Searching for a Way to Explain It.
I’ve been helping women* recover from sexual abuse since 1992, and over the years I’ve noticed that women trying to decide whether to begin the…
February 21, 2016 · 3 min read
Quote – Control
“Show me a controlling person and I’ll show you a person who is secretly afraid.” – Donald Miller.
February 21, 2016 · 1 min read
Quote – Change
“In times of drastic change, it is the learners who inherit the future.” – Lee Cockerell.
February 21, 2016 · 1 min read
She Seemed Like She Had it All Together
She was married to a successful businessman, and was the mother to some great kids. She was well known in her community and her church. She was…
March 8, 2016 · 3 min read
Quote – Courage
“Courage is about doing what you’re afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you’re scared.” – Eddie Rickenbacker.
March 10, 2016 · 1 min read
The Curtain Opens
What do you remember about the beginning of the movie The Wizard of Oz? Maybe you remember Dorothy fearfully looking over her shoulder as she runs…
March 14, 2016 · 2 min read
Quote – Courage
“You must do the things you think you cannot do.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
March 16, 2016 · 1 min read
Searching For a Way to Explain It
I’ve been helping women* recover from sexual abuse since 1992, and over the years I’ve noticed that women who are trying to decide whether to begin…
March 17, 2016 · 2 min read
Skipping the Backstory
Did you ever notice how The Wizard of Oz jumps right into the story. After the opening music fades, we immediately see Dorothy and Toto anxiously…
March 21, 2016 · 2 min read
Quote – Happiness
“If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.” – Orson Welles.
March 26, 2016 · 1 min read
From Bad To Worse
Dorothy’s run-in with Almira Gulch is the beginning of a series of progressively worsening events. No one at home understands why she’s so upset…
March 28, 2016 · 2 min read
Quote – Uncertainty
“The opportunity that lies beyond the uncertainty is so great.” – from the movie, I’m Fine, Thanks.
March 31, 2016 · 1 min read
The Big One Hits
Life on the farm gets progressively harder for Dorothy, as she feels Elmia Gulch breathing down her neck. She starts to run away, only to be reminded…
April 4, 2016 · 2 min read
Quote – Goals
“It isn’t where you come from, it’s where you’re going that counts.” – Ella Fitzgerald
April 7, 2016 · 1 min read
Not in Kansas Anymore
When the cyclone finishes with Dorothy, it leaves her disheveled and disoriented. Covered with the dust of the old house, Dorothy makes her way to…
April 11, 2016 · 2 min read
Quote – Self-Mastery
“He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.” – Lao Tzu.
April 14, 2016 · 1 min read
These People are Different!
After the cyclone, Dorothy steps out of her dropped and dilapidated house to encounter the Munchkins, slowly coming out of hiding. They are not like…
April 18, 2016 · 3 min read
One Witch Down and Another To Go.
After arriving in Oz, Dorothy discovers that she has unknowingly ended the tyranny of a witch. The cyclone that brought her to Oz, also dropped her…
April 25, 2016 · 2 min read
Quote – Life
“Life becomes more expansive when I can see beyond just here, and just now, and just me.” – Bret Legg
April 27, 2016 · 1 min read
Now What?
Dorothy has been threatened by Elmira Gultch, ignored by friends and family, caught up in a cyclone, and dropped in a strange place with strange…
May 2, 2016 · 3 min read
Quote – Perseverance
“Everyone must have some thought that’s going to pull them through somehow.” – “Rock Me On the Water,” by Jackson Browne
May 10, 2016 · 1 min read
An Easy Walk…For a Short While
Dorothy leaves Munchkin Land with the encouragement of Glenda and the Munchkins ringing in her ears. With Toto in hand and her destination in mind…
May 11, 2016 · 2 min read
Quote – Change
“It’s the most unhappy people who most fear change.” – Mignon McLaughlin.
May 13, 2016 · 1 min read
If I Only Had a Brain
Shortly into her journey down the yellow brick road, Dorothy comes to a crossroad. With no map or roadsigns, she stops to decide which direction to…
May 19, 2016 · 3 min read