Would You Take This Dare?

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We are never too old to dare ourselves to try something new. This spring I decided to do something I’ve never done before… in fact I’ve been afraid to even try. Yes, the Daring Diva was afraid to dare! Was it ziplining from tops of 100-year-old Cypress trees? Nope.  That was my Mother’s Day gift [...]

How to prepare for a pleasure and love-filled Valentine’s Day

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I don’t know about you, but somewhere between getting my work done, making dinner and checking homework my sensuality gets swept under the rug. My desire is to be intentional and present in all areas of my life – including the part of me that is sexy.  So in honor of Valentine’s Day I’m teaching [...]

Prepare for the Full Moon on the Winter Solstice

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As a wellness practitioner in the 70’s my main focus was the body. Then in the 80’s the scientific literature made it clear that the physical body could not be separated from the mind. So my focus became mind and body. In the 90’s we began to understand more fully the impact of emotions and [...]

Fun as a Spiritual Practice

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I absolutely love the community of women I dance with every Monday and Wednesday in our Daring Diva Dance Class!  A few weeks ago, one of the lovely divas in class gave me a mix of ‘Hot Disco’ tunes and I had so much fun creating a class with that music.    We dressed in our [...]

It’s my birthday!

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And it’s a BIG ONE! On September 26th I turn 52. Now that may not seem like a big deal to you, but ever since I learned about Mayan cosmology and the Mayan calendar twenty years ago, I have been looking forward to my 52nd birthday. Why? Because, according to the most famous of Mayan [...]