As we wind the month of March down, the time to celebrate women continues. Dare I write this? I was a young woman in the 1970s and 80s. While an exhilarating and powerful time, the transitional nature of those decades presented some serious conundrums for women. At twenty-something back then we women libbers wanted to … Read More
Author: Lisa Lindahl
Epilepsy: Invisibility & Stigma
What is “stigma”? The dictionary definition is: a mark of disgrace associated with a particular circumstance, quality, or person: the stigma of having gone to prison will always be with me This definition gives me pause. Disgraced? To be a person with epilepsy is, too often, to experience stigma. To feel different, somehow … Read More
Women’s History Month: Women Writers
“History is written by the winners” — we’ve all heard this trope a zillion times. It is yet another reason why I believe that women’s stories need to be told by those women who lived them. And they are not often deemed “winners” in the traditional sense of the word. This is another reason a … Read More
How does one practice Beauty?
First, what is a “practice?” How is it different from a habit, or a daily routine? The difference lies in awareness and intent. What we name a practice for ourselves is a consciously chosen habit, a (sometimes) ritualized doingness that is purposefully elevated from our other daily doings to honor the specific intent behind the … Read More
Hope and Balance
There is so much brilliance and beauty in so many humans. I am thinking of Richard Feynman, Rachel Carson, Georgia O’Keefe, Rick Archer, Lynne Twist, Brian Swimme, Jean Houston, and Rumi, to name an eclectic few who jump to mind. Humanity is not simply a parasitic scourge on the earth as current pop culture insists … Read More