The Mosaic, by Cathia Friou. Follow her writing on Substack
The Mosaic is my place for sharing essays, vignettes, favorite blogposts, and the pieces that have been living on my laptop waiting for the right place to land. It’s also the future home of “Kindling Your Courage,” a series of workshops I deliver based on the research of Brené Brown.
I created The Mosaic so my work can reach anyone who’s curious – it’s free to read, share, and revisit. This gallery of essays and reflections covers topics such as:
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The unraveling and rebuilding of family through divorce, co-parenting, and remarriage
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Living in, leaving, and lamenting New York City. (Have you ever been deeply and/or problematically attached to a place?)
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The adventure of solo travel along the Camino de Santiago, via Outward Bound excursions, or the simple weekend away
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Navigating the convoluted currents of midlife – menopause and eldercare and adult children, oh my!
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The fraught (re)examination and untangling of our family of origin landscapes
My essays may be personal, but they speak to the mosaic of the human condition. If you have known love, loss, longing – restlessness, rage, regret – grief, joy, ambivalence – you are in the right place. You’ll find themes of home, belonging, and becoming threaded throughout my work.
In the words of Ram Dass, "We are all just walking each other home." Join me?
Cathia
