by Kendra Cunov | Mar 21, 2018 | Life Advice, No Man Diet
When I was in my early 20’s, I lived in a Zen Buddhist monastery for 3 years. We used to joke that no one came to the monastery because they were really happy and in love with their life; no one wanted to get up at 2:50 am every morning to meditate for 3 hours. Going...
by Kendra Cunov | Mar 8, 2018 | Life Advice, No Man Diet
One of my favorite poems by David Whyte is Sweet Darkness. It goes like this: When your eyes are tired, the world is tired also. When your vision has gone, no part of the world can find you. Time to go into the dark, where the night has eyes to recognize its own....
by Kendra Cunov | Mar 8, 2018 | Life Advice, No Man Diet
At the beginning of 2016, I put myself on a six month, no-man diet. It was one of my favorite and least favorite things of all time. I touched the darkness of deep loneliness and I realized how much I had (subtly) used the masculine and men to validate my worth. But...
by Kendra Cunov | Feb 14, 2018 | Fierce Grace, Life Advice
Last week I quietly turned 40. I let go of all the voices, internal and external, telling me I ‘should’ make a big deal out of it; I ‘should’ have a big party. I spent the day quietly, at the beach, with my partner, sometimes talking about our future, sometimes just...
by Kendra Cunov | Feb 13, 2018 | Fierce Grace, Life Advice, Pleasure, Purpose, Power
“Live never to be ashamed if anything you do or say is published around the world — even if what is published is not true.” – Richard Bach I read this quote at the bottom of my friend Adam Quiney’s email signature and thought: “Yes! This is it!” He had...
