Truth Isn’t Always Black and White: Embracing Life’s Gray Areas
The Truth Isn’t Always Black And White
We’re not here to agree with everyone but to coexist with compassion.
That means respecting others’ life paths and personal, […]
The Girl Left Behind: A Memoir of Truth, Trauma, and Triumph – Series
These events are not imagined; they come from the pages of my real life.
I’ve chosen to share it now […]
The Girl Left Behind – A Journey Through Loss, Trauma, and Becoming – Series
On the night of October 14, 1962, at 10:40 PM PST, my mother, Frances Marion Cascinai, age 37, was found dead in our family home […]
From Liberation to Disillusionment: A Personal Journey Through the Spiritual and Social Upheaval of the ’60s and ’70s GalleryFrom Liberation to Disillusionment: A Personal Journey Through the Spiritual and Social Upheaval of the ’60s and ’70s
Dore Frances, Spirituality, The Sixties and Seventies Counterculture, Why Wisdom Is Harder Than You Think
From Liberation to Disillusionment: A Personal Journey Through the Spiritual and Social Upheaval of the ’60s and ’70s
Sexual liberation was at the heart of the social and spiritual upheaval of the 1960s and ’70s. With the advent of the Pill, intimacy was […]
Treat Yourself with the Same Care You Give Others: A Simple Ritual of Self-Respect
When you invite friends over for lunch or dinner, do you prepare a thoughtful meal, tidy up your home, maybe light a […]
When Love Turns Dangerous: My Escape from a Cult-Influenced Relationship
Ron had invited three members of the Rajneesh movement to move into our home. I didn’t want any part of it.
He said they were teaching […]
Living in the Redwoods: A Tribe, a Guru, and a Truth I Couldn’t Ignore
We watched the last of them drift out the door, laughter echoing faintly as the house finally quieted. Another long, lazy party […]
From Bend to Boulder: A Journey of Spirit and Self
On August 1, 2011, I packed my Toyota Solara and left Bend, Oregon, bound for Colorado with my friend Jason. […]