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I Fill Myself Up First: A Declaration
Lissa Rankin, January 17, 2012
When The Universe wants me to hear a message, the Signs from The Universe come loud and clear. And damn - have they been crystal clear recently.
Read More...Are You A Savior, Victim, Or Perpetrator?
Lissa Rankin, January 12, 2012
Unless we heal our core wounds, most of us spend our lives busy playing either savior, victim, perpetrator, or - very often - all three. Let me give you an example of what I mean by that. Meet Jill, who is simultaneously the savior, the victim, and the perpetrator.
Read More...SARK, Loving Boundaries & The Cosmic Tit
Lissa Rankin, May 2, 2011
A few weeks ago I had the privilege of taking a three hour walk along the San Francisco waterfront with the legendary artist/author/visionary SARK (Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy) and talking about her fabulous Dream Boogie workshop (more on that below). As two PAWs (her word for “Powerful Ass Women”) sharing stories, we were relating our challenges with fame.
I was telling her I had a hard time establishing boundaries between myself and my fans, and I had a tendency to over-nurture at the expense of my own health, peace, relationships, and sanity. After giving a lecture on the public speaking circuit, I’d be exhausted and depleted, and yet, when someone who followed me on Owning Pink or had read my book approached me after my talk, I’d drop everything to hug her, answer her litany of questions, and coach her towards a happier life. And then I’d break down because, as outgoing as I am, at my core, I’m an introvert. Being around other people drains me. I replenish my energy by being alone.
Susan said, “You’re like me -- the cosmic tit.”
Read More...Sex Acts: Yes? No? Maybe?
Lissa Rankin, September 19, 2010
YAHOO! Welcome to our week-long countdown to the release of Lissa's book, What's Up Down There? Questions You'd Only Ask Your Gynecologist If She Was Your Best Friend, on shelves Sept 28! So, what does an OB/GYN have to say about sex? (A lot, and maybe not what you'd expect!) Enjoy this post on the exploration of sex acts, and see what you think -- what are your Yes / No / Maybes?
First -- a disclaimer. This post is about to get graphic, so if talking about sex -- and all the different ways of doing it -- makes you squeamish, you might want to skip this one. Please. No under 18 readers here.
You still here? Okay, good! Let’s chat.
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Why N-O Is Your Best Back-To-School Supply
Guest Author, September 1, 2010
Please welcome Pinkie Lisa Quinn, author of Life’s Too Short To Fold Fitted Sheets: Your Ultimate Guide To Domestic Liberation, here today with some fantastic advice on diving into the school season with your sanity intact.
You Wanna Piece of Me??
Just when you think life will start getting easier now that the kids are occupied for six hours a day, you start to experience the hectic mornings, the homework, the carpools, the bake sales, the PTA obligations, and the embarrassment of begging your co-workers to buy chocolate bars they do not want (no matter how much they like you or your kids).
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Suspended In Air
Audrey Vitolins, June 9, 2010
James Twyman writes, "You may feel the urge to return to the illusion of safety and security that separation offered as this reconciliation begins to manifest in the outer conditions of your life. You are in the transition phase, suspended between two trapezes. Slowly breathe in and breathe out, and say, 'I release the lesser to receive the greater.'"
Read More...Owning Balance: Are You Setting Boundaries & Achieving Balance?
Lissa Rankin, October 15, 2009
Are you familiar with cairns, those stacks of balanced stones you often see on the beaches in California? These stone sculptures, used to mark paths, burial sites, energy vortices, or simply as a mark of reverence, have always fascinated me. How do they get those stones to stand on top of each other in such precarious ways? How do you achieve something grounded and stable with such tenuous connections? I can’t help think about balance, when I see them. They remind me that balance is a tenuous thing, indeed, and in order to maintain it in our lives, we must be mindful about how we stack our stones. Seeing these cairns on a beach recently inspired this post, since I’m pretty sure the quest for a balance is a nearly universal struggle for us modern Pinkies.
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