Since returning from my time on the wild Northwest Coast, I’m feeling so much clarity, and equally as much not-knowing. It feels so good to acknowledge this (not-knowing) and just allow it to be this way. So many things are shifting in my world right now, and I know I’m not alone in this. We are …
A reflection on the restorative power of beauty, deep nature connection and the necessary slowness required to tend to our deepest Soul in both grief & gratitude. Dear Beloved Reader, I’m writing this with sand still metaphorically between my toes and the rhythm of ocean waves still echoing in my dreams. I have showered (probably …
August is Integration Month – Be Like Fruit The last few weeks, I’ve found myself watching pears and apples surrender to gravity, falling heavy and ripe to the earth below, and thinking, “That’s exactly how I feel.” A few figs slip by me as well and end up on the ground (not many – they …
For those feeling overwhelmed by what’s unfolding in our world… I think this time has different challenges depending on the generation you are from. Older folks are shaken up because the world is changing so fast and things they thought were certain are dissolving. Young people are fighting for the future of our planet that …
The Earth has called home another of her most devoted daughters. Joanna Macy, creator of the Work That Reconnects and beloved teacher of ecological awakening, grief tending and being deeply human, died peacefully this week at 96, surrounded by love in her own home. Like a tree that continues giving even as it prepares to return …
Dear Friends & Community, One of the most incredible poets and beautiful humans died this week at the too soon age of 49. It came to me as a bit of a shock, as although I am a huge fangirl, I hadn’t been following super closely or clued in that they hadn’t posted anything lately. …
“What does collective liberation have to do with personal healing? What does caring about the suffering of strangers, (or not), have to do with our own suffering? What does keeping our hearts open to injustice have to do with our mental health? Everything. It has everything to do with it.” My last blog was a letter …
Today marks Juneteenth – June 19th, 1865 – when Union soldiers reached Galveston, Texas, announcing that enslaved people in the South were free. This came TWO AND A HALF YEARS after the Emancipation Proclamation, a delay that reveals how liberation announcements and lived liberation are often worlds apart. For over 250 years, MILLIONS of African …
Dear Friends, This week I learned something that stopped me in my tracks – quite literally, as you’ll soon understand. I had been speaking with my dear friend Alice about how much I intuitively feel that this time of year is about slowing down. One would think it would be peak productivity time as the …
As we approach the longest day of the year in the Northern hemisphere, there’s something both luminous and liminal about this threshold time. And of course, a blessed Winter Solstice to those of you in the Southern hemisphere – also a time of deep pause and liminality! Summer solstice holds the paradox of peak light …
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