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...
by Kendra Cunov | Feb 5, 2018 | Life Advice, Pleasure, Purpose, Power
I wanted to share this old blog with you, a little piece of me from circa 2011, in the hopes that it might help you feel that all of you is fully welcome in this world, like you don’t have to hide anything anymore. So, here goes: Sometimes I’m totally...
by Kendra Cunov | Jan 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
Last year I created a powerful improv movement video with the world-class jazz vocalist Monique DeBose. People watching it have expressed awe at my capacity to flow in the moment, to follow my intuition and have wondered how I even knew to create this video at all....
by Kendra Cunov | Jan 22, 2018 | Life Advice, Relationships
Today I overheard a man talking on the phone, saying “I don’t want you to feel unappreciated for everything you do,” and here’s what I wanted to tell him: Instead of telling people how you don’t want them to feel, treat them in ways that...
by Kendra Cunov | Jan 18, 2018 | Fierce Grace, Life Advice, Pleasure, Purpose, Power
“Embody the undomesticated feminine; untame yourself.” -Jenna La Flame The first time I saw this quote, it really hit me. Although I wasn’t sure what they were yet, I could tell there were layers in it for me. As I sat with it, I noticed I was having a defensive...
by Kendra Cunov | Dec 29, 2017 | Fierce Grace, Life Advice
Just kidding! You know I don’t believe in obligation. I believe in choice. However, while most people think they are making new choices around the New Year, what they are actually doing is often moving from a habit of not wanting to feel something. Most New Year’s...
by Kendra Cunov | Nov 28, 2017 | Life Advice, Pleasure, Purpose, Power
One of the biggest stumbling blocks for my clients as they step more and more fully into their authentic selves is figuring out what is actually authentic for them. I often hear them say things like: “It does *feel* authentic”, or “this doesn’t *feel* like me”, or...
