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I think, therefore I am on the Verge! Founder of WomenontheVerge.net
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Soul Spelunker, Spiritual Guide. Author of award winning books about who you really Are and your relationship to scary things in the world like money. It's not a book to 'read' it's a book to 'do' based upon a new foundation of Being
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Learning about life and spirituality from nature and those around us. To be open to change, learning and growth.
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Wander Woman: How High-Achieving Women Find Contentment and Direction
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Not always pretty, not always polite, but always political, even when I don't mean to be.
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Altering the perception of beauty. Beauty is ageless, and age is beautiful!
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Here is a wake-up call to all those who think they know all about women in their 50's. To all the checklists, best learnings, latest information, esteemed colleagues, steamed politicans, doctors, can
5 days ago
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Lifestyle
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rainbows, eagles, hawks, hummingbirds, joy, smiles, grins, rediscovery
Rainbows, hawks, hummingbirds, and eagles have always been a part of my life. When I was lucky enough to see one, I knew that I was on the right track. Something wonderful would happen if not that
6 days ago
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feminism
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free, women, newspapers, tabloids, press, trash, respect, life
We are free to be ourselves, no matter how hard it can be.
You know the saying...There is only one of you.
That's it!
We can aspire, we can learn, we can look to other people and still be us.
No nee
7 days ago
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Lifestyle, poetry, Health, personal freedom, women
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freeing myself, poetry, Marge Piercy, sisterhood, women
Freeing myself from within is a huge job for me. I have been working on it, on different levels, for decades. Still, I find comfort in words that, at once, reveal and guide me through the seemingly
Upon the hill beside the road
Stood the two little trees side by side.
Over the years they grew as one,
Trunks and branches intertwined
One hundred years and more they stood
Limbs locked i
10 days ago
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Coming out of darkness, light, hurt, forgiveness, forgetfullness.
Fighting back tears Margaret Toffee, dragged herself up the old staircase to her third floor flat. Please don’t let me run into any of my neighbors today. Turning her head she looked at the peeling
11 days ago
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Health
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ABUSE, VERBAL, MENTAL, EMOTIONAL, WORK, FORCED LABOR, STRESS, LETTING GO
The last three and a half years I have spent working in a call center for the local utility company. It has been three and a half years of emotional, verbal, and mental abuse, to put it mildly. No o
14 days ago
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Health
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conspiracy of silence, mental health, speaking up, rape, violence
I'm so eager to work on freeing myself from within that it has been hard to focus on much else. That is what my life is about this year and I plan to make good on it. As it goes with such things, th
14 days ago
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Health, Lifestyle
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self love, self esteem, weight loss, acceptance, ugly, beautiful
You are beautiful, yes you are! We are so hard on ourselves, arent we? We run the household, take care of kids and may have a career. We decide on practically everything, dont we? What doctors to
Don't you love beautiful pictures? Inspirational quotes and all these clever people who post new craft projects.
And isn't it fabulous that Women on the Verge is now on Pinterest? So pleased about tha
15 days ago
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Lifestyle
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accomplishments, adversity, aspirations, challenges, celebration, Antarctica, skiing, woman, make a difference, first, confidence, drive, stamina, inspiration, leadership, sheroic
It’s one thing to accept total responsibility for yourself, but there’s far more self-reliance and strength of character involved when you’ve undertaken an adventure nearly two months long, alone, and
20 days ago
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Your Freed Self
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you free self, feb topic, women, women on the verge, knitting, prayer shawl.
"Shawls ... made for centuries universal and embracing,
symbolic of an inclusive, unconditionally loving, God.
They wrap, enfold, comfort, cover, give solace,
mother, hug, shelter and beautif
So many things are beyond our control, beyond my control. So what do you do?
Do you lament and feel sorry for yourself? Or do you pick yourself up and try and make the best of it?
Well, it's OK to fee
21 days ago
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Your Freed Self
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free, self, women, women on the verge, february topic, zentangles, zen doodles
I have found lately that a quiet space with a pen and paper will give me something that I don't always see. Me.
ZenTangle is an artform that allows you to simply get lost in the fine details. Anyone
What is freedom? and what do you do with it?
We can all be free, even when we don't think we can.
It's a state of mind.
"Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you."
This is one of my favouri
Read in the Guardian
Not the way to free women from their abusers!
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Cuts force domestic violence refuges to turn victims away
Charities say funding cuts mea
Loss of a loved one becomes such a public journey of personal grief. We are surrounded by family & friends, sharing moments of silent tears and unspoken words. At times, it seems as if we are m
Most agree that we need our inner critic to save us from doing anything that may embarass, endanger or otherwise cause a pause in our psyche. In other words, save us from ourselves. However, that in
23 days ago
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Lifestyle
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change, life, Leo Buscalia, nurturing, random acts, women
After my last blog entry, I felt a bit disappointed in myself. This is because I could not discuss change without giving voice to the inner struggles I have around it. I will say more about that in
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