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With this in mind, our greatest joys, our most Oleszkiewicz-Peralba, M. (2002). The Black Madonna
seemingly mundane tasks, our everyday routines, in Latin America and Europe. Albuquerque:
walks in nature, acts of kindness, and the process University of New Mexico Press.
of living life itself are all prayers. Even the
most difficult moments in life are prayers. Our
challenges are sacred opportunities to learn, grow Rev. Nancy Dominique
and transform into something new. Dessables, LMSW, obtained

Perhaps one of the greatest gifts of the Feminine her Master of Social Work
Divine is her symbolic cycle of birth, life, and death degree from Columbia
that is continuous in the universe and synonymous University. She is a graduate of
with Mother Earth. The Feminine Divine reminds both the One Spirit Learning
us that all life is a process of arriving, living fully, Alliance Interfaith Seminary
and ultimately letting go. Perhaps this is the and Interspiritual Counseling
greatest prayer of all. programs. Rev. Nancy was a
participant in The Harvard University School of
I am grateful to both my parents, John and Yola Divinity’s Making Change Program-2022. Nancy’s
Dessables. professional work experience spans the fields of
aging, employment, early childhood, health care,
May your loving and supportive energies be part and higher education. She currently manages
of the cosmic cycle of transformation that is all life. field placement for human services students in a

References well-respected New York City-based university
system. She is committed to social justice, BIPOC,
Bashford, S. (2018). You Are a Goddess-Working indigenous & ancestral healing, and DEI [Diversity,
with The Sacred Feminine to Awaken, Heal and Equity, and Inclusion]. Her spiritual counseling site
Transform. Carlsbad, California: Hay House. is here: https://www.yolaschild.com/

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