Tag: women
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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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Forgiveness Without Reconciliation
I have come to understand that forgiveness does not necessarily mean allowing someone back into my life. I can forgive you and still choose not to be your friend. I can forgive you and still choose not to have a relationship with you. I can forgive what happened without pretending that it did not happen,…
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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…
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Dolly Parton: The Divine Child Who Became the Radiant Godmother
There are some people whose presence seems to occupy more space than their physical body ever could. Dolly Parton was one of those people. At first glance, it might have been easy to assume that her larger-than-life appearance was simply part of the entertainment. The enormous hair, the exaggerated clothing, the rhinestones, the heels, the…
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Listening to the Silence
In an act of creation, there is a moment when the world falls silent. It is here, in this holy pause, that the sacred enters. For most of my life, I have attended to these three practices — a trinity of presence that has shaped both my creative path and my way of being in…