Tag Archives: growth

I Challenge You.

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Boo

I challenge you to read this…wait, no, don’t. I don’t want you to just read it. This is a place of challenge, and just as with change, it can be uncomfortable. Growth, my favorite yogi says, is uncomfortable. So, no, … Continue reading →

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What Feminism Means to Me: The Boo Edition

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Boo

As a Young Boo … An Awakening I started life in a religion that told me The Father is the head of the household. But luckily, I had my amazing mother who taught me, rather than told me, right from … Continue reading →

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Blissability: I Get Knocked Down, But I Get Up Again (Episode 15)

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Dodi

Gentleman Jim Corbett, the boxer, when asked how he won every single fight: “Easy.  Just get up one more time.” Bleh! I failed. I failed miserably today in my efforts to be real and sincere.  I wasn’t loving.  I wasn’t sincerely … Continue reading →

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Blissability: Sincerely, You. (Episode 14)

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Dodi

“The most exhausting thing in life, I have discovered, is being insincere.” – Anne Morrow Lindbergh. This episode is dedicated to Jordan and Beth, whom I love. The Christmas tree in Charlie Brown had nothing going for it except one … Continue reading →

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Blissability: Preserve Bliss…Keep the Energy, Lose the Bitch (Episode 12)

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Dodi

Let’s keep talking about dignity. So, we’ve looked around at how we give ourselves away and how we let people take our energy. Now, how do we keep that from happening without being bitchy about it? How do we keep … Continue reading →

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Blissability: Being Happy When Happy Isn’t Happening (Episode 9)

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Dodi

“When nothing is certain, everything is possible.” – Confucius There’s always the question of how to be happy in times of uncertainty.  If you can be bliss full only when things are good, you’re going to lose out on a … Continue reading →

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Blissability: The Restrictions of Perfection (Episode 8)

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Dodi

“Use what talents you possess; The woods would be very silent if no bird sang except those that sang best.” – Henry Van Dyke I sing in a choral group.  It’s fun.  It’s damn blissful sometimes.  Some of us are … Continue reading →

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Blissability: The Fuck-Up Fairy and Forgiveness (Episode 6)

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Dodi

“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” - Oliver Wendell Holmes   I love this quote. I used to use this as my call to action and strength, but now this feels differently … Continue reading →

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Blissability: Be Here Now (Episode 5)

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Dodi

“We are here and it is now.” -H.L. Mencken Be here now.  I hear that or something akin to it so often—yoga class, visualization DVDs, friends.  The idea is everywhere, but I don’t often “be here now”.  I’m constantly thinking … Continue reading →

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Blissability: The Illusion of Safety (Episode 4)

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Dodi

“A ship in harbor is safe, but that’s not what ships were made for.” Is safety happiness?  Or is it cowardice?  Is trying everything in the world happiness?  Or is it distraction? Where is the line between reckless and restrained?   … Continue reading →

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Blissability: Wanting What You’ve Got (Episode 3)

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Dodi

“The trick to being happy is to want what you’ve got.” – (don’t know who said this, but it’s goooood) Now, THAT is hard.  Easy in theory, difficult in practice.  I seem to always be thinking of something I want … Continue reading →

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Blissability: Who Am I? (Episode 2)

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Dodi

So, did you do the “30 answer” exercise from the first Blissability article?  Learn anything?  It’s harder to come up with 30 answers than many of you thought, huh? “To be, rather than to seem.”  – Lao Tsu Blissability Part … Continue reading →

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Lipstick. Liberation. Labias.

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Boo

In the Beginning… There was a point in my life—and, if you’ve been driven, forced, or urged to read anything on this site, then you’ve probably experienced this in your life, too—where I rebelled against my feminine nature as an … Continue reading →

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Open Heart, Close Eyes: An Excerpt

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Boo

I watched him grapple with the weight of it. I watched him crumble under the realization of what he had asked, what I had answered.

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Blissability: A Series Introduction (and Homework) (Episode 1)

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Dodi

“Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls.” – Joseph Campbell I wonder about that?  Following your bliss?  I’ve been on a 53 year journey and sometimes I think following my bliss … Continue reading →

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