Process of Illumination

Will the Real Tracy B Richards Please Stand Up

This is a long post, folks. Just sayin’… Here I am, sitting in the departures terminal at Louis B. Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans, Louisiana. I’ve been here almost a week, after a last-minute decision to attend the Imago Relationships Conference. I had planned to come all along but flights were too expensive, however the universe intervened and, voila! Off I went! The past 7 days have been a …

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Tracy Meets A Man

For the past three weeks I have experimented with using my name as part of the title of my blog (Tracy Gets Angry, Tracy Gets Sick, Tracy Lets Go) And as I stood in the shower this morning, thinking about what I would write about today and whether I should go back to a “regular” title, I realized that I’m beginning to worry that writing this blog is way too …

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What Tracy Wants

Before I go on to the theme of this week’s post, I want to say a few things about some feedback I received in response to “Tracy Meets a Man”. As the process of writing this blog evolves and as I continue to be as open and authentic as I can, I was happy to hear from a reader (who is also an experienced blogger) who had some very savvy …

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Tracy Lets Go

Greetings, Soul-Mates! May I call you that? I hope so, because that is how I feel about the people I am connecting with via this blog. You are all such truly lovely and compassionate people and I feel blessed to be getting to know each of you better (even those of you whom I have known for most of my life). To be honest, I was not prepared for the …

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Tracy Gets Sick

After last week’s blog article, “Tracy Gets Angry”, and my insights about why, in that moment, my sister, Rory, was the “safest person on the planet”, I decided this week’s blog would further explore the topic of “Safety” and be titled “Safety is Everything” (because it is). However, if you are a Facebook friend of mine, you may have seen this morning’s (Tuesday’s) post that said: “Sick in bed on …

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Tracy Gets Angry

 First, I’d like to offer a heartfelt “Thank You’ to all of the people who took the time to reach out and tell me how much they enjoyed last week’s blog post, “Giving Myself the Gift of Creativity”, as well as my 4-minute music-video memoir, “A Perfect Blessing”.  It is so gratifying to know that so many people are able to relate to what I write (or create) and I’m …

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Giving Myself The Gift of Creativity

Due to some recent schedule juggling, it seems that I only have an hour to work on this week’s blog. I usually spend an entire afternoon composing these posts so, today, instead of trying to find more time to write this week, I will rise to the challenge and trust that whatever I write in this hour will be “enough”. Now that I think about it, that is actually a …

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Traveling Light: Parts 1 & 2

As the summer comes to a close, I’m doing one of my favorite things…sitting down to write in a cozy cafe and reflecting on the abundance of memorable moments from the past two months. I’ve been to so many places, had numerous adventures and gained so much insight that it is hard to decide what to choose for the purposes of this article. But, as often happens when I step …

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The Self-Love Sisterhood Part Three:

Hey, folks! If you are wondering why you haven’t heard from me in a while, I took a short hiatus at the end of June and went on a bit of an Spiritual & Emotional Pilgrimage. While away, I visited  the Earth’s “Heart Chakra”  which lies within England & Ireland.  My journey led me to many incredible Spiritual Energy sites such as Stonehenge, Frome, Glastonbury, Avebury, Cork, Killarney, Galway, and …

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The Self-Love Sisterhood: Part Two

So, what is Self-Love, anyway, and why did I choose it to be the focus of the group I recently started called “The Self-Love Sisterhood”? Last week, the story began in March, 2013, upon my return from a Meditation Retreat in Puerto Vallarta. However, in order to fully answer this question, I will have to back up a bit. In my article, “Take a Breath and Fall In” (March 22, …