Comments on: Finding Your Voice in the Silence http://sharingthejourney.co.uk/silence/finding-your-voice-in-the-silence/ soul food and support for coaches, writers and homemakers Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:29:31 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: janice http://sharingthejourney.co.uk/silence/finding-your-voice-in-the-silence/comment-page-1/#comment-318 janice Mon, 04 May 2009 08:19:37 +0000 http://sharingthejourney.co.uk/?p=748#comment-318 Thanks, Karen. I also reckon blogging has been a great boon for a lot of women in finding and sharing their voices. Thanks, Karen. I also reckon blogging has been a great boon for a lot of women in finding and sharing their voices.

]]> By: Karen Chaffee http://sharingthejourney.co.uk/silence/finding-your-voice-in-the-silence/comment-page-1/#comment-317 Karen Chaffee Mon, 04 May 2009 06:21:16 +0000 http://sharingthejourney.co.uk/?p=748#comment-317 I think I always had a voice, but the first time I was ever able to "hear" it among all the others was when I began a few years ago living alone. Another first! <abbr><em>Karen Chaffee´s last blog post..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InsideOut--TalesFromTheFootOfTheBed/~3/92YxdKBHr4M/beauty-of-contrast.html" rel="nofollow">The Beauty of Contrast</a></abbr></em> I think I always had a voice, but the first time I was ever able to “hear” it among all the others was when I began a few years ago living alone. Another first!

Karen Chaffee´s last blog post..The Beauty of Contrast

]]> By: janice http://sharingthejourney.co.uk/silence/finding-your-voice-in-the-silence/comment-page-1/#comment-309 janice Sat, 02 May 2009 11:42:14 +0000 http://sharingthejourney.co.uk/?p=748#comment-309 Thank you for sharing this, Tess. You write so simply and succinctly, yet with such controlled power and wisdom. So many strong people, sharing people, seem to have found their voices because of how silence or loud voices shaped their lives as children. My mum went silent, too. Different kinds of silences; different kinds of reasons - a variety of pain. I know we're probably messing up our kids in some way, but the sad thing is, I won't know <i>how </i>till they're older. I never ignore them, though. Ever. I may choose to turn a blind eye to some things or quietly avoid being sucked into dramas, but I always try to find some way to stay connected. I do my best, but making mistakes is part of the package. That's one of the things I'm trying to teach them so they'll be kind to themselves. Hopefully, if I do mess up badly, they'll be able to look back on me some day with kindness, empathy and understanding, at least, and see what the disguised blessing was. I adore Eva Cassidy's voice, too. I love the purity of tone and what she does with pain. I'll check out Sarah Brightman; I heard her singing with Andrea Bocelli and cried in the car as I'd recently lost a friend. <a href="http://www.last.fm/listen/artist/Sarah%2BBrightman%2B%2526%2BAndrea%2BBocelli/similarartists" rel="nofollow">http://www.last.fm/listen/artist/Sarah%2BBrightman%2B%2526%2BAndrea%2BBocelli/similarartists </a>If we ever have background music over here, a playlist is starting to form! Thank you for sharing this, Tess. You write so simply and succinctly, yet with such controlled power and wisdom. So many strong people, sharing people, seem to have found their voices because of how silence or loud voices shaped their lives as children. My mum went silent, too. Different kinds of silences; different kinds of reasons – a variety of pain.

I know we’re probably messing up our kids in some way, but the sad thing is, I won’t know how till they’re older. I never ignore them, though. Ever. I may choose to turn a blind eye to some things or quietly avoid being sucked into dramas, but I always try to find some way to stay connected. I do my best, but making mistakes is part of the package. That’s one of the things I’m trying to teach them so they’ll be kind to themselves. Hopefully, if I do mess up badly, they’ll be able to look back on me some day with kindness, empathy and understanding, at least, and see what the disguised blessing was.

I adore Eva Cassidy’s voice, too. I love the purity of tone and what she does with pain. I’ll check out Sarah Brightman; I heard her singing with Andrea Bocelli and cried in the car as I’d recently lost a friend. http://www.last.fm/listen/artist/Sarah%2BBrightman%2B%2526%2BAndrea%2BBocelli/similarartists If we ever have background music over here, a playlist is starting to form!

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