Innocence is Everything
When I’m with my daughter Torielle, I remember that at the core, we are all innocent. I see an unbroken beauty that laughs with freedom and faith that life is good, that life is joy. When I see her, I remember that I was once whole too and that I believed in good […]
Peer Counseling: A Counterculture Healing Process
“Gina” a client of mine, was a really lovely, likable human being but she found herself alone and isolated much of the time. She worked hard on her own issues but found connection mysteriously out of reach in terms of solid, stable groups of friends and community. At the same time, she has fears and […]
You are Here (or somewhere close)
I have an unusual relationship to my spiritual guides. Don’t roll your eyes, you’re just jealous. I don’t know what else to call them, my spiritual friends? My higher selves? My Smurfs? (haha, cracked myself up with that one). Whatever, the thing is, I talk to them. Daily, and they literally show me a map […]
5 Minute Video-Rythea Lee: Don’t Be A Dick
Have you ever had a vision of something in your mind and then the reality of it is exactly how you imagined? I know, it rarely happens. That’s how I feel about this video Tom Knight and I made about my one woman show, Don’t Be A Dick. It just captures the heart of my […]
Living with an Enlightened Being
For me, my daughter points the way. All day long, she points me in the direction of opening. She shows me how to do it. She thrives at a level way beyond my usual, daily suffering. She reaches towards me with her big, fearless heart and says “Go this way” and when I follow her, […]
A Dare: Letter to my Former Self
I was invited to write a letter to my former self. It went like this: “Think about a moment or a period of time in your life when everything changed for you. We all have zigs and zags in our life, but think about the one that stands out – the moment that changed it all. […]
Choosing the Healing Life
When I was 24, my life, as I knew it, shattered. I had my first flashback of childhood sexual abuse, attempted to speak up about it to my family of origin, and was promptly kicked to the curb. I was set loose into what felt like a violent, insane world. Before the flashback, life looked […]
This is how Artist Oppression sounds/feels/thinks
When it’s time to make art, I feel… what’s the freakin’ point? and who the F cares? and I suck anyway so… and I’ll never make money at it and when I tell people that half my day is dedicated to making art, they look at me like “poor selfish b–tch, she thinks her hobby […]
The Cuteness of Being, a short video
Don’t Be A Dick; A Report On My One Woman Show
Have you ever thought about making a one person show where you are the one person? Yeah, it’s a terrifying idea. I guess you have to be a performer to think it’s even slightly compelling. Or not. Recently, I had this idea that everyone should have some version of a one person show where they […]