Comments on: There’s No Voice Like Yours

By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:48:28 +0000

Odd … I must be going crazy, because I thought I commented on this post!
I just wanted to say thank you – for all the ways YOUR voice makes me feel heard, seen, supported, known. This community has grown to mean more to me than I could ever have imagined.
Thank you.

By: coming to terms with our grips

coming to terms with our grips — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:04:30 +0000

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By: unabashedly female · Laboring To Be Born

unabashedly female · Laboring To Be Born — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:26:49 +0000

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By: hansel and gretel never had it so good

hansel and gretel never had it so good — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:24:24 +0000

[...] this week at unabashedly female, my darling julie says (among many other noteworthy things) “. . . this witnessing of story, [...]

By: Julie

Julie — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:44:20 +0000

Brené – Yes, writing from the body – a powerful act, and such a sweet relationship with self. Thank you for your inspiration.

Amy – Thank you. How powerful we are together. I am here, and I know you are, too. I celebrate you and all you bring to the world.

Dian – I see you are wearing see-thru clothing. I see thru it all to you. And it’s a beautiful sight. I love you, too.

Renae – It is a pleasure to know you. I’m so glad we found each other. I am honored that you wish to link to me. It is amazing how we are so connected, and how one leads to another, and so on. I’ve checked out your blog, and have sent a number of people your way. Do check out Twitter. Let me know if and when you join. I look forward to hearing your voice…

By: Renae C

Renae C — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:13:45 +0000

I started a blog several months ago. I found yours a few weeks ago – from someone else’s site – and right now I don’t even remember who.

Brené’s work has played a part in me beginning to find my voice.

The connections are simply stunning to me.

I’m glad to have found you. I understand the fear – and have written about it too. Fear of saying the deepest things that MUST be expressed. Things about who we are that cross that line.

I haven’t done the twitter thing yet – but now my interest is peaked. I’d love to post a link to your blog from mine. Keep up the work – you have important things to say.

By: Dian Reid

Dian Reid — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:54:56 +0000

I feel so honored to be a part of your village, Julie. The words you speak here are…oh, where do I begin?? I resonate so much with your truth. I am blown away that doing a simple thing like blogging on the Best of ’09 has led to such wonderful connections. And it really is because of this support that you talk about. I blogged because I wanted to be seen and heard. So I stuck my foot in the water, and lo and behold, there you all were, in the water, in the writing, in the rawness of your own beings, and without (specific) words, you all supported me in getting in a little deeper, a little deeper, a little deeper. I read the souls of my friends here on these blogs (on YOUR blogs!) and I gain strength from your strength in mashing “send” that I mash “send” myself. And oh, how LIBERATING it is to know that I can say what I have to say (whatever it may be) and regardless of position on it, I have this support, and given so freely.

All that to say…I just love you, Julie. I am so grateful for your words, for your sharing, for your soul, for your wisdom, for your strength, for your truth. Thank you. And you are right: “we are all really divine in human clothing.”

By: Amy Oscar

Amy Oscar — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:00:56 +0000

Brilliant, inspiring and oh, so timely. We are all learning to speak the truth – to speak it from direct experience, to bring our fresh, personal insight to the page and then, to the world.

Each time I post something on my blog, I tremble a little. Each time, i got back several times, editing, refining, concerned that simply raising my voice above a whisper will… you know, get me in trouble.

But because of the powerful, supportive, loving circle of women (and men) I’ve found on twitter, I press the POST key. I press it because I know that you will be there and that, even if some stranger doesn’t approve of what I’ve written (or of me), you and our community will be there.

Bless you for calling us out of our caves – of shyness, of awkwardness, of repression.

A beautiful post.

By: Brené

Brené — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:15:16 +0000

Wonderful essay. “Writing from the body” is so powerful.

Thank you!

By: Julie

Julie — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:53:07 +0000

Karen – Yay, the woman of the village has arrived. My village would never be the same without you in it. Love to you.