Crusade

  • Refuse to Accept

    Yesterday the act of refusing stuck with me.  How rarely it is actually used, especially by women. We tend to be the peace makers, the fixers, the pleasers and so we shy away from refusals in any form. At least… Continue reading

  • On my path!

    Three and a half years ago WIND began. Well actually it happened when I met An-gel.  I was introduced to her by Tom Rosemurgy.   The three of us met a few times and shared ideas between the victim, the courts… Continue reading

  • Disorder that you feel.

    So, I was refreshing my memory about what "Art Therapy's" definition was so I could quote it tonight at my speech. "Treatment intended to relieve or heal disorder…" I then, thought….I best look up disorder; so as not to mis-speak.… Continue reading

  • Hear and Honor it.

      The phrase, "Truth Be Told" has me pondering, how many of us would benefit if our truth was told.  Imagine a world where we had circles in which we share our truths, expressing our silences? The "Truth Be Told"… Continue reading

  • Wholeheartedly Themselves

      Here is me talking at my I M Perfect Workshop at Michigan Tech.   It's hard to look at objectively.  Yet it is the imperfections that make it perfect. After watching Janet Mock, speak on Soul Series, I came… Continue reading

  • A Thumbnail of my journey…

      I now have one of my public speaking moments on You Tube.  It was taken on a cell phone, so of course the quality isn't up to par, but the message still holds.  This was in the summer of… Continue reading

  • A Voice for the Voiceless

    I was interviewed last week by a young student at Michigan Tech for an article she would write for the Lode. For those who don't get the student newspaper, here is what she wrote after speaking with me for an hour.… Continue reading

  • Art of Being Me

    \ It came to me, that if I am going to do a workshop on Art Therapy, I should look up the definition of therapy…. "Treatment intended to relieve or heal a disorder." and then, decided to check out "Art… Continue reading

  • Against Family.

    I am an Activist.   I had to go and look up its meaning to see if we matched.  "An activist is a person who campaigns for some kind of social change." I also checked on what they mean by Social Change.… Continue reading

  • What are others hearing you say?

    I feel more inspired by "The Stitch" than I did with the book "Hush".   I ordered 5 Kits  - Speak your silence "Speak Your Silence is a nonprofit on a mission to conquer the stigma of child sexual abuse via #The… Continue reading