For the Love of Family

Who doesn’t love a good story?

Well Bear and I have a great one.

Wednesday, Feb. 13, Stories starting at 7pm

Next Stage Arts, Putney Vermont

I will be one of the featured story tellers.

The theme:

What we do for love.

My story:

For the love of family; a story of alternative insemination, marriage, divorce and and the surprise of getting to know the unknown.

It is moving, funny, and an inspiring story

If you can not join us at the Fables Story Telling event, and you want to experience this fabulous upcoming story, look for a link to its podcast in an upcoming post.

With love

Bari and Bear

PS Since I reference this historical moment, I include here a clip of Irene’s testimony at the joint Senate and House Judiciary Committee hearings in the well of the Vermont State House. I left in the testimony afterwards to give you a flavor of what her testimony was sandwiched between.

Embracing the fog

We most often seek clarity.

Desiring to know what lays ahead.

Yet, sometimes when surrendering to the moment, the mystery, the beauty of that fog is seen and appreciated.

May the not knowing what lies ahead, encourage curiosity. Curiosity is a gift. Opening possibility.

Strategies for Bringing in Balance

We are living in interesting times. For sure. What fascinates is the moral, ethical, spiritual, political overlays.

As we navigate these days, the question I often hear is how do we persist? What are the strategies for staying sane when truth is fake and fake is truth, when victims are portrayed as bullies, and bullies as victims?

I start with hope and that is partially due to seeing women all over the world standing up, staying strong, reclaiming their power and their sexuality. Plus, I hear men supporting those women.

Clearly when inequality and imbalance are prevalent, a correction has to happen. The world can not function forever in imbalance. At some point we will find it.

The best way to get there, in my opinion, is to bring balance into our own lives. In every way we can.

That is not easy when powerful vortexes are pulling us away. Yet it is possible.

In my experience finding more and more balance is the only way to stay sane and steady as we navigate these interesting times.

Above is a video where I share some mindfulness techniques to bring balance and alignment into your life.