, the moonbeams fall on the fury of your raw inspiration. You let this Shakti-blaze consume you for these last weeks, and rightfully so. You have colored outside of the lines they have drawn for you. You have kept your eyes wide and your heart open. Now, my young one, you must gather ...

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