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Musings on women's health, sexuality, and empowerment.
Fear and Anger, those two friends, one on each shoulder ever since I can remember. It’s not like one is the angel and one is the devil. It’s like both are both. And it is my job to discern when to let one of them drive the bus for a minute and when it is…
Read MoreI honor the myriad of ways we can identify as women and today I wish to give a special shout out to the magical womb in honor and gratitude of how it has given each and every one of us life. Here are some fun facts about the uterus, and therefore why we are all…
Read MoreEnjoy this sweet still story about hearts and souls. In the past few months, I have stopped staying with my son in bed until he falls asleep. We lie down and talk for awhile and then I go downstairs and let him drift off to sleep. Last night, right after I said, “Ok love, I…
Read MoreMy clients do not generally come to see me due to hip or knee pain. They usually come in because of an ailment that relates to their reproductive or urogenital system. Time after time, in our check ins, folks tell me that in addition to the primary reason they chose to see me, they also…
Read MoreHow are our menstrual products and reproductive reproductive health related? I remember my teacher, Rosita Arvigo, saying, “Nothing goes in during menstruation. It is a time of outflow.” Menstrual Product Industry On average, in her lifetime, a women will use over 14,000 tampons, or a comparable number of pads. For one woman this cost is…
Read MoreI trust we have all had all sorts of ups and downs in our romantic relationships. I know I have! On some level, I think we all need to go through relationships that are clearly what we DO NOT want, before we can know what we DO want. Through my own relationship journey, I have…
Read MoreIt’s one of those days, the kind where you have been noticing your beloveds sending their children to college the last week, and thinking, “I can’t imagine, that must be so HARD!” The kind of day when you drop off your baby, your big boy at kindergarten for the first time ever. The kind of…
Read MoreI feel the tenderness and fragility of life right now. My son just turned 5. We had a beautiful celebration of his life. It is a gift to witness him grow and evolve into who he is. About a week ago at bedtime, Birch said, “You know one of the reasons I love you mom?”…
Read MoreThis is the first bellydance performance I have offered in over a year and a half to a song called From the Ground Up by Ayla Nereo. Performing bellydance for me has always been a pathway to offer my heart and passion. This piece is about the vulnerability it takes to work towards creating the…
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