by Heidi Sloss | Jun 1, 2021 | Mothering |
In last week’s post I mentioned that I have been doing a writing practice for over a year and it has been healing and transformational. I’m launching my own version called, Pearls of Wisdom Writing Circles, after finishing up a 6-month teacher training. The writing...
by Heidi Sloss | May 24, 2021 | Gratitude, Health, Mothering |
Remember those school assignments from grade school given at the start of the year where the teacher asked for an essay along the lines of ‘How I Spent My Summer Vacation?’ I picture many of us telling the stories of our pandemic experiences for years to come. We have...
by Heidi Sloss | Sep 4, 2020 | Gratitude, Health, Mothering |
I’m writing a letter to my left ankle and it needs to be extra precise because at the moment it is wrapped in a splint because it is swollen, or actually it is swelling – more active than passive. And the stitches are still in, holding my skin together after being...
by Heidi Sloss | Aug 10, 2020 | Mothering |
The prompt in my Wild Writing practice was to create a story much like a curriculum vitae, using a numbered list. Curriculum vitae in Latin means, a course of life. I used the format to describe the story of my ongoing ankle adventures. Here’s my story list. ...
by Heidi Sloss | Jun 9, 2020 | Mothering |
During this most unique time in our history between pandemic and now protests that speak out about the racial inequalities that are built into our society’s institutions are taking place, many of us are trying to make sense of what is going on and how to move...
by Heidi Sloss | Feb 11, 2016 | Cancer, Health, Mothering, Yoga |
After getting a mammogram last week, I learned that I needed to have a repeat one done. These are not words that any woman wants to hear, much less one who is a cancer survivor. Once you have heard the dreaded cancer diagnosis, everything feels like borrowed time—even...
