Confessions of a Late Bloomer Part 12 In high school, a friend once told me,“Miranda, you’re not sexy. You’re cute.” And I carried that line for years.It nestled somewhere between my collarbone and my confidence,tucked itself into the soft spaces of my growing body,and whispered a story I didn’t know I had permission to question.… Continue reading Sexy, Apparently: A Field Guide
May: The Month of the Blossom If April asked me to trust the silence,May asks me to witness the bloom. This is the month of the blossom... radiant, alive, full of color and motion.Where last month was about tending to what lies beneath,this month is about celebrating what’s breaking through the surface. The seeds have… Continue reading May: The Surrendered Shift
Confessions of a Late Bloomer Part 11 For a long time, I thought love was supposed to feel like butterflies, that quickening, that rush, that tingle in your gut that made it hard to breathe. I thought adrenaline meant attraction.I thought chaos was chemistry.I thought if it wasn’t all-consuming, messy, magnetic, heart-racing… it wasn’t real.… Continue reading Calm Isn’t Boring, It’s Safe
Confessions of a Late Bloomer Part 5 People talk about divorce like it’s the ultimate heartbreak. And yes, losing a marriage is brutal.The unraveling of a life you thought you’d grow old in… it shakes your foundation.But what no one tells you is that sometimes, the deeper wound isn’t the partner who left.It’s the friend… Continue reading The Breakup That Hurt the Most
April brings growth, nurturing, and the archetype of the Gardener—one who tends to what is becoming, trusting that what is planted will bloom in its own time. Growth is not just about action—it’s also about patience. About knowing when to step in and when to step back, when to cultivate and when to allow. The… Continue reading April: Attuning to Knowing
From myth to legend, from history to folklore, the stories of these so-called "bad girls" share a common theme: powerful women are dangerous, and dangerous women must be controlled. Whether they were witches, seductresses, warriors, or rulers, their legacies were shaped not by their actions alone, but by the fears of the societies that remembered… Continue reading 012 Conclusion: Reclaiming The Narrative
A woman weeping by the river. A mother searching for her lost children. A ghost whose cries send shivers down the spines of those who hear them. La Llorona is one of the most chilling legends in Latin American folklore. It is a story told to keep children from wandering too far. Beneath the ghost… Continue reading 011 La Llorona: The Mother who Became a Haunting
Cleopatra was one of the most brilliant rulers in history. But you wouldn’t know it from the way history tells her story. When you hear the name Cleopatra, what comes to mind? The seductress who ensnared Julius Caesar and Mark Antony? The queen who bathed in milk and rolled herself in carpets? A woman whose… Continue reading 010 Cleopatra: The Queen Who Was More Than a Lover
Few names evoke the image of dangerous seduction quite like Salome. A girl who danced for a king and, in return, asked for the head of a prophet on a silver platter. She is the embodiment of the femme fatale, mysterious, manipulative and deadly. Or so we’ve been told. But what if Salome was never… Continue reading 009 Salome: The Dancer with a Deadly Demand
History remembers Delilah as a temptress, a traitor, and the woman who brought down a man of God. But what if she was just savvy? Delilah’s story appears in the Book of Judges, where she is introduced as the lover of Samson, the Israelite hero with superhuman strength. Unlike many women in the Bible, Delilah… Continue reading 008 Delilah: The Woman Who Cut Him Down
