Harriet Tubman: Lessons From the Life of a Mystical Woman
As I was preparing for Women’s History Month, I began researching the amazing women who have made a difference in our world. There are many, but one reminded me of several important life lessons—Harriet Tubman. She was a former slave, an abolitionist, a leader of the Underground Railway, and worked as a cook and a […]
Celebrating Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s First Female President, for Women’s History Month
I have so much respect for Mexico. I admire how the people held on to much of their ancestral culture despite the ravages of colonialism. No place is perfect, and many issues remain, but Mexico is beautiful. The traditions, people, and food are extraordinary. It was heart-warming to see Mexico send firefighters to California to […]
If I’m Your “Black” Friend . . .
As a “Black” human living in the U.S., I often wonder if my friends who are not “Black” understand how my life can be different from theirs in certain places in America. Before we go on, I’d like to make a few clarifications. Not every “Black” person in the U.S. has had the experiences […]
Let No Man Pull You So Low as to Hate Him!
Wow! What a big ask! This can seem wrong at many levels! How could Martin Luther King say this? It might seem right in principle, but the practice is a whole other story. Martin Luther King, Jr. was beaten and jailed multiple times, and both he and his family continuously lived subject to death threats. […]
Spirituality & Health talks with author Olivia S. Benson about the inspiration of her book ANSWERS FROM WITHIN.
You practice law and became a metaphysician. How did your own career evolution inspire your writing? Being a student of metaphysics and spirituality isn’t generally inconsistent with virtually any career choice. Quite to the contrary, it can help us understand the role we each have to play in contributing to the Planet in a more […]
Letter Not Yet Written by Descendants of European Colonizers to the First Peoples of the Americas
Dear First Nations of the Americas, Our ancestors were wrong. They did not discover the Americas. You were here when they arrived. You had great civilizations and societies for thousands of years before they arrived. You are human, just like us, not savages. We apologize for them saying they discovered a place where there were […]
So, Who Are You Willing to Reproduce With?
A Good Picker Leads to a Good Partner Recently, I was watching a YouTube channel which made me think about the importance of fixing what I refer to in For the Love of my Father (2nd Edition), as a “broken picker.” For women, our picker is the instinct that guides us to a potential right partner. If […]
Pelo Malo: Why Second-Guess the Work of the Creator?
It’s often entertaining to look at the things we humans do when I take myself out of the movie of life for a moment and just observe. Jokingly, I consider what a being from another planet (presuming they exist) would see while watching us. Yet, as most of humanity goes so far, we manage to […]
The Perfectly Imperfect Concept of America
We humans are funny. In many instances not laugh-out-loud funny, but just crazy funny. I feel that If there are aliens watching us now, their eyes (if they have them) are popping out at all times. In many ways I am grateful to the founding fathers and mothers (interesting to note things are written as […]
Celebrating the Survival of the Enslaved and Praying for Change in Human Understanding
My visit to Charleston, SC. Photo: Olivia S. Benson Although I was an immigrant to the United States, this has been my home for many years. I survived the shock and all the learnings it takes to understand the game of race in the U.S. I close my office to honor the day and always […]