Disconnection and the Epic Wake-Up Call of Parenting.
All who want to die in any given moment feel crippling disconnection... but the silence of shame and the disease of perfectionism keeps us from saying it.
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Happy Survival: The Truth About Life After Trauma.
It does get better, a little at a time... Our survival not only gives hope to others, but sharing our experiences allows us to help in their healing.
January Pages: A Sacred Space to Reverently Engage a Greater View of My Own Story.
As I meet the New Year and all the cultural messaging around self-discipline, I'm resolute in my own way: to preserve January as a sanctuary for reflection.
I’m Vegan, I Meditate, I Chant, I Do Yoga, I Pray, but My Life Still Sucks!
It is time to see vulnerability as the incredible strength that it is. It is time to see that we are worthy of an amazing life, of our best selves.
I Find Living Moments of Prayer in Awareness. {poetry}
Meet me in the barrel of a wave, where I might find you in the moment it breaks, to crash your heart upon my rocks, laid out under moonlight blue.
December Harbor: When Life Felt Navigable Again.
That December, the stark Northern landscape offered a visceral draw for me... I was enticed by its barrenness... It felt comforting -- simple, spacious.
Lonely Holiday Insurance. {fiction}
At that time, I was with Olivia, and I believed we had a romantic relationship. So simply from curiosity and for fun, I bought this holiday insurance.
15 Reminders to Help You Through the Stressful Holiday Season.
You’re not too intense if you can’t totally enjoy the holidays because... you’re distracted by your need to find and manifest your purpose on the planet.
If Only We Could All See with Wide Eyes.
What footprints are we lending while bearing down on our precious Mother Earth? Is there hope in such a reality, where so few of us do see with wide eyes?
Dear Masculine, Stop Wasting Your Heart on Cleaning up Messes.
Stop cleaning up your heart before you let someone in. Stop putting away the parts that aren't strong. The places in you that aren't finished yet.