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Who Am I

Some clues…

The things I love include:

  • Dreamwork: gifts from the unconscious

  • Voluntary Simplicity: a life that is outwardly simple, inwardly rich

  • Compassionate Communication: listening for feelings and needs of myself and others

  • Peace Corps: living in a 350-square-foot apartment in Suriname, South America

  • The Dignity Movement:  rankism (nobodies vs somebodies) is not okay

I’m also an animal lover and I believe we can learn much from them. On the Chinese calendar I’m a dog: honest, loyal and able to keep secrets. Here are some animal descriptions of clutterers I have known. 

Golden Retriever: Things are messy but they can retrieve anything they need within seconds. 

Squirrel: Buries so many things, he doesn’t even know where they are.

Sloth: Wants to clean up the mess, but it’s just too much trouble.

Blue Jay: Collects things from everyone; there’s never enough.

Things I’ve done:

  • A Master’s in Culture and Spirituality from Holy Names University

  • A certificate in Dream Studies, John F. Kennedy University (nearly completed).

  • Office manager for a children’s counseling center

  • Lifestyles editor for two daily newspapers

  • Manager of an American Cancer Society resale shop

  • Student of Nonviolent Communication and the Enneagram

  • Power of Now enthusiast


Me, Spider Rock, & Canyon de Chelly

Me, Spider Rock,
Canyon de Chelly

 

Origami Goldfish

 

 

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