Hollye Dexter
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No one can break your heart like a woman…

by Hollye Dexter | Sep 9, 2012 | E.R.A., embracing our feminine power, feminism, friendship, women and success, women's empowerment, women's friendships

None of us have gotten this far in life without enduring some heartache. I’ve had my heart broken more than I’d thought possible, but that’s the price I pay for loving- and not just romantically, but loving friends as well. Nine times out of ten, the rewards far...

Reasons and Seasons and a lifetime of lessons.

by Hollye Dexter | Nov 29, 2011 | friendship, life lessons, relationships, spirituality

There’s a saying that people come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime. I’ve found that to be true. I’ve also found that every single person has come to teach me something. My lifetime friends are the ones I can be my whole unedited self with, knowing...

Hollye and Amy Ferris discuss the finer points of BLURG

by Hollye Dexter | Oct 26, 2011 | Dancing At the Shame Prom, friendship, healing, healing shame, releasing shame, writing

Hollye and Amy in tiaras.SHA-SHA-SHA-SHAME(from Amy Ferris)Okay, so Hollye and I had our Monday morning with Hollye & Amy talk. Sort of like Tuesdays with Morrie, but … not. And, as usual, we caught up with life and each other and … talked about shame....

Lessons Learned At A Funeral

by Hollye Dexter | Sep 28, 2011 | compassion, death, friendship, funerals, Grief, life lessons, mourning, self forgiveness, the power of love

I’ve been to more funerals in my life than I care to count. And I have sat bedside with critically ill friends at the ends of their lives. Although it has been painful, I consider this a privilege, for they have taught me valuable life lessons.My dear friend of 25...

Climbing the Mountain

by Hollye Dexter | Aug 1, 2011 | 20/20, Chris Waddell, friendship, gratitude, paralympics, Save Stitch

News flash…none of us is getting through this alone, and by this I’m talking about the crazy journey called life. And here’s what recently drove this bit of information home for me.Last week, as I was getting ready for the Save Stitch house concert at the Sears...

How I Got Published (in a Totally Random Way)

by Hollye Dexter | Jul 1, 2011 | Dancing At the Shame Prom, friendship, how to get published, life lessons, publishing, writing, writing rejection

When I got the phone call that Seal Press had bought our anthology Dancing at The Shame Prom, I was cautiously optimistic. When I got the email, I smiled…a little. When my agent sent the contract for review, I carefully read it over and asked the pertinent questions....
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About Hollye

Hollye Dexter is author of the memoir Fire Season (She Writes Press, 2015) and co-editor of Dancing at the Shame Prom (Seal Press). Called “moving” and “inspiring on so many levels” by FIRST FOR WOMEN Magazine, Fire Season was also an NIEA finalist for BEST MEMOIR. Hollye’s essays and articles about women’s issues, activism and parenting have been published in anthologies as well as in Maria Shriver’s Architects of Change, Huffington Post, The Feminist Wire, Writer’s Digest and more. In 2003, she founded the award-winning nonprofit Art and Soul, running arts workshops for teenagers in the foster care system.

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