5:02pm ~ Jess (Jessica Epperson-Lusty) is a spirit that lights the way for herself and others. She creates warmth where there are chills, she sparks the flame where darkness once conquered. She is a woman, a mother, gaining wisdom and surrounded by her forever loves. A friend to all, with a picnic basket that serves a helping of heart and hearth whoever she is with and wherever she goes. But without darkness, there would be no light. She is a spirit that has faced her down demons and shadows, but she has emerged from this test of life and now guides others as they go through their own transition. She writes today, "Being authentic to oneself in this world is wrought with risks (period). Being a women who is true to herself is doubly difficult (any women reading this and reflective men understand why)! My passions, curiosities, questions and interests have often led me (ever since I was a little girl) beyond the realm of what was deemed acceptable, appropriate, worthwhile and valid. In the last decade, stepping out as a JourneyDance instructor and now as an Astrologist has required me to move through a barrage of internalized proscriptions that were not mine, but nevertheless very powerful in their ability to limit my expressing myself authentically from my soul's urgings. Engaging in these callings that flow from a deep desire to serve healing, growth and transformation has called me to my growing edge, which is exactly where I want to meet others." . . . #adaywithoutwoman #womansmarch #internationalwomensday #standup #standtogether #equalityforall #journeydance #evolvingmindfully #poppypunch