Pain and Living
Living with chronic pain is tough. Everybody choses to live with it differently. I manage it in various ways, but the one you see here on my blog or on social media is via art and writing. Although neither take away the pain, it does help me focus away from it as well as transfer […]
The Sunflower Womb
The Sunflower 🌻 Womb… Mother’s Day early love for anyone where this day is hard for you. I get it. Depending on the year, and how I’m feeling, I either am fine or not. I’m either great with it all or not. On the years I’m not good with it, I don’t go on social […]
I Deserve A Seat Too
I have found out from Mother Earth that Motherhood is not lost due to cancers. I have been waiting for the deep acceptance of this feeling so that the horrible pain inside the gut of my spirit would be healed. I’ve been telling myself this almost every day to get through each day emotionally for […]
FOR – GIVE – NESS
Forgiveness | painting strokes back and forth over the names inside the hearts reminds me that forgiveness takes time for me; otherwise I don’t fully heal. It’s like the grieving process, it’s a forgiveness process. 🙏🏽. I am not an instant forgiver when I’ve been deeply hurt. To be authentic means to fully forgive.
The Crane and the Seed
I am flying in the sky high above my body, mind and spirit. As I land safely I am reminded that navigating the sky through storms drives me to a deliberate landing without fear. Once I land I perform a dance in the grass. I bathe and cleanse myself and pluck out any old feathers […]
Who is Investing in You?
En Casa with Miriam… Who in your life is making an investment in you? It’s an importat question we need to ask ourselves for bringing in the New Year. Write down the people in your life that you invest in. Write down the energy investment they are making in you and you in them. This […]
To Be Grateful
I am so grateful to be alive from triple negative breast cancer making 11 years TNBC free and making 55 very soon. I am grateful to have also survived 7 years free of Chondrosarcoma (primary bone cancer) in my pelvis as well as being an ovarian previvor for seven years due a familial history of […]
The Fear in Owning Our Power
Thankful Thursday. My friend Annie Emens McDaniel sends out her Monday Motivational email. This week it hit home. Let Your Light Shine was her topic this week. In it she talks about FEAR that holds us back from owning the gifts God gave us. She also has a beautiful quote from Marianne Williamson which I […]
Art Vulnerability & Witnessing
What I love about expressive arts (ExA)is there is no judgment, you don’t look at the art to question the artist on what and why. Because we are all human and if we’ve never been trained in art, we can be very self-critical, doubt ourselves for no reason and lose confidence as we are building […]
What Sets You Apart from Others?
En Casa Art Advocacy Story… Advocacy doesn’t happen overnight. It takes time and perseverance. It’s also a commitment and comes from building relationships. And those relationships tend to be about a connection of people and an openness to give and receive of time and energy. My business life taught me to be a better advocate […]
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