As a Survivor of Trauma, My Work as a Parent Taught Me Self-love and Self-acceptance. Your children are not your children. They are sons and daughters of life’s longing for itself. They come through you but not from you. And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you… Kahlil Gibran I am a Creative and a mindful/conscious parent, who chose to spent…

A poignant re-telling of a personal story, poetry included, of loss and the final acceptance of that loss. (This is piece is for a future choreographed performance) In memory of Hendy Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form. — Rumi At age 58, I have finally acknowledged…

One of the marvels of the world is the sight of a soul sitting in prison with the key in its hand! Rumi I am a survivor of childhood domestic violence and childhood sexual trauma. …

“If the minds of living beings are impure, their land is also impure, but if their minds are pure, so is their land.”-Nichiren Daishonin Last year, BBC published a video and accompanying article about a plastic bag and some candy wrappers discovered at the bottom of The Mariana Trench, which…

Cheering is pleasant, but did it have to come to this COVID crisis for workers, who were consistently present through thick and thin, through snow, and shine to feel appreciated? “In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something…

The America We Hope For After COVID-19 | BEST SELF How we squander our hours of pain. How we gaze beyond them into the bitter duration. - Rainer Maria Rilke The America…bestselfmedia.com

The President We Are Hoping For “No one is born brave; one needs to learn to muster the courage.” Lamine Pearlheart, Walking the Soul The president we hope for should be present and single-mindedly focused on the needs of his people. We longingly hope for a president whose deep reservoir…

A poem about humanity and hope. — Listen on Free Music Archive: “Mountain Creek” Imagine you, just a big eye in the sky Looking down upon earth’s plains Valleys and mountain ranges; Earth’s people Tell me, what would you see? You’d see a world gone awry, A world gone mad People fanatically living in a superficial era …

We all could use a little more love and kindness nowadays, spread it consciously. — One of the most valuable and important lessons learned, as I age, is the importance of speaking my truth from a place of love and kindness. This means I honestly say what I have to say, even if it is tough, with the intention of uplifting instead of tearing down. …