LeliaMay 21, 20227 minGibbons, Gornick, Hardy, Bauby and Living Your Great StoryGreat Story Coaching* outlines the 3 ways we tend to narrate our lives to ourselves. The victim story (similar to Parul Sehgal’s “trauma...
LeliaApr 30, 20227 minEdmund White, Memoir & Astro ReadingAbout halfway through reading My Lives by Edmund White, I expected to give it a two-star rating. White spends so much time narrating his...
LeliaMar 12, 20224 minDesire in Audre Lorde’s Zami: A New Spelling of My NameIn Zami: A New Spelling of My Name, Audre Lorde uses the erotic, or what Mary Karr might call the carnal, to deeply embed herself in her...
LeliaDec 29, 20212 minLight and Dark: Awakening in Life's ShadowsI’m trying to reread John O'Donohu's Anam Cara, and can’t stomach the pollyanna sunshine spiritual message. O’Donohue writes, “Light is...