Self-Reflection
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Clearly, Psyche And I Were A Mismatch – A Guest Post From Lori-Ann Claerhout
This guest post by Lori-Ann Claerhout is part of a series celebrating the My Word Goddess Readings by honouring the gifts of the goddesses that stepped forward in 2014…. Photo: My Word bracelet created by Two Sisters Handcrafted. Let me start at the very beginning. I received my first goddess from Amy for 2013, and it was a wild year of transformation with Sedna at my hip. I had left a secure, well-paying (benefit-filled! And drudgery-tinged), day job of thirteen years with only a dream and imagination of how I would reinvent myself: from editor of undergraduate courses to. . . what? Of course, I looked to my Sedna for guidance, as…
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My Year with Erzulie – A Guest Post From Heather Cox
This guest post by Heather Cox is part of a series celebrating the My Word Goddess Readings by honouring the gifts of the goddesses that stepped forward in 2014…. I’d never heard of Erzulie when I received her as my goddess for 2014, and at first I was hesitant because of that. Also the end of 2013 had brought a sort of traumatic change in my job situation and the realization that I was completely burned out. I was at a crossroads and I expected some sort of kick ass warrior goddess intervention – not this soft, voluptuous Voodun goddess of love. A couple of my suggested words for the year…
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Love Letters to Cybele – A Guest Post From Deb Smouse
This guest post by Deb Smouse is part of a series celebrating the My Word Goddess Readings by honouring the gifts of the goddesses that stepped forward in 2014…. For a decade now, I’ve chosen a Word (or three) for my year. It was one of the first conscious choices I made to create my life instead of just letting it happen to me. I would love to tell you that it makes life “easier”, but that would be a lie. What it has done, though, is allowed me to be pulled into the magic that setting a focus and intention can do to transform you. Last year, I added as part…
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A Year of Fire and Flow – A Guest Post from CC Smith
This guest post by CC Smith is part of a series celebrating the My Word Goddess Readings by honouring the gifts of the goddesses that stepped forward in 2014…. When I look back on the year, the flames were there all right, dancing, leaping alarmingly high, relentless at times, demanding to be seen and heard. Fire is hard to ignore. My goddess for 2014 is Pele, the Hawaiian volcano goddess of fire. I was unsurprised to see her come forward – I’d been a bit afraid of fire for most of my life but in the last few months of 2013 I’d seen her softer, nurturing side. I’d become quite addicted to…
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Meeting Maeve – A Guest Post from Kate Powe
This guest post by Kate Powe is part of a series celebrating the My Word Goddess Readings by honouring the gifts of the goddesses that stepped forward in 2014…. I came across the lovely Amy Palko and the My Word Goddess Readings several years ago. From first contact, I found something magical about the concept of a guiding goddess light for an entire year–one that would help me through the challenges that would inevitably arise amidst sparkly new-year promises. It was comforting to know that even though each year would indeed bring unique hiccups, I had a framework –a guiding energy to help me understand a deeper meaning to it all.…
