“Women Who Run with the Wolves” and those who try to keep up! A dedicated group of GTW women are reading “Women Who Run with the Wolves”, the Clarissa Pinkola Estes classic. It’s not an easy read. The Albuquerque Tribune book reviewer wrote, “This isn’t some snappy self-help breeze-along packed with one-liners about mining the …
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Women Who Run with the Wolves
May 30th, 2017 | Posted by in Activation | Empowerment | Gather the Women | Inspiration - (0 Comments)Sacred Activism
May 25th, 2016 | Posted by in Activation | Circles | Gather the Women - (0 Comments)What exactly is “sacred activism”, and why is it that so many women in the Gather the Women sisterhood are engaged in it? By one definition, sacred activism is “a philosophy supporting personal and spiritual growth and the pursuit of wholeness”. Scrolling down the GTW Facebook page today, I came across Beth Bondo Bontley’s post …
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Tending the Center of the Circle
January 28th, 2016 | Posted by in Activation | Circles | Gather the Women - (0 Comments)A simple bouquet of flowers or a bowl of fruit on a dining room table makes a world of difference, doesn’t it? It’s hard to define why, but it involves energy. The picture of the the colorful cards in the center is from a Gather the Women circle we held in Juneau for International Women’s …
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That is what Herbert Morrison, an American radio reporter cried out when the Hindenburg zeppelin, a German passenger airship, exploded on May 6, 1937 near Lakehurst, New Jersey. It burst into flames and the thirty-six people on board perished. Since then, the expression has been used to describe all kinds of disasters. It’s what I’ve …
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The Wonder that is Jeane Tu Bears Jacobs and Lorraine Lima
May 23rd, 2015 | Posted by in Activation | Empowerment | Gather the Women | Inspiration - (0 Comments)Yes. That is grammatically correct. TuBearsandLorraine. That’s how it rolls off my tongue. Tu Bears the Wise Woman. Tu Bears the Funny Woman. Tu Bears the Generous Woman. Tu Bears the Healer. Lorraine the Wise Woman. Lorraine the Artist. Lorraine the Teacher, Lorraine the Techie behind the Feather. Tu Bears and Lorraine. Every single day, …
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Forgiveness and Strength
December 30th, 2014 | Posted by in Activation | Empowerment | Inspiration - (0 Comments)This month I let go of two grudges. Both were righteous and based on pain inflicted on two women I love very much, but both of those grudges needed to go. It turned out to be as easy as Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz clicking the heels of her ruby red slippers together three …
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“Earth Mother” by Jenness Cortez with Patricia Gutierrez Salazar and Veronica Negrete Om Durga by Julie Freeman You can be sure She is awake Summoned by the gods again For battle Perplexed by their own chaos They quietly confess they need her Now more than ever To move mountains Put out fires End the endless …
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Refusing to Release a Big Idea
December 14th, 2014 | Posted by in Activation | Empowerment | Gatherings | Inspiration - (0 Comments)by Barbara Belknap How many women in the world got an email from Jean Shinoda Bolen today? I’m on her mailing list, and when I see her newsletter I stop whatever else I’m doing and read it. Today, her newsletter features an essay she named “Still Here”. Jean is one of many women on this …
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On my way home from grocery shopping, windshield wipers going full tilt, I was thinking about my next blog post and up popped women’s laughter. Juneau is breaking all records for rain and that’s saying something in a city that measures annual rainfall in feet. As I was checking out at Safeway, I said something …
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Re-Entry into Normal Life
September 28th, 2014 | Posted by in Activation | Circles | Gather the Women | Gatherings - (0 Comments)Our annual Gather the Women gathering ended with one last ring of the bells at noon on Sunday, September 21st. Our GTW Facebook pages glow with images of brilliantly colored scarves laid out like the spokes of a wheel around the center altar. In honor of the history of the Black Hills, there were times …
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