Naming Courage: What I Found at the Bloom Retreat
I could feel myself opening up. Beginning to change. Beginning to move. I could feel the pain shifting. Leaving. Or transforming. My voice was coming back. My lungs were unfurling. I realized my body was strong. It had carried me through horrible things. Protected me and nurtured me. It deserved my love and my loyalty.
The Bloom Retreat: Finding The Space You Need To Grow
Inspired by that girls-weekend more than four years ago, I’ve organized over 15 retreats for women all over the country. Science knows more about how to navigate and grow from crisis and trauma than ever before! Which is so exciting, especially because partnering with Bloom to create our Bloom Retreat brings science and compassion together as we find our path.
Waking The Dead
In the stillness, the brilliant emerald moss seemed to breathe up the crater wall. The diamond water dripping from above appeared like fire or stars falling from an inky sky. In the silence, each diamond fell in slow motion then ker-plopped on the azure surface. Lying back with my hands behind my head I float weightless, my feet dangling, cradled, as if in mother earth’s belly. It’s a strange kind of safety; an exercise in surrender.