LeliaMay 21, 20227 min readGibbons, 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 min readEdmund 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 min readDesire 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 min readLight 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...