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Becoming Amazon · 2M ago

Moving Into Fear (or Basic Buddhism for Skiers)

Skiing has taught me one thing with certainty – resistance only increases the chance of receiving the opposite outcome than I intended. For those of you unenlightened non-skiing people, here is a brief ski lesson: the front end (tip)  is the steering end, the back-end (tail) acts as a gas pedal.  Re
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Becoming Amazon · 3M ago

Language of Love

“I love you” I said as we snuggled on the couch watching movies. The evening suddenly took on the feel of a family gathering where Jr. drops the F-bomb in front of Grandma. We had known each other for years before we started dating and few months into our “couple-hood”  I had no doubt that [...]
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Becoming Amazon · 4M ago

Namaste Revisited

I forget I have only one boob.  At least once every day – even though it has been years since it was carved off to save my life – I forget and have to go through the mental rearrangement to accept the unacceptable. Like popping a lemon drop candy in your mouth only to find [...]
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Becoming Amazon · 4M ago

What Our Kids Really Need

We can make a lot of mistakes as parents and mentors without losing their love and respect. Being a “good parent” is simply a matter of showing up and being real. Our youth don’t need the “right” anything – they need us.
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Becoming Amazon · 4M ago

Be The Change Part 2 – What We Should Have Learned From Occupy Wall Street

Be The Change Part 2 – What We Should Have Learned From Occupy Wall Street. Part two in a series of ways we can make a difference and the importance of doing so.
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Becoming Amazon · 5M ago

Be The Change Part 1: Waving Pink Ribbons

This is how we change the world. Change happens through small events -each of us doing what we can – large or small. Ghandi said “Be the change you want to see in the world” . Change, revolution, healing, and a cure start with each of us.
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Becoming Amazon · 6M ago

The Give Away

The blanket fell out of the closet from the top shelf as if it had been pushed. It was not what I was looking for, but the fact that I had been thinking about what I needed to take with me on this trip made its attempt at escape interesting. I had not touched it [...]
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Becoming Amazon · 7M ago

Knit One, Pray One

Three years ago, I was knitting a beautiful rose colored shawl. It went everywhere with me until the evening I lost it in a meadow as I moved from one stage in life to the next. Over the years, it had taken on a life of its own, and when it was no longer needed [...]
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Becoming Amazon · 7M ago

Speech given to Cancer Resource Network/American Cancer Society, September 2012

Hello – My name is Robyn Lynn. I am a writer, grad student, mom and breast cancer survivor. Not very long ago was I was in the middle of the most difficult thing I could ever imagine going through. I was uncertain, scared and full of questions and someone stepped forward and shared their story. [...
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Becoming Amazon · 7M ago

Speech given to Cancer Resource Network/American Cancer Society, September 2011

Hello – My name is Robyn Lynn. I am a writer, grad student, mom and breast cancer survivor. Not very long ago was I was in the middle of the most difficult thing I could ever imagine going through. I was uncertain, scared and full of questions and someone stepped forward and shared their story. [...
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