S2E12: When Body Breaks New Ground - Marjorie (pt.3)

In her early 30s, Marjorie was a super-capable single-mother doing all she could to keep life flowing for herself and her young children. Then the unimaginable happened, she discovered she had a brain tumor. Although the operation to remove the tumor was a success, Marjorie was left with her physical capacity deeply compromised. This forced her onto a  new path which included the hard won lessons of self-compassion and self-forgiveness. Along her journey,  she discovered the opening to embrace owning her own value with true grace and humility. As you listen to Marjorie share about her unique journey, which she’s also written about in her recent memoir, maybe consider the ways you allow yourself to step a little deeper into self-love and self-acceptance as you traverse the gentle, and not so gentle, paths life has laid before you. 

-More About Our Guest-

Nearly thirty years ago Marjorie found herself in a hospital bed after brain surgery to save her life, paralyzed on her right side. The years since then have been a healing journey as she has regained her ability to walk, with support. Little did she know those years ago that one day she would be the author of five Easy Walks walking books focused on helping others, including those with mobility issues, to get out and enjoy the outdoors. Her most recent book, a memoir, is available on Amazon: My Liturgy of Easy Walks: Finding the Sacred in Everyday (and some very strange) places.

Website: MarjorieTurner.com

 

Curated by: 
Dan Senter, who brings over 35 years of experience engaging in the spiritual journey with individuals, congregations, and the community. 

April Bell, founder of Tree of Life Legacies, a storytelling and wisdom-keeping project based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Soul Forum Podcast Team: 

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Dan Senter, Creekside Commons & Our Savior’s of Lafayette

April Bell, Founder at Tree of Life Legacies and Co-creator of StoryCatcher® for iOS 

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Soul Forum: A conversational journey across the landscape of the collective soul. 

In this series - SoulBody - we explore the wisdom and wonder within our own bodies that can provide a pathway into the experience of soul. The season begins with reflections on the body each of us inhabits and ends with reflections on the wider earth or cosmic body. There is plenty of reasons to trust that any access to a relationship with the divine, or mystery, or the very essence of life, is primarily accessed through the body. Can we reverse the idea that the sacred has figured out how to incarnate, or become flesh and bone, and explore how our sense of the sacred manifests from within every body? How might you honor and explore the body that invites you into wonder?

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