Retrieving Our Hearts from Exile.
Our chronic dissatisfaction can be eased when we no longer feel we are living in exile inside of ourselves, and realize we don’t have to live as a persona.
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A Love Letter to Fears We Carry Within.
This self-invented fear can feel more real than anything else... Maybe our fears are also our allies, and instead of resisting them, we can recruit them.
The American Gulag: Using Poverty to Oppress People.
The government entangles poor people in the American Gulag -- crib to grave incarceration, probation, parole, endless rehab programs and homeless shelters.
Fuck Positivity: It’s Ruining Your Life.
Fuck positivity. Fight for your realness. After all, real joy, real peace, and real depth, they only fully rise when you allow all your feelings.
My Healing Through the Mirror of My Daughter.
In the mirror of my beautiful baby girl, I was forced to come face to face with the parts of me that still deeply needed my own love and attention.
Woman Rising. {poetry}
Woman. Give, give, give. Sacrifice yourself on the altar of your choice -- family, motherhood, marriage, career. Whatever you do, don’t make it about you.
Finding Love Is Not like Winning the Lottery.
Finding love... has absolutely nothing to do with anyone else. That has to do with you finding your own source of love from inside of you.
Moving On: The Harsh Paves the Way for Beauty.
We have to be willing to take it all. To know that we can survive the harsh, and that it paves the way for even more beauty.
Crazy Cows Are Sacred Too.
Throw obligation out the window and duty out the door. You have a banner under which to dance naked in the moonlight, because that is what Crazy Cows do!
My Mind Has Been Possessing Me.
The mind can be a manipulative mother-effer. And yet we trust it blindly, sometimes more than the heart, which is ludicrous when you really think about it.