Recently, I was asked a most intimate question, a question that a lover or intimate friend may ask.  It came to me on the heels of a conversation comparing life stories, family background, experiences both formal and informal, travel, and children.  Our friendship quickened, to MY core with a single question posed to me by new, and quick to be favorite, clients.  "How was it learned to you, to be aware."  BANG! There I was, sitting in the back seat of a Prius with new clients--nervous, and now, very vulnerable.  My reply started with, “I wanted to be a nun” (it’s true)…”sailing and a boy”…and ended with the woes of being labeled as ”too sensitive.”  There, it was out…or I was out! I quickly learned that our meeting was a cross road that allowed me to … [Read more...]