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  “The weeds of our past cultivate the blossoms of our future.” Karen Boliver Back in 1993, when I started on my healing journey of advocacy to address the issues of trauma, abuse and mental health, this comment was a familiar theme for pretty much every type of presentation that I was … [Read more...] about “You don’t look mentally ill” 2/26/14

  “Just let go. Let go of how you thought your life should be, and embrace the life that is trying to work its way into your consciousness.” Caroline Myss Letting go, two simple words and yet they say so much….there is power in the simplicity of the statement itself. What does letting go … [Read more...] about Letting go – of how you thought your life should be 2/15/14

  “There is always a hand reaching out to help you but it doesn’t always come in the form of a hand. Help materialize in songs we hear on the radio, books we read, conversations we overhear in public. Messages of help and hope are all around us. We just have to look for them.” Kate J. Tate Hi … [Read more...] about 50 years ago the Beatles came into my life, transformation & Surviving Spirit newsletter 2/08/14

    “Music speaks what cannot be expressed, soothes the mind and gives it rest, heals the heart and makes it whole, flows from heaven to the soul.” Anonymous In the spring of 1976 I was sitting and admiring the view from a high bluff overlooking the English Channel, it was truly … [Read more...] about “Out of my Mind”, “Desperate”, England & feeling safe

  “Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.” Helen Keller  “What you leave behind is not what is engraved on stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.” Pericles  Hi Folks, Wishing all a Happy and Grateful New Year and hoping that … [Read more...] about “Hope in a Hopeless World” – 1/13/14

  “I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think” Socrates Wishing everyone a Happy New Year and one that helps you to explore all of your creative passions, dreams and pursuits - whatever they may be. I'm looking forward to this year....so many plans and dreams still to pursue … [Read more...] about Twenty years and counting – 1/4/14