My goal is to bring awareness to mental health, addiction, and all the shame we as humans keep a secret. In each episode of the podcast, I reveal more of my own darkness while my guests reveal the shame attached to their secrets. We tackle subjects ranging from addictions, suicide, sexua...
The trilogy begins withDestiny’s Rebel(2015): Can you escape who you’re meant to be? Kat never asked to be in line to be Queen. Eleven days until she comes of age and she feels suffocated. Bullied by her guardians and oppressed by expectation, Kat dreads the Coronation Day that will...
On this day, Aug. 21 I always observe the anniversary of the Soviet occupation of former Czechoslovakia which prompted an exodus of entire generations of Czechs and Slovaks. We were among them searching for our place in the free world. And we found it in the USA in the early 1970s. Whi...
The same goes for the bathroom, which is very much a mental space, the inner chamber of the transformation of the character, the space where she’s facing herself in this mirror, and there is no one else looking. There is no one else except her own gaze on her own body. I wanted t...
Finally, in response to the Starbucks scandal (see 1stimage) below, I loved this response (2ndimage) of how the coffee order was likely made. Hopefully, I leave you with a laugh, and use as an excuse to boast that my eldest son is now officially a barista at Peet’s and, in my ...
Legacy of the Destiny (Cursed Knife) The beautiful, coastal town of Big Bear Mountain Ski Lodge holds a secret. Anita has the perfect life working as a computer programmer in the city and Skiing with her loving boyfriend, James Connell However, when he finds a cursed knife in his cellar,...
P.S. You are warmly invited to explore my website, but in case you arrived here by way of Substack and would like to return, feel free to jump back throughTHIS PORTAL. I just readan articleabout the importance of connecting or reconnecting with our playful selves. “It offers a reprieve...
BRIDGE : You are the only One, my destiny, my meant to be You are the only One, who I adore, who I’m meant for VERSE 3: So I’m practicing your Presence And I lay down all my defenses To experience the joy of who you are… ...
Death. Destiny. The rise of god-arcanists. Volke Savan has reunited with the Frith Guild just in time to help fight the Second Ascension, a group of power-hungry dastards bent on controlling the newly created god creatures. The world serpent is the first on their list, and if the Second...
Colleen is the author ofThe Heart Stone Chronicles: The Swamp Fairy, the story of fourteen-year-old Abigale Forester, who discovers her true destiny is to protect the nymphs from evil in an ever-changing modern world. Buy the bookHERE ...