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Roots

A collection of private posts for limited viewing

Leading with vulnerability

Making agreements with Charlotte Slowly, slowly the barriers come down between two hearts. It is a process of committing to deep vulnerability and humility, to being slow to act on

29 January 2020 9 min read

Lifting fog

Turning to the practice A fog has lifted inside of me by turning to the practice, music stirring a peace and settledness in my body that I've been

27 January 2020 1 min read

Investing in the world I want to see

I agree to pour my heart into actualizing Tamkeen regardless of whether I receive a visa to enter Israel Palestine.

26 January 2020 6 min read

Crates of flowers

I agree to offer a gentle embrace to the anxiety arising in my coaching relationship with Leo.

26 January 2020 5 min read

On returning to Palestine sans visa

I’m afraid to get to the border only to be told that I don’t belong, to go back to where I’m from. I’m afraid of what

25 January 2020 1 min read

Taking shelter in the warm sand

You are here with me, dear child. You are safe from the dangers of the world. It’s okay to turn your superhero cape into a blanket, to come in from running along the water’s edge. Sometimes, the bravest thing is to admit that the waves are scary and you need refuge here on the beach.

16 January 2020 6 min read

The pain of silence

Pain of my father's silence, of being home without being seen, let me scoop you up from the place where I buried you. Out in the graveyard, in the cold silky earth, buried in a row of other pains long ignored.

13 January 2020 7 min read

Inhabiting a body of joy

Subject: Leo, you won’t believe what’s happened in the past week I can’t remember exactly how that subject line went, but here goes: The energy in my

26 November 2019 2 min read

Anger in a secluded forest

There is a place, out where nobody can find me, where I go to nurse my wounds and cry. Let us go to that place now, weaving past mountains of fear and remorse, to a secluded forest.

24 September 2019 4 min read
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