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Each month I post an update called Tuning In on what I'm up to and content I would like to share with you. Most of the links on this post are informational, but a few are affiliate links to help maintain this website. To me, each September feels like a new beginning. Maybe it's because we've been conditioned that way from school, or maybe because of the palpable change in the weather, but either way, it's a time of year I like to revisit routine and grounding. As the hours of daylight slowly shorten, it feels like a signal to my body to shorten my expectations of what I am able to do in a day. Last month I attended a funeral in Orange County, and though it was a very sad time, I was able to be near the ocean and walk barefoot in the sand.  Laguna Beach, California Upcoming Events:
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Attending:  Laguna Beach, California Book Club: Hemlock by Kiersten Modglin "Thirteen years ago, Maggie Ellis left her small town and vowed to never return. In her rearview mirror were two men she loved and an ominous secret that would forever haunt her. Now, tragedy has brought her back, and she’s determined to forget that fateful night. But in a town like Myers, with familiar faces and chilling memories lurking around every corner, moving on is easier said than done. Before the ink can dry on the closing documents for her new residence, Maggie begins to feel unsettled. In every room, there’s the unmistakable sensation she's being watched. The strange sounds, odd smells, and bizarre occurrences only add to her paranoia. (I'm a proud member of the sloth reading club, so what I'm reading will not always change monthly) Vintage Art:  Quote: "Forget the mistake. Remember the lesson." - Unknown
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Each month I post an update called Rewrites on what I'm up to and content I would like to share with you. Most of the links on this post are informational, but a few are affiliate links to help maintain this website. Publications:
glass eye grandma watches over me after the cremation
wishing there was a duolingo-- morning birdsong
late anyway-- two more angels in the snow
after the flood... the highway to nowhere  Eagle Harbor Maintenance Facility, Bainbridge Island, Washington. Books I Finished in This Month: My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem Weaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light: 50 Poems for 50 Years by Joy Harjo Writer in a Life Vest: Essays from the Salish Sea by Iris Graville Attended:
 Eagle Harbor, Bainbridge Island, Washington. Haiku: how irritating! the wild geese freely call their friends Issa Poem: Fire and Ice by Robert Frost Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I’ve tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice Is also great And would suffice.  Writer in a Life Vest: Essays From the Salish Sea by Iris Graville Encouragement: In difficult times, turn to writing. It will show up for you again and again. Quote: "You don't start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it's good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it." - Octavia E. Butler Each month I post an update called Tuning In on what I'm up to and content I would like to share with you. Most of the links on this post are informational, but a few are affiliate links to help maintain this website. Our story is the most powerful tool we have to heal ourselves and others. Don't be ashamed of any of the chapters in your story. Even the dark times are what made you who you are today. Tell your story, the whole story, and watch how it helps others develop the courage to tell their own.  Great Blue Heron at Lake Union in Seattle Upcoming Events:
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 Rain over Puget Sound from Lincoln Park in West Seattle Somatic Transformation Book Club: Restoring the Kinship Worldview: Indigenous Voices Introduce 28 Precepts for Rebalancing Life on Planet Earth by Wahinkpe Topa (Four Arrows) & Darcia Narvaez "Indigenous worldviews, and the knowledge they confer, are critical for human survival and the wellbeing of future generations. Editors Wahinkpe Topa (Four Arrows) and Darcia Narvaez present 28 powerful excerpted passages from Indigenous leaders, including Mourning Dove, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Winona LaDuke, and Xiuhtezcatl Martinez. Accompanied by the editors’ own analyses, each chapter reflects the wisdom of Indigenous worldview precepts like:
Book Club: The Housemaid by Frieda McFadden "Every day I clean the Winchesters’ beautiful house top to bottom. I collect their daughter from school. And I cook a delicious meal for the whole family before heading up to eat alone in my tiny room on the top floor. I try to ignore how Nina makes a mess just to watch me clean it up. How she tells strange lies about her own daughter. And how her husband Andrew seems more broken every day. But as I look into Andrew’s handsome brown eyes, so full of pain, it’s hard not to imagine what it would be like to live Nina’s life. The walk-in closet, the fancy car, the perfect husband. I only try on one of Nina’s pristine white dresses once. Just to see what it’s like. But she soon finds out… and by the time I realize my attic bedroom door only locks from the outside, it’s far too late. But I reassure myself: the Winchesters don’t know who I really am. They don’t know what I’m capable of…" (I'm a proud member of the sloth reading club, so what I'm reading will not always change monthly) Vintage Art:  Encouragement: What magnificent piece of you are you hiding from the world? Have the courage to let it out. Quote: "We must take adventures in order to know where we truly belong." - Unknown |
WelcomeI'm Kerry (She/Her/Hers) and I am a licensed therapist, group facilitator, poet, writer, & speaker. This is a place to acknowledge and validate our suffering and trauma, while also learning how to turn toward aliveness and spaciousness. 
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