Rebelle Society

I loved how he looked asleep, this large yet sinewy man, always asleep on his back, like a beast so great it had nothing to fear.

I cannot claim to understand the struggles of you. I cannot claim to relate to your darkest fears, nor see the weaknesses you insist you have.

What would happen to these inner child wounds if we came together as a community with a ritualized reclamation ceremony for survivors?

I paused before I left the room. Kayla was sleeping peacefully, cocooned in multiple blankets in the den of the two armchairs.

How do you have a new year when it all feels like a continuation of the old?How do you 'live' when we're still stuck in limbo?

Stop doing what everyone expects you to do! Stop pleasing others, start pleasing yourself. In life and in the bedroom! Buck the status quo.

Instead of fighting back the debilitating sense of loss, celebrate your grief, because it shows you that you experienced something meaningful.

Mother Nature, you have called us to change our ways and take heed. Let us learn, let us listen, let us stop the human greed.

It may be saddening, but a relationship ending does not mean you have done anything wrong. Do not let toxic nostalgia tell you any different.

Each one of these invitations to dare was shaped by a year that called all of us to care more than we’ve been accustomed to.