Cicely’s Tree
Many years ago, when my son was starting kindergarten, we lived far enough away from school that he needed to ride the bus to get there. My husband and I took turns walking with him to and from the bus stop.
While I drank coffee and watched Anthony, my husband struck up a friendship with the West Indian woman whose house was on the corner.
Her name was Cecily. She was often out working in her beautiful garden, and my husband was also a gardener, so they had this in common. They often traded plants back and forth (e.g. dug things up and gave them to each other).
Cicely had a giant, mature Japanese Maple tree that covered a third of her corner lot.
The BRAVE Interview #35: Deb Farina
Welcome to this month’s BRAVE Interview with
Deb Farina!
As a fun-loving psychic biz coach who specializes in client attraction, I am here to guide spiritual and intuitive souls to feel at ease and grow their biz with simplicity and joy. A believer in deep SOUL fulfillment, I was called to this work to support others to bring their divinely guided ideas and desires to form.It began with one BRAVE step…leaving my full-time job of 5 1/2 years and a career of almost 20 years to focus on my business.
The Holistic Practitioner Series #10: Rachel Horton White: Hypnotist, Intuitive Reader, Life Coach, Mindfulness Teacher
Welcome to this month’s Holistic Practitioner Interview with Rachel Horton White, Hypnotist!
- WHO are you?
I am a mother of two energetic young children and wife to a talented musician and carpenter. I grew up in Portland, Maine, but did not always live here (in fact all I wanted to do was get out of Maine as a teenager)! When I was a junior at Wellesley College, I studied abroad in Dakar, Senegal. Based on the kindness, generosity and compassion I learned from the Senegalese, this experience changed my life and created a deep desire within me to help make the world a better place in some way. After teaching English in Guadalajara, Mexico after college, I went into non-profit management as a career, and got a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the University of Georgia. I worked for social services agencies for about 10 or so years. I got married, had my first child, and then my second child. Then I started to feel very burnt out of my helping profession, and got back in touch with my spiritual/intuitive roots (with much encouragement)!
The BRAVE Interview #34: Karen Maffeo Creamer
Welcome to this month’s BRAVE Interview with … ME!
I have changed how I arrange these interviews and for the first time since I began The BRAVE Interview series, I don’t have someone to feature. Last night I remembered something that happened in my girlhood days that had always been painful to think about, and I realized that it was actually a pretty brave act. I decided to take this as a sign that it’s my turn–especially fitting since it’s my birthday month!
We moved a lot when I was growing up. I didn’t have much time to make friends before it was time to move again. When we did stay in one place for a few years, I still had to change schools, because the town we lived in had built a new elementary school and I was in the zone designated to go to the new one.