The Blog For Real-Life Heroines

Heroines! Here’s another blog post about the labyrinth! I can’t stop talking about them! This blog post accompanies the video I recorded for my YouTube channel, which is a pictorial view of my discovery of the labyrinth. 

Let's Talk About Labyrinths

While preparing to write to you today, I re-r...

Who is feeling very distracted lately? You? I know, me too - really distracted.

Just now, for example…I’m walking through my kitchen to turn off the hose that is watering my too-dry vegetable garden. ..(The peas didn’t make it.) and I notice my cat in the sink, which means she wants water, so I tur...

(This is a two-part blog. Part 1 explained the concept of the Virgin’s Promise. Now, two weeks later, Part 2 invites you to put your own life into the framework of the Virgin’s Promise.)

“The overall arc is a journey from dependency to shining your own bright light.” Christopher Vogler 

Two Wee...

(This is a two-part blog. Part 1 explains the concept of the Virgin’s Promise. Two weeks later, Part 2 invites you to put your own life in the framework of the Virgin’s Promise.)

“The Virgin’s Promise provides a pathway into the feminine archetypal journey lying dormant in our collective unconscio...

“Women will wear enormous hats. There are obvious disadvantages about having women in Parliament. I do not know what is going to be done about their hats. "How is a poor little man to get on with a couple of women wearing enormous hats in front of him?"

- Rowland Hunt, MP for Ludlow, U.K.

My work ...

“You have noticed that everything an Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the Power of the World always works in circles, and everything tries to be round... The Sky is round, and I have heard that the earth is round like a ball, and so are all the stars. The wind, in its greatest power, ...

“We’re not on our journey to save the world but to save ourselves. But in doing that you save the world. The influence of a vital person vitalizes.” ― Joseph Campbell

“When Dr. Jung was asked the question “Will we make it?” he always replied, “if enough individuals will do their inner work.” … This...

I offer up a memory, a reminiscence of a particular time in my life when I decided to call out my fear - and it worked! It changed my life, actually. It helped me to be a braver person. As I write this today there is so much fear in the world it’s palpable. Maybe there is something here in this stor...

(This is a continuation from my previous blog post.)

I know some of you are hearing your Call right now. (The pandemic, the chaotic nature of our world has ignited the need in many women to make a change.) You may be standing in close proximity to the Threshold, the entry way to the Heroine’s Jour...

You know that place - the jumping-off spot for what you’ve been wanting to do next with your life. Maybe you’re like so many people right now, you just can’t bring yourself to cross it. In Heroine’s Journey terminology, that spot is called the First Threshold (there’s another one at the end of the j...

Today, on this Valentine’s Day let’s practice giving to ourselves. This is known as BEING SELFISH in some circles. (See note *) Not in this circle!!

I know. It can be hard to do. We are so very good at GIVING to others. Maybe we should start there and get it out of the way so you can then focus on ...