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June 13, 2017September 15, 2025Cristen Writes

Not Everyone Has to Like it

Here’s the thing about spiritual awakening and personal development – not everyone is going to like it. Not everyone is going to understand. Not everyone is going to accept, approve, or even believe the new you that begins to emerge as the last masks fall off and you strip that cloak of fear away. This […]

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May 21, 2017September 15, 2025Cristen Writes

What an Introvert Knows

Some people are never alone in the quiet libraries of their minds and the open meadows of their hearts; while other people are lonely despite being overtly adored and surrounded by family and friends. Some people embrace vulnerability while sitting in dusty bookstores, or wandering alone through the trees; while others hide in plain sight, […]

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May 11, 2017September 15, 2025Cristen Writes

It Does Matter

Words are so much more than mere symbols, and they’re so much stronger than the simplicity of speaking suggests. Words are sacred vessels that carry the soul of whomever speaks them; they’re precious ewers that hold energy, feeling, and intent. A collection of words is like a pantheon of gods – each one ethereal, immortal, […]

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April 13, 2017September 15, 2025Cristen Writes

Goddess Rebellion

I am a living rebellion. My very existence is a protest. My truth and my life is a provocation, a challenge to these lies that we’re all being fed. I refuse to allow these deceptions to define me. They cannot, for I denounce them with every breath I take. I mock them with every step […]

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December 15, 2016September 15, 2025Cristen Writes

The Road Behind Me

There will always be farther to go; but I’m proud of just how far I’ve already come.  I’ve stripped away layer after excruciating layer of who I thought I was, what I thought I knew, and what I wanted to believe.  I’ve cleared away the rubble and put out the flames, and discovered my soul […]

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November 17, 2016September 15, 2025Cristen Writes

Through Their Eyes

In this life, my dear, you are going to meet some people who don’t accept you for who you are.  Some may try to change or fix you.  Others might judge and criticize you. Some people will accept you only until you hit a rough patch, until you make a mistake or struggle with a […]

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September 1, 2016September 15, 2025Cristen Writes

The Spirit of the Forest

The spirit of the forest speaks in her own special language – a language that the natural world is fluent in, but that many humans seem to have forgotten.  In this unique tongue, she whispers a secret that’s so powerful it guides all the creatures of the earth as they turn along the great cycle […]

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August 18, 2016September 15, 2025Cristen Writes

War Cry

This is our war cry!  May it echo across countless years.  May it rumble through forests and course through cities, reverberate across valleys and sing off mountain peaks. Let our roars be heard by the birds of the sky and the fish of the seas; may they tremble through oceans and kick up their own […]

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August 4, 2016September 15, 2025Cristen Writes

The Solution

The solution to all that ails the world today has always been love.  The solution is love, because only through the eyes of love can we see the beauty latent in ugliness and only by the fires of love can we offer warmth in the coldness.  The solution is love because only in love are […]

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July 21, 2016September 15, 2025Cristen Writes

It Gazes Back

I know how it feels to look at the world and see it struggle, and I understand what it means to touch the earth and feel her pain.  I too have trembled at the sight of the weapons and wars, the hunger, the hurt, the fear, and the frenzy. I know what it’s like to […]

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June 23, 2016September 15, 2025Cristen Writes

Speak Your Truth, not Your Mind

Every living thing – people and plants, stars and streams alike – has a unique voice.  This unique voice allows them to express the essence of who they are, what they know, and how they feel.  With it they can sing out loud the song of their distinctive soul. Everything speaks – the flowers speak […]

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June 9, 2016September 15, 2025Cristen Writes

Beneath the Cloak of Invisibility

Sometimes the things that can’t be seen are those with the greatest power.  Just like the wind is far more than the occasional rustle of a leaf; our thoughts, dreams, and fears are far more than the occasional image passing through our skulls.  Though cleverly cloaked in invisibility, they are made up of raw energy […]

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