We Awakened Something Within One Another.
Our small town was small, everyone knew one another. If you painted the numbers on your mailbox with a new paint color, everyone would know.
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Funny, You Don’t Look like You Have Mental Health Issues.
We get sick days, not mental health days. It’s okay to have a cold, but it’s not okay to say, “I can’t handle this crap today, I’m staying home.”
To My Abuser: You Need to Know You Didn’t Break Me.
You need to know you didn’t break me. I am stronger than I have ever been. I fight daily to assure that people know their value and their worth.
Are We Listening Yet?
The suicide epidemic falls, in part, on the act of not listening, since most of us shy away from suicide as a stigma or taboo.
The Still Hidden Truths and the Essentiality of Women’s Orgasms.
There was no talk in such survivalist times and religion-dominated scared living about women’s sexuality, much less the importance of their orgasms.
Sixty, Sexy and Sensual: On Peeling Away Silly Notions.
And as I was attempting to teach him the sophistication of Kama Sutra, he showed me, for the first time, sex in its most basic form.
Afraid of the Dark: Why We Need to Open up About Our Pain.
When we feel open to talk about it… when we let the pain breathe… when we don’t feel judged and ostracized… that’s when things get a little easier.
Incest: How Does That Word Make You Feel?
The time has come for 'incest' not being a taboo word anymore, rather something that we hear and discuss and listen and believe.
Baptism of Shakti: Light and Dark Rivers.
You could say Shakti is the essence of vibrant health, feeling good in your own skin, and feeling that your life has meaning and value.
The Joy of Swearing.
I discovered the joy of swearing at an early age, despite (or maybe because of) parents who seldom swore and strongly discouraged their three daughters from doing so.