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I did it! I had that long-needed conversation with the boulderer! And it’s such a relief — a triple relief! First of all, because I was in such a good place myself so I could actually have that conversation in the first place (which I hadn’t been until now and that’s mainly why I hadContinue reading “Yet another step!”

Tuesdays are, for the moment, my double-workout days: last Tuesday I went for a 30-min run and then rope-climbed at the gym for a couple hours with my new buddies from the Lead climbing course; yesterday, I swam a couple km and then did some rope-climbing with the same buddies again. And today, just likeContinue reading “Another step further”

This past weekend was also very empowering for me, for smaller reasons as well as deeper ones.  Lots of small things contributed to this feeling of empowerment: grilling dinner for my cousins & me; organizing the outing to go see the Perseid shower (my cousins relied on me since they’re new in the area); beingContinue reading “This fire in me”

I had a lovely weekend, both healing and empowering [I will mostly write about the healing part here — the empowering part in another post].  One of my cousins from the East Coast (who is also one of my best friends) has very recently moved to California and now, after having lived all our livesContinue reading “Weekend Warmth”

Yesterday evening Arys went climbing with their new buddies from the “Lead Climbing” class.  Last week it was very cold when they took the class together, so Arys bundled up in two or three layers of long-sleeved T-shirts throughout the course. Yesterday, instead, the weather was warm again, so Arys wore one of their usualContinue reading “Hymn to the Body”

There’s something I’d like to add to my recent post on wholeness or wholesomeness. During my wonderful recent summer trip, and as a result of it, I’ve often felt tempted to say something like “I’ve rediscovered myself”, especially when trying to summarize it to someone asking me how it went. But then I realize thatContinue reading “The Whole is More than the Sum of the Parts”

It’s been just over a week since sending my “coming out” email to the majority of my friends and I am thankful for the supportive, encouraging, accepting, even enthusiastic and celebrating replies I have been receiving. I have also received some “silent replies”: some friends who are either too busy or not really tuned in,Continue reading “Wholesome feeling”

Today I’ll be pouring my heart out so it feels scary but also necessary. I’ve been back at home for almost a week now and gone climbing four times already: bouldering, top-roping, climbing outdoors with some buddies, and even starting the two-day class “Learn to Lead Climb”. I’ve bought myself new, more aggressive, technical climbingContinue reading “Climbing and finding my voice”

Since getting back home in California from my fun, healing, liberating, and empowering vacation in Colorado & road trip, there have been mixed feelings for me.  Loneliness is always looming and is intensified both by the cold, wet, foggy weather where I live and by the limited social life I have so far built here.Continue reading “Back at home: a warm welcome”

Okay, I’m ready, the time has come! Yesterday I sent a “coming out” email to most of my close friends, sharing how I realize that, although my “biological sex” is female, my gender identity is non-binary, it’s part female/part male, and I would now define my gender as “androgynous/gender-fluid”. So I let them all knowContinue reading “Coming out!”