Purpose, Power, and Permission

Category: Power

  • What I Learned in the Garden, Lesson I

    What I Learned in the Garden, Lesson I

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    Sha-shonda

    You have the power.  Get up!  Speak life!  Bring forth!

  • The Road Home: Filled With Admiration

    The Road Home: Filled With Admiration

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    Sha-shonda

    “Home” is that space of security and warmth. It is absent of turmoil and deception, lack and strife. It is the space of love and wholeness.  Many have never experienced Home as it was not cultivated in their lives.  Instead, the spaces intended for Home were bombarded with insecurity, unbelief,…

  • Living Beyond Trauma: What Do I Do With This? (Part II)

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    Sha-shonda

    So now, here we are.  If you completed the activity from Part I, you should celebrate.  Celebrate the fact that you had enough courage to think honestly about what you have gone through.  Celebrate the fact that you had the psychological/emotional/spiritual strength to move those issues from the intangible (floating…

  • The Drought Is Over

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    Sha-shonda

    Have you ever experienced a drought? No, I am not speaking of a physical drought, but a spiritual and/or emotional drought.  When one is in the midst of a drought, he/she is experiencing a lack or a deficiency.  There is a need or desire, recognized or unrecognized, that goes unsatisfied. …

  • Write Your Own Story

    Write Your Own Story

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    Sha-shonda

    In the introduction or orientation to most of my literature courses, I emphasize the role of narrative (or story) in our lives.  I stress that we exist within narratives.  Stories influence our thoughts, shape our beliefs, and guide our actions. Think about it.  What is history if not a collection…

  • Recovering from Being Dropped

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    Sha-shonda

    Not everyone begins his/her journey with the same credentials and qualifications, gifts and skills, or physical and economic advantages.  Wherever you start from and whatever you start with, you must recognize that it is enough to get you to the place you are destined to be. Yes, it does seem…

  • Change

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    Sha-shonda

    This is my first “requested” blog.  Until now, I’ve simply written “in the moment” from my own, personal/ creative/emotional/ spiritual/philosophical space.  However, I was recently asked to talk about “change,” and I’ve had to sit with that request for a moment.  I had to gather my thoughts, or as my…