Estrogen Morning

The full day of the annual women's retreat I attend is always a thrill and an enormous task to survive. The workshops stirs all sorts of emotional crap, and there is so much to learn! I led a workshop on writing in conjunction with photography. It was a bit flat in comparison with the session from the night before (transformational writing). We were fresh and enthusiastic then...

I feel very normal during these retreats. All of these chicas are so strong, loving, and forgiving. While I have a fair amount of resilience to being judged, there is a difference between not taking it to heart, and simply not being judged. For these 3 days each January, we all take each other just as we are, with tears, cursing, and the glory of complex wholes.

I would like to present next year on women and creativity! And on harnessing our brain's capacity for learning! Then I will finally feel like I made a full circle, and really can apply the scientific stuff I do all day long...