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The In-Between, Intro to Hellenic Embodied Practice
ByMaria Stenos July 18, 2026July 18, 2026

The Liminal Compass Workbook is here. Why I made it, some collages, and a poem about liminality I have been in the in-between my whole life. Between languages, between countries, between states of health — between the person I was expected to be and the one I became. For most of my existence, I didn’t…

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About my writing
ByMaria Stenos May 7, 2026July 4, 2026

I write about Greek history and myth as someone who has lived inside this culture. I am not an outside observer. I am a Greek diaspora woman who holds a BA in Classical Literature and an MA in Linguistics. I read sources in their original Ancient and Modern Greek. I have spent over a decade…

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Multilingual Masking, part 2
ByMaria Stenos April 23, 2026July 4, 2026

In Part 1, I wrote about discovering that Greek Maria and English Maria were fundamentally different people, and how crisis forced me to find authentic language in both. But recognizing the masks is just the beginning. The real question is: how do we unmask when we’re constantly switching between linguistic selves? My experience isn’t unique….

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Multilingual Masking
ByMaria Stenos March 11, 2026July 4, 2026

audio version available at bottom of page I was raised bilingual. My parents were immigrants and only spoke to me in Greek. Most of their community in the Americas were also Greek diaspora. As Greek was the language of the home, I didn’t start speaking English right away. The biggest jump in my speech came…

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