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    Thanks Aunty Cole for letting me know the interview link wasn’t working! All fixed and worth a listen❤️ This is the beach featured on WCAI’s website right above their link to my NPR interview with Mindy Todd entitled, “Living Mindfully During Difficult Times.” You can listen to the full interview here— The Point…

Guess who’s going to be on NPR’s The Point hosted by Mindy Todd?? Holy Terri, that would be me! So please, set your radio/phone/computer to WCAI on Tuesday, February 26th, at 9:00 am. Joining us will be Ann Eagan, LICSW, a regular on the program, who also specializes in grief and loss, and hopefully you! Become part of…

The Brains of a Spider (NSFW)   Readers are welcome to join the conversation! If you are moved to respond to Spider’s musings, feel free to write in at spiderweb@shaw.ca. Any responses that Spider replies to will be added to the comments on the blog page.  Our daughter’s book This will be an atypical blog…

Tis the season of love❤️ With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, I find myself looking more deeply at the power of love in my life. And in Miss M’s. The power of loving connection…  The power of loving yourself… The power of loving kindness… The power of loving community… Recently, Miss M and I attended empowerHER‘s…

Sifting through stories since hearing the news that beloved coach, educator, humanitarian and patriarch, Carlin Lynch passed away. A “father” figure to so many, including me, his passing is a “tough loss” to everyone who knew him. But as Carlin said to his friend, Buddy Thomas, “Dying is a part of life…” The question becomes,…

New Years… TIme to review, re-examine, and reimagine the year ahead. What will you conjure and create as you write your story on 2019’s blank slate? This weekend I closed the private practice chapter of my life (for now). My heart overflowed with gratitude for the privilege of creating a sacred therapeutic space through which…

                                                              12-05-2018 Dear Auntie Laurie, Thank you so much for doing this! This means a lot to me, and I wish somehow I could pay…

                                                              Terri Luanna, we did it! Four years to the day you transitioned your dream became a reality. Our “Graceful Woman Warrior” Book Launch exceeded…

Tonight is the night…   Four years to the day our beloved Terri Luanna transitioned, her legacy of open-hearted love, resilience and transformative grace lessons is yours for the taking. Please tune in to Graceful Woman Warrior’s FaceBook page tonight at 7:00 pm EST. So many of you reached out, promising to be at Graceful Woman…

“Auntie, what time is it?” Leaning down, I grabbed my vibrating phone. “It’s 6:45. Did my phone wake you?” I asked, as it buzzed for the umpteenth time. “Why does it keep buzzing?” “Come lie with me, the article about Mamãe’s book came out today and everyone’s texting me.” Hopping out of her matching single…