by Sonja Semyonova | Nov 15, 2023 | Beauty, Confessionals, Emotional Digestion, Journal, Risk, Sacred Feminism, Surrender, Vulnerability
I once loved a man in whose potential I believed deeply. Our bond was built on a shared desire to live free from shame, a promise I made to myself when I was 20 and echoed by him years later when we met. Though he and I lived toward the same end – the goal of giving...
by Sonja Semyonova | Nov 7, 2023 | Beauty, Emotional Digestion, Journal, Protection, Risk, Sacred Feminism, Surrender, Vulnerability
I am writing this where I have been doing most of my writing for the past month – in a small hotel room with bad lighting and an open suitcase. Currently the setting is Rome, a place I swore I would never return. It was an ugly city that first time, in my eyes it was...
by Sonja Semyonova | Oct 13, 2023 | Desire, Journal, Love Letters, Protection, Relationships, Sacred Feminism, Self-love, Sheroes
There is a world in which I never fully existed, one that will always be yours and not mine. Which is another way of saying that you died before you could tell me all your secrets. Maybe I am there with you in some way. In a wisp of memory you held as your light faded...
by Sonja Semyonova | Oct 3, 2023 | Freedom, Journal, Relationships, Risk, Self-love, The Body, The Erotic
An astrologer once told me to be careful what I ask for, because I will likely get it. This was in reference to a sweep of stars and planets in my birth chart, a pattern that showed him my power to bring into fruition my desires. It’s a big responsibility to work...
by Sonja Semyonova | Aug 7, 2023 | Freedom, Journal, The Body, The Erotic, The Wild
Are you going to let the last bit of wildness in you die? Will you turn the lock to your own cage and throw the key just out of arm’s length? Let the animal inside you be snuffed out and swept away by the call to civilized life? Or will you fight for its right to...
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