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Today I Feel Like a Failure

by Hollye Dexter | Jul 30, 2013 | living authentically, parenthood, writing, writing life

(This was originally my private journal entry today – but I decided to out myself on the chance that some of you, maybe many of you, have felt the same.) Today I feel like a failure. There. I said it. The past couple weeks have been the worst: chock full of...

What We Can Learn From a 7 Year Old

by Hollye Dexter | May 25, 2013 | family, Integrity, life lessons, living authentically, motherhood, parenthood, telling the truth

Sophia paints Evan’s faceYesterday, my neighbor Lorie pulled me aside and asked if my son Evan had told me about the bench.“No, what bench?” I asked.“The bench in front of my house that he broke,” she replied.Uh-oh, I thought.She continued, “Evan knocked on my...

A Cautionary Tale

by Hollye Dexter | Oct 30, 2012 | aging, living authentically, self esteem, skin cancer, sun exposure, tanning, tanning booths

This is what I look like right now. This is my fifth bout with skin cancer, and the fourth (and by far the worse) permanent scar on my face. I don’t go in the sun. I wear sunscreen every day (have for as long as I can remember) so how did I get this way?This is a...

Calm in the Center of the Storm

by Hollye Dexter | Nov 7, 2011 | healing, healing fear, how to sleep through the night, Inner peace, life lessons, living authentically, Mahatma Ghandi, self forgiveness, self trust

Last week was a tumultuous one. A lot of dust kicked up in the Universe on so many levels, all of it coming at me like a firehose in the face. A friend asked me why I seemed so calm in the middle of it all (reiterate: seemed) , and I’ve really given that some thought....

And the award goes to…

by Hollye Dexter | Oct 28, 2011 | family, honesty, joy of parenting, living authentically, motherhood, parenthood, telling the truth

This morning Troy and I went to Evan’s school to watch him receive an award. I assumed it was something academic, as that’s Evan’s thing. He’s the kid that asks to do “extra” homework because it’s fun.  Instead, I was happy to find that he was given the...

Being True to You

by Hollye Dexter | Oct 18, 2011 | family relationships, healing shame, Inner peace, Integrity, living authentically, Martha Beck, Oprah Winfrey, telling the truth

Ophelia’s art poster: http://www.zazzle.com/to_thine_own_self_be_true_poster-228306749335934814Yesterday I watched an online discussion between Martha Beck and Oprah, following Oprah’s life class entitled “The Truth Will Set You Free”. This of course was of...
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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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