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WWD VoicesHow WWD Documented Black Fashion Over the Past 100 Years with 'Black in Fashion' Book“Black in Fashion,” a stunning 300-page coffeetable book from WWD and Union Square Publishing, doesn’t just focus on the past century’s most influential Black models, muses, designers, photographers, stylemakers and creatives, but it also celebrates how WWD documented them.In this episode, Lauren Parker, director of Fairchild Studio, chats with cultural historian and archivist Tonya Blazio-Licorish, the co-author of “Black in Fashion” and Archives Editor/WWD and Fairchild Media Group. They discuss how WWD, the "fashion bible” and flagship publication of Fairchild Media, often broke ground with Black-centric fashion news, features, illustrations and photo shoots, and continues t...2024-12-1825 min
Legends N LeadersAmanda Smith, CEO of Fairchild Media, on overseeing WWD, the importance of researched media, & more!Amanda is leading the incredible media group, Fairchild Media, which is responsible for many of the most well regarded publications in the world of fashion and culture like WWD, Footwear News, and more. Her unique and well versed background has made Amanda incredibly prepared to ensure established media thrives and grows in a new age! She has had an incredible career holding wide ranging roles at Vogue, Fast Company, and others, for a widespread and unrivaled perspective of the industry.
Amanda's leadership at Fairchild Media has resulted in great success because she is disciplined and has a...2024-11-0526 min
Rodeo Drive – The Podcast“It Was Like Quiet Thunder”: The Hidden Stories of WWD's BLACK IN FASHIONFor over 100 years Women’s Wear Daily has been the bible for the fashion industry, and its archives include numerous hidden contributions of Black designers and models. Now that history has been gathered in a stunning new book, BLACK IN FASHION, by Tonya Blazio-Licorish and Tara Donaldson, showcasing the indelible influence of Black culture on a global scale.On Episode 5 of Rodeo Drive-The Podcast, host Lyn Winter spoke with the authors about the book and the revelations they found in the WWD archives. “Fashion has a flawed public history because it hasn't included all th...2024-10-1547 min
WWD VoicesInside WWD Weekend: WWD Goes LuxeAmanda Smith, president of Fairchild Media Group, joins Lauren Parker, director of Fairchild Studio, to chat about WWD Weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-08-2014 min
Handbag Designer 101: The Stories Behind Handbag Designers, Brands, and Industry IconsA Handbag Industry Deep Dive of Innovation and Price Sensitivity with Arthur Zaczkiewicz of WWDWho's to say handbags are just a fashion statement? Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Executive Editor of Women's Wear Daily, and Emily believe they are so much more. As authorities in the fashion industry, Arthur offers a deep dive into the fascinating world of handbags, consumer behavior, and the ever-evolving fashion industry. His expertise offers a unique perspective on the trends shaping the industry and the impact of the pandemic on consumer desires.As we peel back the layers of the industry, the conversation illuminates the key role of collaboration and price sensitivity in fashion. Recognizing and aligning...2023-12-0533 min
WISE WOMEN DIARIESAdoption, Healing MS, and Freebirthing | Andrea’s StoryAndrea (@meetthesmithss on instagram) has the most incredible story of resilience. She details the journey to each of her five children: the trials of navigating the System through foster care and adoption, healing blindness in one eye and MS (going against doctor protocol!), a homebirth that was sabotaged emotionally by the midwife, and a redemptive freebirth.
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WISE WOMEN DIARIESPart 2: Consciously Parenting Four Sons with Nicole ParkerNicole (@theseedofjoy_ on instagram) is a truly conscious and intentional emotional guide to her four sons. She is a safe authority figure for her children. Nicole speaks on the physicality of raising boys, how she guides them through emotional sibling dynamics, and asserting boundaries for herself and for the family unit.
Nicole shows me that parenthood the way I know is possible.... is possible, because she is doing it.
She has an online offering called "Raising Sons," which is a two hour workshop exploring the challenges, the honor and the gift of raising sons into g...2023-10-311h 13
WISE WOMEN DIARIESPart 1: Healing Lineage Patterns Through Birth | Nicole Parker’s StoryNicole (@theseedofjoy_ on instagram) is a powerful storyteller. She journey's us through the four births of her sons: two hospital births and two freebirths... with incredible wisdom gained and lineage patterns healed.
I also suggest listening to Nicole's beautiful episode on the Healing Birth podcast titled "Channeling the Cosmos." This is the episode where I discovered Nicole and knew I had to connect with her!
Part 2 is an episode about Nicole's conscious, intentional parenting of her four sons. She has an online offering, "Raising Sons," for conscious mother's navigating the challenge and complete honor of ra...2023-10-311h 23
WISE WOMEN DIARIESConscious Parents are Doing Hard, Incredible WorkEgo Parenting: Power + Control + Fear + Victimhood |
Conscious Parenting: Empathy + Curiosity + Radical Responsibility
Most conscious parents were raised in classic, conditional, punishing homes, yet are doing the deepest work of overriding ego programming to be the parent they needed when they were a child!
For anyone wanting more information, I love Dr Shefali's work on Conscious Parenting.... she has numerous books and podcasts!
2023-10-2046 min
WISE WOMEN DIARIESAre Children Born Good? Why is Food Addiction So Popular? Some Topics I Am Talking About This WeekEvery week I get obsessed with certain topics, then talk about it on my Instagram stories, in my journal, and with friends. This week I am talking about: Do you believe you need to make your child Good?
What is agency? As an adult are you acting like you don't have agency, which perpetuates your victimhood?
Dr Shefali Tsabary talks about how the parent-child relationship is transactional, so why is it transactional (conditional)?
Why is food addiction so popular?
Why do many women knee-jerk say "no" to their partners in regards t...2023-10-1242 min
WISE WOMEN DIARIESGrowth in Motherhood | A Conversation with Taylor ColeTaylor Cole (@taylorcole) is a mother of three and a root cause nutritionist, passionate about helping mothers nourish themselves and feel better. Taylor and I discuss her personal growth as a mother, how she nourishes herself amongst the busyness of three children, why she chose to cut alcohol out of her life for a full year so far, and the shifts that occur in marriage when we drastically change but our partner doesn't at the same pace.
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WISE WOMEN DIARIESA Midwife’s Four Births | Kassie’s StoryKassie is now an authentic midwife but reflects on her four births, beginning at the age of 19. Throughout her 20's, she discovered her passion of homebirth, becoming a doula, then a midwife, and she even got fired from a midwife practice for "trusting birth too much." Hence, she now practices as a traditional midwife, attracting clients that do not want an authority figure in birth, just the simple presence of a wise woman.
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WISE WOMEN DIARIESA Radical Homebirth at 20 Years Old... 17 Years Ago | Niecia’s StoryNiecia Nelson (@iamaltar on instagram) shares her beautiful, radical homebirth on a little island in Canada..... from 17 years ago. It is an incredible story that brought me to tears and left me speechless in so many moments.
Niecia is a mother, teacher + steward of the feminine frequency that rests in the female physiology. She chaperones women back to their true nature using a psycho-biological approach that is grounded in the wisdom of their own bodies. Niecia believes that robust fertility, abundant energy, and embracing of motherhood are all birth rights for every woman. That belief s...2023-09-271h 19
WISE WOMEN DIARIESLearning to Trust the Body Through Miscarriage & Birth | Katelyn’s StoryWhen we don't trust, we want to control. This is the crux of what Katelyn had to learn through a hard miscarriage, a traumatic hospital birth, and a homebirth with her second daughter. Katelyn tells her story from the place of the most power: radical responsibility.
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WISE WOMEN DIARIESThe Body Reflects the Emotional Conflicts in LifeGerman New Medicine | I have shed the belief that body symptoms are wrong or stupid, or that you can eat perfect and have no body symptoms. I have learned the basics of German New Medicine, which has freed my mind and body from the fear of gluten, sugar, seed oils, germs, and cancer! I discovered how my "seasonal allergies" were an intelligent adaptation of my body, reversing my victim mentality to Peace.
Listen to this episode if you want TRUE FREEDOM from Fear!
I highly recommend listening to any podcasts with Dr Melissa Sell. Her...2023-08-2842 min
WISE WOMEN DIARIESDo We Show Up for Others in Love Only When it’s Convenient for Us?The two big topics I am talking about this month:
Are a difference of values the cause of friction in relationships?
Do we only show up and love people when its convenient for us?
2023-08-2228 min
WISE WOMEN DIARIESRadical Honesty: Do you Secretly Enjoy the Pain in Your Life?I was introduced to the concept of Existential Kink by Carolyn Elliott and it blew my mind. The truth is, most of us secretly benefit from the pain and suffering in our life, we're just not aware and not willing to be honesty about it. For example: if we are chronically sick, we are probably filling the emotional need of love, attention, and being cared for, so in all honesty, being sick, brings us many benefits. In this episode I discuss the shadow work I have been doing and sharing the insights, like... how could I be benefiting from "...2023-07-1952 min
WISE WOMEN DIARIESThe Realities of IVF No One Talks About | Andrea’s StoryThe successes of IVF are common stories, but no one talks about the possibility of constant heartbreak in the journey of IVF, the consequences of the hormone drugs, and the dark side of the fertility business. Andrea shares with us her fertility journey- how she faced her victimhood and blossomed into a more trusting, heart-centered woman through it all.
She credits working with Patty Markham Peterson (my mom!) to shift out of victim mindset and into a grander, spiritual perspective that helped her anchor into Peace. (instagram @pattymarkhampeterson)
Please email wisewomendiaries@gmail.com if you wa...2023-07-171h 39
WISE WOMEN DIARIESA Pharmacist’s Unassisted Homebirth | Holly’s StoryHolly is a pharmacist in the System but has so much awareness and wisdom. She shares her story of a repressed childhood memory of a doctor touching her without consent, her two unmedicated hospital birth stories and an unassisted birth at home. After her homebirth, she chose to bring her baby to the hospital because of a medical need and details the harrowing experience of fighting for the respect of her baby and navigating intuition in a place where everything is fear mongered. She learned how to fully advocate for herself and her baby while health professionals were bullying...2023-07-161h 51
WISE WOMEN DIARIESPostpartum Awakening into Motherhood | Cynthia’s StoryCynthia shares her story of the postpartum underworld after the birth of her first child, which includes a unique experience with postpartum psychosis... her spiritual awakening. A "bipolar diagnosis" in her 20's set her on a quest of becoming a student to health and fitness with the goal of not taking medication, but then the surprise pregnancy with her daughter was the catalyst for her accelerated spiritual growth. Cynthia could have become a victim to a "diagnosis" and could have stayed on meds for her entire life..... but she didn't. Instead she took responsibility for her health, her life...2023-07-131h 52
WISE WOMEN DIARIESA Doctor’s Homebirth & Miscarriage Without the Medical System | Sarah’s StorySarah is my hilarious, dear friend, who is a doctor (veterinarian) and a first time mom. She shares with us her story of homebirth with her first daughter, contemplating freebirth, lessons in the first year as a new mom, miscarrying at home, and the hard mental complexities of pregnancy after a loss. I love Sarah's raw honesty so so so much.
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WISE WOMEN DIARIESChildren are our Teachers | A Conversation about Parenting with NatashaNatasha (@empoweredmamamovement on instagram) and I discuss many topics surrounding parenting: respectful parenting is not about compliance, feeling guilt as a parent serves a very important purpose for growth, chemicals in food and technology can hijack children (and adults) brains inhibiting natural instincts and intuition, how to talk to children about nutrition, and asking yourself the very important question of, "Am I being the adult I want my child to grow up to become?" because children model behavior they are shown.
2023-06-1451 min
WISE WOMEN DIARIESFertility Issues, a Drug-Free Hospital Birth, then a Homebirth | Natasha’s StoryNatasha (@empoweredmamamovement on instagram) shares her personal journey through fertility issues, multiple miscarriages, a straight-forward, drug-free hospital birth, then most recently, a homebirth with her second son that rocked her and created a lot of emotional turmoil from mind expectations. We discuss how an important aspect to hospital birth outcomes (good and bad) is the hospital staff working that day. Natasha also shares that one of the most unexpected mind issues with her homebirth was her desire to host and take care of her midwives while she was in labor (now she realizes that this is a common theme...2023-06-1456 min
WISE WOMEN DIARIESAddressing Tongue Ties and Miscarrying at Home | Part 2 of Rebecca’s StoryPart 2 of Rebecca's story (@theradiantmission on instagram) covers her unique journey with addressing tongue ties with her children, then her experience of miscarrying at home without medical intervention. She is now pregnant for the fourth time and we discuss her mental state with being pregnant after a miscarriage and how trying to control a baby's positioning in the womb stems from our need for control and lack of surrender.
2023-06-1246 min
WISE WOMEN DIARIESInjury from Birth Control & C-section then a VBAC Freebirth | Part 1 of Rebecca’s StoryRebecca (@theradiantmission on instagram) shares the detrimental effects birth control had on her body and the injuries and trauma she sustained from her unnecessary c-section with her first birth. This led her to wake up and start learning the truth about the medical system and the truth about how birth is suppose to be, the way God designed, which led her to freebirth her son at home! Part 2 of this story discusses her journey of lip and tongue ties with her children and miscarrying her third baby at home without medical intervention.
2023-06-121h 53WISE WOMEN DIARIESWhy is ”Healing Trauma” and ”Inner Child Healing” so Popular Right Now?!A fresh perspective on why it seems like everyone is healing trauma and their inner child and why conscious/ respectful parenting is popular right now too.
2023-06-1136 min
WISE WOMEN DIARIESStepping into Mature, Mother Energy as a Maiden with Emily BruceThis episode is for the young women, the maidens, seeking maturity. Emily (@leorisingbirthkeeping on instagram) and I talk about how we are stepping into mother energy before having children. Emily and I surround ourselves with mothers that are aligned with our values and trust us to help mother their children. Maidens having deep relationships with mothers is a sacred step on the path to feminine maturation / motherhood. We discuss how birth control is stunting women from having an intimate relationship with their own body and is also effecting women’s lack of desire to have children. Emily hosts a mo...2023-06-101h 25WISE WOMEN DIARIESHealing Postpartum Anxiety & Recurrent Miscarriages | Samantha’s StorySamantha (@hellomama.nutrition on instagram) shares her first conventional hospital birth story, with postpartum anxiety that followed and lasted for two years. Doctors weren’t interested in helping her so she took her health into her own hands, healing her anxiety, igniting a new passion for nutrition, health, and helping educate mothers about true nourishment. Then after multiple miscarriages, she looked even deeper into her health again, healing her body on her own, without the help of western medicine. Her next birth was a home birth, but she had complex emotions that surfaced when the birth was so much ha...2023-06-062h 00
WISE WOMEN DIARIESNot Your Average Homebirther | Jordan’s Homebirth StoryJordan had a common first birth: an induction in the medical system. She desired a natural birth but with the induction, all her plans and dreams went out the window. She still walked away from it thinking she had a good first birth.... until she learned the REAL truth about birth on podcasts and the magic of homebirth. Coming from a medical family and knowing no one in her life that homebirthed, she forged ahead and knew she had to experience a homebirth with her second baby.... and it was everything she could have dreamed and more! So easy...2023-05-241h 13
WISE WOMEN DIARIESPart 2: I Don’t Want My ’Old Self’ Back | Tay’s Mother WisdomThe presence and intention Tay brings to her mothering is unlike anything I have ever witnessed. We discuss her mothering journey with her son, which includes, elimination communication (offering the toilet to her son in infancy), breastfeeding, waiting a year to leave her son for the first time, and why she doesn’t own any baby accessories (no bottles, pacifiers, breast pumps, crib, etc.). We talk deeply about many topics surrounding motherhood, like when mother's betray themselves or their babies, their body tells them through heartbreak, anxiety, or depression. There is so much wisdom from Tay in this episode I...2023-05-231h 14
WISE WOMEN DIARIESPart 1: Shedding Maidenhood Before Pregnancy | Tay’s Freebirth StoryTay is one of the most unique humans I have ever met. Her story encapsulates what is possible for all women in birth and postpartum. She stepped into Mother energy before conception, releasing her Maidenhood and the maiden's need for external validation and an authority figure. Tay was her own authority throughout each step: pregnancy, birth, and motherhood. She had a simple, wild pregnancy, without any prenatal care or appointments or tests, a freebirth in her home with just her husband and parents, and an unbelievable, "psychedelic" postpartum where she describes falling in love with her husband again, and...2023-05-231h 23
WISE WOMEN DIARIESMy Life Story So FarHere is my story.... why I am the way I am. I discuss how being raised in a fundamentalist religion shaped my subconscious beliefs, how my dad dying when I was 12 changed the trajectory of my life, the "paranormal activity" I have experienced that is too unreal to believe.... the lessons of the short separation my husband and I experienced... and where I currently am with not being able to get pregnant yet, after many years.
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WISE WOMEN DIARIESLessons from Miscarriage and a ’Sensitive Child’ | Taylor’s Motherhood JourneyTaylor, a mother of three, discusses her journey as a young, naive mother, to an embodied, mature mother who fully trusts herself. As a professional athlete's wife, she explains how hard her first postpartum was while her husband's career was taking off, then struggling with eczema with her middle 'sensitive child' and feeling deeply victim to the eczema. But then her life changed dramatically after experiencing a twin miscarriage... It broke her open and changed her mothering journey. She learned that her sensitive child is her biggest gift and she is not a victim. And, after two c-sections, she...2023-05-171h 12WISE WOMEN DIARIESUsing Plant Medicine as Therapy | My Personal JourneyI have used cannabis intentionally for about a year and half. Intention is everything. I used it as my therapist, therefore the lessons I have received are priceless and beautiful! I discuss how it revealed my fear of cancer and how to overcome the fear of insomnia. I also discuss the deep soul truths revealed from my mushroom journey.
2023-05-1744 min
WISE WOMEN DIARIESTrusting My Baby | Sue Ellen’s Freebirth at 43 WeeksThe *first ever* Wise Women Diaries interview is with, Sue Ellen, a first time mom. She details the journey of having no medical prenatal care throughout her 'wild pregnancy' and how she was able to relax into Trust within her own body, without receiving tests or ultrasounds to externally validate any fears that surfaced. She explains some of the anxieties that presented when she reached 43 weeks in pregnancy, but ultimately how it stretched and deepened her Trust for her baby and God to surrender and have a blissful, primal freebirth.
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WISE WOMEN DIARIESMy Beautiful Journey with Plant MedicineI have used cannabis intentionally for about a year and half. Intention is everything. I have used it as my therapist, therefore the lessons I have received are priceless and beautiful! I discuss how it revealed my fear of cancer and how to overcome the fear of insomnia. I also discuss the deep soul truths revealed from my mushroom journey.
2023-05-1544 minWISE WOMEN DIARIES”Trusting My Baby”: Sue Ellen’s Freebirth at 43 WeeksThe *first ever* Wise Women Diaries interview is with, Sue Ellen, a first time mom. She details the journey of having no medical prenatal care throughout her 'wild pregnancy' and how she was able to relax into Trust within her own body, without receiving tests or ultrasounds to externally validate any fears that surfaced. She explains some of the anxieties that presented when she reached 43 weeks in pregnancy, but ultimately how it stretched and deepened her Trust for her baby and God to surrender and have a blissful, primal freebirth.
2023-05-151h 31WISE WOMEN DIARIESMy Insights from a Persistent Body SymptomMy body is leading me to true Trust of my body, something Western Medicine AND Holistic Medicine does not embody or teach. Our body doesn't start healing when we start taking a pill or supplement or see a chiropractor. It's always healing, but it doesn't always heal in a way that is pleasing to our mind!
Doctors mentioned that inspire me: Dr Cassie Huckaby, Dr Melissa Sell, and Dr Kelly Brogan
2023-04-0637 minWISE WOMEN DIARIESThe Voice of the Short-Term Self vs Long-Term Self Within UsWe have two selves within us: the short term self (ego) AND the long term self (soul). The short term self always wants us to do the fast, easy, lazy, instant gratification choice! We never FEEL like working out, or eating healthy, or forgiving someone. It takes wisdom to know whether what we FEEL is our short term self or our long term self.
2023-03-2525 minWISE WOMEN DIARIESWhat if a Miracle is Just a Shift of Perspective?Do we try to control God with our prayers- praying for specific outcomes, specific miracles? What if our view of miracles is so extremely limited? What if a miracle is a change of perspective? What if a miracle is a change from anger to peace? What if "bad" events like infertility IS the miracle that can allow someone to fully become an ally with their body and learn to fully trust it?
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Future Shop Podcast with WSLEP45: Beauty Retail Refined with Jenny B. Fine, WWDIn this episode Wendy Liebmann talks with Jenny B. Fine, executive editor of WWD and Beauty Inc., about the transformation of the beauty industry and how it has and will change over the coming decade. They discuss:Younger, Generation Z consumers and how their beauty priorities are based on not only looking good but also doing goodHow wellness is being fully integrated into beauty, with more to comeHow social media platforms like TikTok and Flip are changing the rules of engagement, especially with younger generations of shoppersThe explosion of ways to buy beauty that a...2022-12-2832 minWISE WOMEN DIARIESWanting, Desiring, & Longing of the MindEverything we want or desire is because of a perceived lack in our mind because we want a specific FEELING. We are always seeking and searching to get rid of feelings or to gain certain feelings. That's what rules our life!
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Prepare With ICEBUDDYWWD: World Wide DiabetesWWD: World Wide Diabetes podcast discusses the alarming rate diabetes is growing as a serious problem.2022-10-1902 minWISE WOMEN DIARIESThe Victim Triangle of IllnessMost of us live with a victim mentality towards our BODY: cancer, viruses, candida, or toxic food "attack" our body, making us the victim. Then we need a savior, a rescuer: a healer, doctor, supplements, or pills. Are you ready to break free from this cycle?!
2022-09-2832 min
Wild West Diversity with Liz LawlessE16 WWD Generational Rodeo FamilyE16: WWD Host Liz Lawless talks with Living Legend Harlan Hearn (oldest son of Cleo Hearn) and Up and Coming Living Legend Charles Flores Hearn (grandson/great-grandson)Host Liz Lawless welcomes Harlan and Charles Hearn the next generation of Cowboys of Color Rodeo leadershipHear what it was like growing up in a famous rodeo family, lessons learned, and expectations for the next phase of Cowboys of Color RodeosLiz Lawless continues the discussion with Charles about what he loved about the rodeo experienceLearn more about Juneteenth Rodeo taking place on...2022-06-1642 minWISE WOMEN DIARIESMy ”aha!” Moments in May-What is the difference between a hope vs expectation?
-Can we still Trust God if we don't get anything we WANT and only what we NEED?!?!?
2022-06-0932 minWISE WOMEN DIARIESWhy I Stopped Being VeganAfter 11 years of not eating animal products..... my mind shifted. Changing your mind about something is a humbling process.
2022-05-2348 minWISE WOMEN DIARIESOur Mind Creates False Stories Everyday: Do You Believe Them?Some examples of daily ego stories: "I am failing as a parent because of XYZ," "Who am I to help people if I can't even figure out my own life," "I was so worthless because I got nothing done today," "My child is manipulating me," or "I can't wear this outfit on my date because my date will think XYZ of me......."
We cannot stop the constant flow of false ego stories, but we can CHOOSE to believe them or not, and act from them, or not! THAT'S where our power is!
2022-04-2227 min
Women Who DroneWWD Podcast - Ep11. Wind Turbine Inspections with Hélène FranchineauHélène Franchineau is a visual journalist, consultant, drone pilot and WWD Brand Ambassador covering Turkey, the Middle East, Central Asia and Africa but based in Istanbul. As part of her work for HF Visuals, her own company, Hélène is a versatile one-woman band who can pitch, film, edit and produce visual packages for a diversity of clients. She uses drones for her journalistic work (when it makes sense for the story); and she also travels across Turkey and the Middle East region to conduct wind turbine technical inspections.Check out Hélè...2022-04-1524 minWISE WOMEN DIARIESMy Recent “Dark Night of the Soul”The truth of life is that its constant change. Highs and lows. We ebb and flow from feeling our Light to experiencing our Darkness. I was faced with my Shadow Self recently.......here are my thoughts on that experience.
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