About Me

I’ve gone by many names online over the years – Gypsy, Leannan Sidhe, Glimmer Moonstone … the most recent incarnation is The Ample Goddess, or Tag.  This is how Tag came to be…

My 40^th Birthday was supposed to be “The Magic Day”.  The day all my goals would be met, bills would be paid off, I’d be back to a size 7.   Of course, none of those things happened.

I was excited to turn 40, but I was disappointed in myself for not reaching my goals, mainly my weight loss goals.   I cannot believe it was mere coincidence that the morning of my birthday, I saw a video on the computer, from Good Morning America about an “anti-dieting” movement. Women who are accepting their bodies, not dieting or falling into the trap that thin=healthy.   The video featured a woman named Marianne Kirby, who co-authored the book “Lessons from the Fat-o-Sphere” with Kate Harding.   Marianne glowed on the video.  She was happy, joyful, smiling and beautiful!

On my lunch break, I went to the bookstore & bought “Lessons from the Fat-o-Sphere”.  I read it in a few days and it really opened my eyes.  Although I have had a similar book in my bookshelf, “The Body Sacred” by Dianne Sylvan, Lessons really smacked me upside the head.  Maybe it was the timing.

So as of my 40^th birthday, I have quit dieting.  I’ll admit I’ve gained weight.  My jeans are all too tight & uncomfortable but I’ve gotten past the “OMG I can eat anything I want, anytime I want!”    Now I’m looking at when I’m hungry, what do I want?  I’m finding I want fruit & veggies over sugar & candy.  I’m not denying myself sugar, candy, or cookies, but I’m beginning to get bored with them.  They don’t have that special forbidden aura any longer.

Of course, I want to be healthy.  I focus on that, instead of weight loss.   I’m exploring different exercise to find which ones I enjoy and which I totally hate.    Movement should be fun, like playing tag as a kid.  It’s only a work out when we’re obligated to do it out of guilt, for eating what we shouldn’t.   That’s not my mentality anymore!

This simple step of accepting my body for what it is has exploded into self-observation of many facets of my life.  What has or hasn’t been beneficial.  Which relationships are supportive and which are poisonous.   I didn’t think turning 40 would be such a paradigm shift, but it has been.

With that, I’ve looked at my spirituality and how I live that.  Or didn’t live it.  That’s my focus for this coming year, reconnecting with Spirit,  The Creative Source, and maybe pass some wise thoughts, when they happen, along the way!