The great (mesh) divide
She was adorable, delightful and all of, maybe, 5’2” with her practical and airline approved navy blue high heel shoes. Her smile was...
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Denée King
- Aug 23, 2023
- 2 min
The Resplendent Dance of Life
Lift. Release. Practice. Accept. Turn. Trust. Forgive. Start Again. I just want to paint! My ego wants to create spectacular, beautiful...
Denée King
- Aug 11, 2023
- 3 min
Free Flowing and Forgiving
“The fact is always obvious much too late, but the most singular difference between happiness and joy is that happiness is a solid and...
Denée King
- Aug 6, 2023
- 4 min
Mental Sherbert
I needed a break from my own mind, a mental palate cleanse, if you will. Like sorbet eaten between courses of a meal to clean the greases...
Denée King
- Jul 31, 2023
- 2 min
Passing the torch
I can’t pass the torch you’re so eager to carry This fire burns fervent, dear child. In untamed hands it consumes and destroys Too fierce...
Denée King
- Jul 6, 2023
- 5 min
To Be or Not To Be...Seen
Next week I’ll celebrate one of those birthdays that seem to declare on greeting cards, medical forms that lump you into a certain...
Denée King
- Jun 23, 2023
- 4 min
Enneagram Fixations, Grief and The roller-coaster
In the aftermath of a tragedy or event that shakes us to our core, we often say we experience a “roller-coaster of emotions.” But perhaps...
Denée King
- May 30, 2023
- 8 min
The Deceitfulness of Good- Why your passion is a big fat liar!
Deception has been around since the beginning of time. In the biblical narrative, in the book of Genesis, it says…”When the woman saw...
Denée King
- Apr 8, 2023
- 3 min
But there were signs
It was a sad day and a day that turned into a day of fretting for a young mother whose little girl was away all day at kindergarten. Why?...
Denée King
- Feb 18, 2023
- 4 min
I told you so!
Introduction…I am a Social Dominant Enneagram type 7. End of introduction. I’m staring at a blank page having just had a conversation...
Denée King
- Jan 9, 2023
- 8 min
No Girls allowed!
(The Enneagram is a model of the human psyche which is principally understood and taught as a typology of 9 interconnected personality...
Denée King
- Dec 26, 2022
- 4 min
The Bubble
"You mean your mother. Your mother’s turning 90. You said grandmother. I said my grandmother because I meant grandmother. And it’s 95....
Denée King
- Dec 12, 2022
- 2 min
Let your humanity give birth to your divinity
You live with a running 'to do' list whether it's in a carefully curated daily planner, on a random piece of paper grabbed out of the...
Denée King
- Sep 12, 2022
- 4 min
Don't let life be a 'should' show
I should have accomplished so much more by this time in my life. I should be able to fit into the jeans I wore in college. I should have...
Denée King
- Aug 11, 2022
- 5 min
Why Climb?
Don’t get me wrong…I love nature and exercise but I like it to be fun…like frisbee or tennis or anything that isn’t torture! I do like...
Denée King
- Jul 21, 2022
- 6 min
Are you ready to 'cocoon'?
Let’s talk about cocooning. “Mmmmm - I’m going to close all the curtains and put on some smooth jazz, make a cup of hot cocoa and wrap...
Denée King
- Dec 6, 2021
- 4 min
Suffering from a meeting disorder
Let me assure you before I go any further that I am in no way mocking anyone with an eating disorder. That said…. I used to go to church....
Denée King
- Nov 18, 2021
- 1 min
Lost in thought
Was I lost in thought…planning for all the important tasks that I think are mine? Did I reach for the stars and lose my footing on solid...
Denée King
- Apr 11, 2021
- 5 min
A Controlled Burn
Somewhere around 1999, a year or so after we had married, my husband I took a road trip to North Carolina, a few hours drive from...
Denée King
- Feb 15, 2021
- 10 min
No One Gives a Damn About The enneagram
No one gives a damn about the enneagram. There, I said it. But you know there's more to this abrupt statement so hang with me. Don't stop...
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