Posted by Birute Regine 10 4th, 2010
Tea Partiers and right wing conservatives have been proclaiming themselves as advocates of the US Constitution and want to go back to the original interpretation established by the framers. Their near hysterical and distorted manner of embracing the Constitution seems to have missed an important element, the heart and soul of the document itself. When [...]
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Posted by Birute Regine 09 22nd, 2010
September 21 was International Day of Peace and in honor of that day I wrote a blog that is published on the Huffington Post. Take a look here and I would love to hear your comments.
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Posted by Birute Regine 09 15th, 2010
I came across ancient predictions from civilizations as far apart as Meso-America and Asia that point to 2010 as the beginning of an inevitable transition from the Era of Man, which has extended back some 5000 years, to a new, more embracing, more human era: The Era of Woman. A proliferation of patriarchal societies defined [...]
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Posted by Birute Regine 08 19th, 2010
I’ve read the amazingly successful blockbuster bestseller “Eat,Pray, Love.” It’s a well-written, witty, entertaining memoir by Elizabeth Gilbert. I have to admit, I’ve been scratching my head as to why is has been among the top 10 books for how many years now? It’s good, but is it really that good? Okay, I admit I [...]
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Posted by Birute Regine 08 15th, 2010
In a domination culture, which is the culture we live in, vulnerabilities are regarded only as a weakness and something to deny and avoid. No wonder, because exposing a vulnerability in a domination-based society is an opportunity to exploit and diminish someone in order to elevate yourself. Consequently, a lot of people end up disconnecting and [...]
Posted in : courageous vulnerability
Posted by Birute Regine 07 29th, 2010
A recent reviewer of my book questioned whether women have innate feminine qualities and disagreed that there are inherent differences in the sexes. This was in response to my call to action to women to embrace their more feminine qualities, to see themselves as leaders and that feminine skills like empathy, inclusion, collaboration, care are [...]
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Posted by Birute Regine 07 21st, 2010
Courage is often associated with the heroes journey–taking enormous physical risks, running into burning houses, slaying the enemy. And indeed, these are courageous acts. But there is a courage that is not as visible. In her book The Chalice and the Blade, Riane Eisler speaks about a different kind of courage: “the courage to risk [...]
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Posted by Birute Regine 07 13th, 2010
Pardon me, but I just have to get this off my chest. George Rekers, who believes therapy can and needs to turn gays straight and testifies as an expert against gay adoptions, gets caught returning from a trip in Europe with a 20-year-old escort from Rentaboy.com. Why isn’t he in therapy? Ted Haggard, who backed [...]
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