by Rebecca Cavender | acceptance, big girls, body image, divine feminine, Snake medicine, writing
What if you knew your body to be a landscape? What if you honored this body-land the same way you honor the mountain in the distance, the ocean’s shore kissing your feet, the wild bluff that overlooks a valley of basalt, cut deep? Have you ever ridiculed the way a...
by Rebecca Cavender | acceptance, autism & girls, autism writings, changing stories, divine feminine, healing, intuition, self-love, vulnerability |
“Tonight I can write the saddest lines…” Neruda’s sentiments echo through me this evening as I recall my 10 year old daughter’s words: “I don’t think it’s smart to keep being myself. It makes things worse. People say I’m weird, crazy, psycho, strange. I think I have...
by Rebecca Cavender | acceptance, compassion, empathy, healing, love, self-honor, self-love, the world, trauma |
Chances are – the sensitive soul you are – you’re feeling the heaviness of what’s going on in the world. We are in the midst of turbulent times. Countries are aching. Families are aching. Communities are crying out to be seen, to be recognized...
by Rebecca Cavender | acceptance, compassion, love, self-love |
In less than an hour it will be my birthday. My 42nd time around the sun. Before the day gently folds into the next, I’m finding a tender moment of reflection. …I’m listening to what my heart wants from me this year: A bit more grace. A little more kindness....
by Rebecca Cavender | acceptance, break up letter to all the men, breaking up, changing life, changing stories, divorcing, dreams, ex, healing, letting go, loss, love, saying what you need to say, self esteem, self-love, vulnerability |
Dearest You,It’s been awhile since we’ve talked. Really talked. I wish we could sit in that café where we shared a loveseat; I rested my head upon your wide shoulders and you slowly inhaled the scent of my hair, kissing the top of my head. Or we could meet in my car...
by Rebecca Cavender | acceptance, compassion, divine feminine, love, relationships, self-love, vulnerability |
I have something to tell you. Are you listening? I hope you’re listening. Because this is important. This is about life. This is about love. This is about how you cut yourself short. This is about how you think you’re undeserving. Unworthy. See, most of us go around...