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November 13, 2017

Storytelling: Healing Ourselves and Helping Others

  One of the messages I have consistently shared since putting my own story out into the world four years ago is that by sharing our truths, we can heal ourselves and help others. That is why I started the Healing Stories Project. Yesterday afternoon I was lucky enough to attend an extremely moving storytelling..

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May 28, 2016

Battling Irrelevance: Finding a New Path

  I recently shared with a friend that I felt irrelevant. What led to that conclusion was a year of tremendous upheaval. I left my university teaching job, sold my home, moved away from my community and friends, and sent my twins to college 14 hours away. All of the roles I had assumed for..

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May 9, 2016

D is for Diane English

  Each week for 26 weeks, I am publishing a post about women who are not widely known but should be—women who can inspire us, teach us, and encourage us to get out of our comfort zones and reach for our dreams. Week 4 of my A to Z challenge introduces us to Diane English. If you are..

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April 20, 2016

Why Are So Many Women Self-Destructing?

  As I was drinking my morning coffee while surfing the latest headlines, I paused mid-sip when I saw “Life Expectancy Drops for White Women” in health news from NPR. This is the first time since the Centers for Disease Control started tracking life expectancy that the lifespan of white women has declined (NPR). I wish..

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March 25, 2016

Untethered

I was Skyping with a friend I hadn’t spoken to in quite some time the other day. When she asked me how I was doing, I struggled to find the words to describe exactly how I was feeling. Finally, I told her I was free floating, an astronaut on a space walk, which is disconcerting..

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February 29, 2016

Where We Find Community

    Last night I decided to watch a quirky, low budget short film, The Wednesday Morning Breakfast Club. Written by Amanda Barber, and produced and directed by Chris Barber, this is not a film for those who crave action. And I have to admit I was a bit turned off by the overt lessons..

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November 8, 2015

Seeing Beyond the Flaws

Most of us have learned not to choose a book based upon its cover. I have certainly learned the hard way not to choose a wine by its label. So I don’t know why I continue to be sucked into a film by its trailer—but that is exactly what happened last night. It had been..

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October 21, 2015

Simple Human Connection

My daughter recently published a blog post about the meaning of home. In it, she contemplates all of the various places she has called home, and what home means to her now that she has ventured out on her own. I was particularly struck by one thought in her piece: “Every time we become part..

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March 30, 2015

Let’s Mix It Up: Sharing Stories Across Generations

In my work with girls and women, I understand the power that sharing our stories can have, especially when women find the courage to tell their truths and share their life lessons with the girls coming up behind them. I firmly believe that we have an obligation to ensure that today’s girls and young women..

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March 10, 2015

Successful Aging

  Perhaps because I am part of the demographic, and I have been sensing a tremendous shift in my priorities since turning fifty, all of my research of late has focused upon women at midlife. Apparently we are an interesting enough demographic to study, which seems ironic since women at midlife are certainly not highly..

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About Diane

Diane DeBella

As a writer, teacher, and speaker Diane has spent over twenty years examining women’s issues. She is the author of the collective memoir *I Am Subject: Sharing Our Truths to Reclaim Our Selves*, and editor of the anthology *I Am Subject Stories: Women Awakening*. As a long-time faculty member at the University of Colorado, she received the CU Women Who Make a Difference Award and the CU-LEAD Alliance Faculty Appreciation Award. Through her organization I Am Subject, Diane helps us understand how we—as women—are impacted by the society in which we live. By claiming ourselves as subjects of our own lives, we become empowered and also provide strong role models for other women and girls. In healing ourselves we help others—a beautiful way for women to create nurturing, supportive communities.

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