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Double standard…uppity, brave or truth

May 7, 2020June 5, 2013 by Shay

Every now and then a public story will touch a nerve deep within me and I can’t let it go because it is too close to home. I realized that last night when I found myself up later than I had intended to stay up after hearing the story about the current First Lady of …

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Categories Current Events, Racial and Cultural Tags Ellen Sturtz, heckler, Michelle Obama 12 Comments

Shame and closets…they don’t feel good

May 7, 2020June 3, 2013 by Shay

We live in strange times; we will talk about the most intimate details of our sexual lives with virtual strangers. We will share pictures of ourselves and our families with any and every one (I am on Instagram, so I am guilty of this myself). Yet we will avoid talking about our financial lives because …

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Categories Money Tags heath insurance, uninsured 3 Comments

When truth hurts or the painful blending of the public and private self

May 23, 2017May 29, 2013 by Shay

As a novice yogi looking to move beyond the poses (asana) and looking for the deeper connection and integration of body, mind and spirit, I have been reading The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and studying the 8 limbs of yoga. One of those limbs is yama (moral restraint) and breaks down into  ahimsā (non-harming), satya …

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Categories Blogging, Yoga 3 Comments
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