Tag: celebrate
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The Sacred Circle and the Living Attributes Codex
There is a deeper connection here with the framework of The Living Attributes Codex. A women’s circle can be understood as a living expression of the same principle that sits at the heart of the Codex: that wholeness is not created by one quality, one archetype or one individual standing alone. Wholeness emerges through the…
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Returning to the book Spiral Dance
The Word That Awakened Something in Me There are some books we read once and put back on the shelf, while others seem to become part of our story. Starhawk’s The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Great Goddess is one of those books for me. I first read it around…
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What Happened to the Feminine?
There is a question that has been arising for me more and more deeply as I work on the Living Attributes Codex: What happened to the feminine? Not simply to women, but to the feminine as a source of wisdom, intuition, spiritual authority, healing, creation and embodied knowing. When I look back through history, I see many…
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What does emotional intelligence have to do with Light Leadership?
For me, emotional intelligence and self-esteem are indeed the key elements. And I believe true leadership begins with my capacity to lead myself before I attempt to lead, influence or inspire anyone else. If I am not conscious of what is happening within me, my emotions can unconsciously become the source of my words, decisions…
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The Revolution Begins Within
Gloria Steinem has always represented something much larger than a political movement. She represents the courage to question the stories we have been given about who we are, what we are capable of, and where we belong. In her 1992 University of Washington interview about Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem, Steinem explored an…
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The Keeper of the Inner Light
When I look at this image, I don’t immediately see a woman who is waiting to be saved. ~ I see a young woman who has remembered where the Light lives. There is something deeply familiar about her. She carries the visual language of the Madonna, a contemplative woman in prayer. The bowed head, the…