Loss of Life

  Nereida Correa   One of my first patients was a kind, and gentle man who was a bartender, well known and well liked by all who knew him. He showed up to the emergency room with shortness of breath and lungs filled with fluid that we drained so that he could...

Messies

  Gina T. Ogorzaly   “Oh, you’re from Albuquerque? Do you have messies?” “I’m not sure what you mean by messies. What is that?” My partner and I were in a taxi cab in New York City, chatting with the driver on our way to the Moynihan train station. We thought...

The Archive

Mary Van Pelt My archive of personal letters, original drafts and unfinished projects is preserved at the bottom of the Rio Grande County Landfill somewhere between Del Norte and Monte Vista, Colorado. The archive consists of boxes of various sizes, approximately 7.5...

Working with Essential Oils for Release & Letting Go

As the Northern hemisphere of our planet enters its Fall season, we witness an event of great inspiration centered around death and release. Autumnal leaves depart our world with one last exhibition of color and light before a tree releases the very thing that has...
WOMEN  RAISE OUR VOICES: October 2023 Autumn Equinox

WOMEN RAISE OUR VOICES: October 2023 Autumn Equinox

Welcome to the second edition of Women Raise Our Voices Newsletter. We selected the theme of letting go to honor the natural processes of autumn and the fall. We were closely affected by the terrible tragedy of the Lahaina fires this summer when our dear teacher and...