Mish Pope

About Mish Pope

Mish is a seeker of knowledge, liberation and compassion. Deep down, Mish has made it a one of her life's missions to give women permission to 'come home' to their beautiful selves.

“Oh Holy Night, the stars are brightly shining” Adolphe Adam Being an expat (having moved from the USA over 12.5 years ago) I still find this time of year in Australia hard. It’s not cold. It’s not raining for 4 weeks straight. It’s not dark. The Christmas Trees look different. […]

Christmas Lights

19 Dec, 2018 in 2018: Happy by Mish Pope

I was 23. Living on the East Coast, working as a volunteer teacher. The 70+ hour workweeks had finally ground me into a pulp of a human. I had to leave. My friend came to visit me and convinced me that it was no longer healthy for me to live and […]

2 Suitcases and a Carry-on

3 Oct, 2018 in 2018 The Unknown by Mish Pope

“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.” Frederick Douglass I remember she was crawling. Getting into everything. Learning to walk, pulling all the drawers out. Toys strewn across the floor. … Then, if I’m honest I don’t remember much of her childhood. Smatterings of events, […]

Chasing Signifigance

16 Sep, 2018 in 2018 Finding Significance by Mish Pope

Perfect

17 Aug, 2018 in 2018 making mistakes by Mish Pope

DELTA By Adrienne Rich If you have taken this rubble for my past raking though it for fragments you could sell know that I long ago moved on deeper into the heart of the matter If you think you can grasp me, think again: my story flows in more than […]

My Story Flows In More Than One Direction

31 Jul, 2018 in 2018 Your image by Mish Pope

“I ask no favor for my sex, all I ask the brethren to take their feet off of their necks” Ruth Badar Ginsberg I was scrolling through Facebook and saw the trailer for the new documentary on Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg — known as ‘Notorious RBG’. “What people […]

Quiet, but sharp

16 Jun, 2018 in 2018 facing adversity by Mish Pope