October 2011

A Love Letter to My Body

by Carol Hess on October 31, 2011

Dear Beloved Body, Please don’t drop dead from shock!  I know you aren’t used to me addressing you that way.  I’m finally realizing how beautifully you function and what a hard-working, wonderful vehicle you are for my soul. I haven’t made your job easier, have I?  I haven’t stretched and moved you enough.  I haven’t [...]

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Categories Body Image, Community, Personal Empowerment, Self Care, The Art of Star Polishing

A Late Bloomer

by Carol Hess on October 20, 2011

I took the concept of being a late bloomer to a whole new level.  I spent most of my considerable number of years on this planet not even knowing there was such a thing as blooming.  I just knew I wasn’t all that happy.  You don’t know what you don’t know. Then, when I finally [...]

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Categories Carol's Musings, Personal Empowerment, The Art of Star Polishing

Is Your Star in Need of a Little Polishing?

by Carol Hess on October 13, 2011

I don’t know about you, but I’m having a less than inspired, empowered, enthusiastic week.  My star is most definitely in need of a little polishing. So imagine my delight when I discovered, thanks to Sandi Amorim at Deva Coaching, the following blog post by Tia Sparkles.  Tia has gathered some terrific quotations from some [...]

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Categories Personal Empowerment, The Art of Star Polishing

These Women

by Carol Hess on October 5, 2011

I still see them in my mind’s eye.  A parade of Barundi women walking along the side of the dirt road, dressed in colorful fabrics artfully wrapped around them in a way no white woman seemed able to master.  Their posture was remarkable – so erect from years of carrying wood, water, and food on [...]

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Categories Community, The Art of Star Polishing, Weighing In (Rants & Raves)