Write to learn what you know
Writing is the process one follows to learn what is already known deep within: it sharpens the spirit, disciplines the mind and leads to solutions. In the spaces between […]
I believe every life is worth stopping for…
I originally posted this reflection on June 23, 2008 after attending my best friend’s father’s funeral. A few weeks ago, I told you all about the book This I […]
Keeping Track
A lot of times I set goals for myself that can’t be completed immediately. The goals have all sorts of parts, have to be achieved like climbing a ladder, rung […]
objectification lessons
A couple months ago, I read something that horrified me. Okay, horrified might be a bit much, but offended is not. I read something that offended me. It was 6:45 am, […]
What’s on the Reading List
As a college instructor, summer is the most wonderful time of year. And NOT because I am not teaching college classes in the summer. That’s not it at all as […]
Sliding into our best selves
As a lecturer in Women and Gender Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, I have the great pleasure of teaching a seminar on body image. But with […]
Savoring the day
One of my favorite writers is Anne Lamott. I discovered her in my 20s because a friend purchased Lamott’s novel Rosie for me. But I fell in love with her […]
The Wheel of Life
One of the best gifts I have ever been given is the book The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron. One of my college roommates and dearest friends gave it to me as […]
A Giveaway: The New Latina’s Bible
UPDATE: THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO ENTERED THE DRAWING AND CONGRATULATIONS TO MARYSOL FOR WINNING THE BOOK! I am so excited to host a giveaway here today and, no, you […]
What do you need right now more than anything else?
When I teach journaling workshops, I often give participants a series of prompts that I call Three Small Questions. The catch is that they aren’t small questions at all. […]
