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I Am a Woman Finding My Voice. I wrote this book nearly two decades ago. I’m glad it’s still in print (amazing!) because, perhaps, it has never been more relevant. Of course, I have changed and evolved since then and might choose some additions and deletions to the thoughts expressed and words written as a younger woman. Nevertheless, it is my hope that what is offered might support and affirm any and all women, but especially new generations of younger women, wherever they find themselves in the process of finding their own voices, their own truth, their own goodness and beauty, strength and wisdom.

In participation with the 2018 Women’s March and what some are calling The Year of the Woman, I will post one affirmation or reflection from the book here weekly, beginning on January 20. I invite you to contribute your thoughts, and even your own I Am a Woman… affirmations, in the spirit of supporting each other. So please, be respectful and kind, and enjoy.

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Affirmations & Reflections

I am a woman FIGHTING FOR WHAT I BELIEVE IN

An 18-year-old African American high school senior became a heroine of mine in July 1996. Her name is Keshia Thomas. Keshia was part of a crowd of 300 people assembled to protest a Ku Klux Klan rally in Ann Arbor, Michigan. A man who looked like a white supremacist was spotted in the protesters’ midst …

I am a woman HEALING MYSELF

The word heal comes from the Anglo-Saxon haelan which means to be or to become whole. To be a woman healing myself is to be a woman becoming whole; giving myself the time and the space I need for the journey. No one grows up without wounds–

I am a woman LOVING MYSELF

LOVING MYSELF How many times and for how many years I have looked into the eyes of another – friends, lovers, even strangers – asking “will you love me?” Yet no one can give me what I have not given myself. I cannot replace self-love with the love of others because unless I love myself, …

About Janet F. Quinn

Me and Her Royal Highness Fabriani celebrating the New Year!

I am a spiritual director/inner-life coach in private practice in person and via phone and Skype; a consultant, speaker, retreat leader and writer in healthcare and nursing; and a copyeditor supporting the communications of primarily international development organizations.  Horsing around as often as possible brings joy and balance. Please stop by my other websites, linked above, for more info, or you can contact me at janetquinnphd@gmail.com