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What Happens After the Election?

by Sheila Collins | Nov 5, 2016 | Meditations, Spirtuality, the Big Body, Uncategorized

Our county’s going through a tough time. No matter which candidate you favor, or whether “none of the above,” is your preference, you would probably agree that the way forward looks bleak whoever wins next Tuesday. Bitterness is the residue of the quarrelsome public...

The Anatomy of Ecstasy

by Sheila Collins | Mar 23, 2014 | Gatherings, Health and Wellness, Personal Stories, Self-Care for Caregivers, Spirtuality, Story-telling, the Big Body, Uncategorized

When my then five-year old nephew, Adam, who was an only child discovered that he had four cousins he said, “I feel so big. I’m bigger than a Giant!” Preparing to return from Atlanta after spending time with a group of amazing women and meeting many others in the...

Fueling Our Resilience

by Sheila Collins | Nov 22, 2012 | Health, the Big Body, Uncategorized

Seeing the effects of the storm Sandy renewed my interest in resilience, the capacity to make it through ordinary and extraordinary events. Whether it’s something nature dishes out; droughts, flood, or hurricanes, or people caused events; wars, dislocation, or...

The Mileau Makes the Difference

by Sheila Collins | Aug 1, 2012 | Personal Stories, the Big Body

After the national InterPlay Leaders Conference I’m racing around, trying to gather my belongings while the woman providing a ride to the airport waits outside. A couple of friends observing my movements begin teasing me about my quirky habits, like the way I gird...

Creating Our Reality?

by Sheila Collins | May 21, 2012 | the Big Body

I have found it more than a little annoying when people would say, “we create our own reality.” When my daughter was diagnosed with breast cancer a few years ago, this expression became especially insulting and hurtful. Who, in or out of their right mind, would create...

Circles of Concern

by Sheila Collins | Mar 14, 2012 | Technology, the Big Body, Women, Girls & the Feminine

I overheard several of my women friends admitting to one another that they don’t read the newspaper or watch television. Nearly a week after a gunman went into a local mental hospital, shot one man dead and wounded seven others before a campus policeman killed him,...

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What Happens After the Election?

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The Mileau Makes the Difference

Creating Our Reality?

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