Tag: Identity and Self- Discovery
10 Ways To Nourish Your Child’s Identity Exploration and Free Spirit
Try these tips throughout your week to connect with your family. Let us know how they help you to feel more love, independence and freedom in your relationships.
Writing, Connecting, Self Discovery
Who am I? Who do I want to be? What do I truly need to be myself? When I begin to feel this disconnected, I know it is time to sit down and write; time to purge, release, and reconnect to self […]
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The Path to Self-Illumination
Though I generally find myself in the school of thought that “anytime is a good time for giving” and “anytime is right for renewal,” I nevertheless find myself over-shopping for gifts at Christmas time …
Evolving Into Ourselves
Bliss is what happens when we embrace the whole of our beings, our inner union between feminine and masculine. Though it’s easy to forget, we can always choose to enjoy ourselves where we are. Our feelings are valid no matter what forces outside or inside us might say that would like to convince us otherwise.
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Your Family is a Work of Art
The other day I was sitting in a dark closet (as I do when playing hide-and-seek with my kids) when I had a realization. It changed the way I think about myself as a parent, as well as what it means to be creative. In my life before parenthood, I associated the term “creativity” with the arts. Painting […]
Language Reflects Identity: How I Learned It The Wrong Way
I eagerly filled out an online form and expressed my earnest desire to join a non-profit organization whose mission is to advance the education of indigenous children. Immediately after signing up […]
My Illness Is Not My Identity
“A label is a mask life wears,” writes Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D., one of the first pioneers in the mind, body, health field. “Labeling sets up an expectation of life that is often so compelling we can no longer see things as they really are. In my experience, a diagnosis is an opinion and not a prediction […]
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Entrusting Our Words
From my earliest stage of literacy on a Fourth of July, I remember writing essays about freedom and identity. Certain things never changed: freedom, in spite of how it is viewed, is still considered to be an essential value, and the sheer diversity of the country makes recognition of different identities […]
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