I’d just finished dinner and was in my kitchen peeling an orange for dessert when the phone rang. It was my friend Sophie. She’d arrived for a five-night visit, taking a break from her work, to take a weekend burlesque workshop with me. We’d met three months earlier at the first-ever S Factor retreat...
Glee and So You Think You Can Dance are my only can’t miss TV. They both bring me joy. In fact, I believe watching dance, especially dance that expresses authentic emotion, bonds the audience, even through the TV. Research suggests watching others dance may lead to similar changes in the brain as actually performing...
On Thursday morning, not yet out of bed, my mind started up with the questions. So, what steps can we take? And what about… “Don’t start,” I said aloud. I was irritated and tired from lack of sleep. I took a shower. Desperate to climb out of my head, I couldn’t wait to get...
It started last Monday as I tried to develop a matrix of feminine vs. masculine characteristics in our culture. I ached to see cooperation, emotion and beingness celebrated and rewarded as much as competition, stoicism and productivity. That night, when I complained to a friend that my brain hurt from thinking, researching and writing,...
