The Queen of My Self

Last week I was the guest of Rosemary Lichtman and Phyllis Goldberg, authors of Courage and Lessons Learned: Reaching for Your Goals and partners in their practice, Nourishing Relationships for a virtual book tour on their blog, Nourishing Relationships. The interview is pretty long, so I offer it to you in several parts: Part I.…

Here are some recent Declarations of Queendom from readers of this blog, as well as The Queen of My Self Facebook page and my monthly Ezine, The Queen’s Chronicles. Hail to the Queens! New Declarations of Queendom: Love, love, love being a Queen!– Rose, NY As a sister-Queen, I proudly stand in the authentic truth…

Last month I took a much-needed vacation in a small cabin on the Maine Coast where I did very little besides sleep, dream, read and eat for an entire week. I read four books in six days from my overgrown cache of to-be-read books by and about midlife women. What bliss! My idea of paradise.…

From Rosemary Lichtman and Phyllis Goldberg:   Please join us anytime on Wednesday, August 25, when Donna Henes stops by our blog, www.NourishingRelationships.blogspot.com. Mama Donna, as she is affectionately called, is an internationally acclaimed spiritual teacher, popular speaker, and award-winning writer specializing in multi-cultural ritual celebrations of the cycles of the seasons and the seasons…

Several weeks ago I asked the question “What does power mean to you?” This piece about the empowerment of women was sent to me by Kali Fyre, a sister Queen and reader of The Queen of My Self. It is from her blog, “Awakening the Iris.” Empowerment For me, women’s empowerment is really about BALANCE,…

Just as I posted the article about Mercury Retrograde, I received this message from Sister Joan Chittister. It is a great follow up. I have taken the editorial liberty of changing all the “Gods” to God/dess. What Do You Have Time For? by Joan Chittister One of the obsessive concerns of contemporary society is speed. Everything…

Mercury, the planet of communication enters its thrice a year retrograde stage on August 20 and will remain in a backward momentum, as it were, until September 12. Mercury in retrograde has a very bad rap. I should know. As a Virgo (which is ruled by Mercury) I am usually affected quite profoundly. But over…

CONGRATULATIONS!!! To the 3 winners of the Third Anniversary Book Give Away: Linda Null, North CarolinaKali Frye, New HampshireMeredith Sterling, Texas *** Astro Queen Hypatia of Alexandria was a brilliant, eloquent and beautiful Hellenized Egyptian philosopher, mathematician, astronomer, astrologer and teacher, who was savagely murdered by Archbishop Cyril and his fanatical Christian mob. Hypatia was…

Happy Anniversary! Today marks three months that I have been writing this Beliefnet blog. During this time and through this connection, I have been delighted to meet some really wonderful, interesting, accomplished Queens. It is my hope that these articles have been enlightening, inspiring and encouraging as you follow your path to personal sovereignty. In…

Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D. orAge Activated Attention Deficit Disorder. Thank goodness there’s a name for this disorder.Somehow I feel better even though I have it! This is how it manifests: I decide to water my garden.As I turn on the hose in the driveway,I look over at my car and decide it needs…

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