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Daring Flight by Ginny Borolov, Michigan City, IN, USA
As I began preparing myself to staff the November Woman Within weekend in the days before, it was very apparent that I was feeling unsettled and disconnected. As I tried to draw myself in, it became more and more apparent to me that I was distracted because so many of my loved ones were experiencing troubles for a variety of reasons and I knew there wasn't really anything I could do to help them. Everything they had to work on had to be done in their time and in their way, yet I didn't seem able to let it go.
Continue reading: http://www.womenincircle.org/heartbeat/20081101.html
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Who She Was by Jennifer Miller-Davis
She had become a pear.
She was standing naked arguing with her mirror. The mirror was winning. She squinted while examining her soft wobbly bottom and an under-ripe top. She watched as her wet hair dripped down her left breast and responded by tensing up her shoulders.
She closed her eyes remembering when she was young all the girls bud with possibility; while she couldn’t graduate from a “training bra” (what exactly were they training them to do?). Every day she was chased home from school by a pack of careless boys who accused her of being “flat as a board.”
Continue reading: http://www.womenincircle.org/heartbeat/20081102.html
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Meet: Marg Renaud by Mary Walilko, IL, USA
"Marg is glue to the (WW) Web," Char Tosi wrote in September, 2007, suggesting an interview with Marg. This statement sounded very intriguing to me. Having heard Marg's name only now and then over the years. I wanted to find out who she was and what she did that was considered pivotal to Woman Within.
Marg was born and gew up in Canada within a 25 mile radius of where she is living now.
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Ask "Crone OTD": (Crone Judith Pauly, also known as, "Older Than Dirt")
Dear OTD Crone Judith
I am sad to say these past few weeks I find myself snapping at the kids, barking at the dog and eating too much, as well as, sometimes drinking more than usual. Do you have any suggestions how I can get through these tough times without harming my relationships? Sometimes I feel paralyzed with fear and want to just give up. --
Paralyzed
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First Annual Women in Circle Harvest Gathering By Mary Walilko, IL, (USA)
Women gathered on October 19 at the home of Ester Robertson in Wadsworth, IL. It was a Women Only day for making connect, eating, singing, laughing, celebrating and harvesting the energy and giving thanks for our beautiful community.
Continue reading: http://www.womenincircle.org/heartbeat/20081104.html
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Women In Circle and MKP Chicago Host a Successful Isms and Issues Workshop By Leslie Recht, Chicago, IL (USA)
On October 18, the joint Multicultural Committee in Chicago, composed
of members of MKP Chicago and Women in Circle members, hosted an Isms
and Issues workshop. Isms and Issues provides an introduction to the
Visions model for understanding all of the "isms" in our society, like
racism, sexism, and so many others.
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Find Your E-Circle
If you’re looking for an
Empowerment-Circle in the Chicago or Wisconsin areas,
contact Emily Halliday,
E-Circle Coordinator for Women in Circle, at
773-764-2980 (home) or 847-899-0315 (cell) or ecircle@womenincircle.org.
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WITNESS
Empathy rolls through me
a colossal white thunderhead
awesome and heroic
that sometimes hooks my heart
and tips me over
to fall flat
on my face
into your sorrow.
I claim those cumulus clouds
and the thunderstruck child inside
as my own
and tuck her in a safe place
so that I can see with clear eyes,
witness what is your pain
not mine
and love you to the place
where you want to be.
© 2006 by Mary Schanuel
(May, 1995, Delavan, WI)
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Joanne Mahler, of St. Louis, MO. welcomed her newest grandson, Joshua Hunter Mahler, into the world on October 1, at 1:10 am.
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St. Louis Acoustic Game-Night Community Potluck Dinner
Sat, Dec 6, 2008, 6-10 p.m.
Unity Christ Church
33 N. Skinker Blvd.
St. Louis, MO. 63105
(corner of Skinker and Forsyth)
Contact: Joanne Mahler
jsunseeker@sbcglobal.net
314-521-2699
Click here for more info
Wisconsin Community Sweat Lodge
Still Point Zen Center
Random Lake Wisconsin
Sat, Dec 20, 2008
Doug Szper & Penney Johns
Caretakers of Still Point Zen Center
RSVP: 920-994-8650 or
StillPointZen@earthlink.net
Click here for more info
St. Louis, MO. Sweat Lodge
December 20 (Winter Solstice Ceremony)
December 31
Dennis Largent's house
Fairmont City, IL
Joanne Mahler
314-521-2699
jsunseeker@sbcglobal.net
Click here for more info
New Year’s Eve at Still Point Zen Center
Release the old. Welcome in a peaceful 2009!
Second New Year’s Eve meditation gathering.
Still Point Zen Center
Random Lake Wisconsin
Sat, Dec 20, 2008
Doug Szper & Penney Johns
Caretakers of Still Point Zen Center
RSVP: 920-994-8650 or
StillPointZen@earthlink.net
Click here for more info
The Warrior Monk Training
Annual New Year’s Retreat Intensive
January 1-5, 2009
Chinook Retreat Center
Whidbey Island Forest
Conact: Dan McKee
warriormonk@awakeninglife.org
503-348-0524
Click here for more info
Guided Empowerment Circles
Venue: Buffalo Grove, IL
Sat, Jan 17 & Sun, Jan 18
Time Sat 9-5/ Sun 8-5
Fee $100
Register Contact: Emily Halliday @ Emily.halliday@comcast.net or (773)
764-2980
Woman Within Level 2: Archetypes of the Castle workshop
February 25 – March 1, 2009 – Yucaipa, CA (east of Ontario CA)
Still time to register – contact the WWIL office 1-800-732-0890
Financial aid available - if needed, please inquire.
For more details on this workshop, and/or to register online, visit our website www.womanwithin.org
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