True boundaries don't actually feel like a 'No'... with heart closed and walls up... they feel more like an 'I love you, and I'm not available for that'.
How can 'selfish' ever equate to being child-free? The blessed parents who handle their offsprings’ problems will be grateful for your times of assistance.
The Renaissance marked an age of discovery. That is what happens once you have awakened to your own divinity -- the Kingdom of Heaven that is within you.
So much intimacy and connectedness is possible in moments of conflict, but we miss these opportunities because we aren’t in touch with our deepest drives.
Let’s celebrate our wombs for their life-giving abilities... let’s feel into the depths of our own feminine and ask how 'she' would like to celebrate women.
We borrow grief rituals from other cultures and forget that these cultures also make a daily space to feel grief... and allow the heart to unburden itself.