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Steep Your Inner Aphrodite In Self-Love.

I can hardly imagine the immense shift in the collective human psyche when the pantheon of gods was replaced with monotheism. By the time of Constantine in the 4th century, the image of a goddess of fertility is effectively usurped by a virgin who gives birth without sin. But Aphrodite's ...

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Honoring The Truly Authentic Part Of Me, And Loving My Darkness.

And believe me, when I say that I love my darkness, I do not mean that I love to suffer.

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Vulnerability, Shame & Society: Let Us Be More Open With Each Other.

I believe the shame is here for many reasons, too many to name in one article, but one of them being a deep-rooted systemic fear that if we all lived our lives connecting with each other from a place of love and openness, compassion and respect, rather than the fear, criticism, and judgment ...

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Let Us Dance, Naked. {poetry}

Let the mad onlookers point and stare, for they wish they were us, encumbered and enlightened, by this strange yet glorious existence, of human, spirit soul-speaking, ultimate.

you & me

A Holler From The Heart In 2016.

No more of how to do, become, or get happier in 2016. No more of let go of or incorporate this or that. I’m into the minimalist concept that is everything there ever was: self-love. I guess it is my list of one. May we indulge in it and saturate ourselves.

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The End… Of The Beginning.

And when I had expelled all of my prejudices, my disdain and my failures, I then sat up and heaved forth every needle pinch to skin and each bleed of my heart. When I opened my mouth, with head held back, as that of a woman, crazed, I wailed and then let out my breath and fell back, destroyed.

you & me

Surviving With A Broken Heart.

Take the opportunity to face some unpleasant truths that will ultimately help you heal. Maybe, like me, you notice that your devotion to the love for this person was covering up some of your own unresolved issues? You notice that in spite of having 500 Facebook friends and radiating smiles ...

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Excavating And Exorcising: To Find Yourself.

People hold a mirror to the self like nothing else can, I think. I found things I wanted to change because I wanted to change them in others. I found brutal honesty hurt me in the moment but was necessary in the long run. Lately I’ve tried not to sugarcoat my thoughts too much. People-pleasing ...

wellness

My Body Is Awesome, And So Is Yours.

Politicians and the like will try to legislate and regulate your body. They will debate your reproductive rights and create laws to govern your uterus and your ovaries. Last year alone, politicians tried to regulate women's bodies 468 times. Do you want to know how many times they tried to ...

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Taking A Bite Out Of My Eating Disorders And Depression.

I have battle scars on my arms, and stretch marks and loose skin on my baby-bearing belly. My thighs and legs are tiny, my hair and eyes are brown, my breasts disappeared with the infancy of my children, and pimples, freckles, blackheads and laugh lines are the make-up of my face.

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