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Turn Your Back on the Systems That Want You to Hate.

We cannot address the deep collective sickness without addressing our own. We cannot apply surface solutions to deeply embedded collective traumas and claim it is enough. We cannot change the oppressive structures of the current regimes without stripping it down to its bones, and rebuilding its ...

happiness

5 Steps for Getting Off of the Ledge and Back into Life.

My belief at the time was that I would 'go' when the money ran out. I thought, "Well, fuck it, the Universe obviously must not want me in it." Job-hunting and interviewing became a daily practice of building myself up only to be torn down. So I gave the Universe a suicide deadline.

wisdom

Surrendering To The Warrior Circle Within.

As we dance together in this connected exchange of power and control, we instinctively realize that we are not isolated from one another, even in our mistakes. We truly recognize that we are comprised of the wisdom and spirit bestowed by those who have committed to guiding our journey, and that ...

wisdom

The Relentlessness Of Chronic Fatigue: Why We Are Brave To Keep Resting.

I feel scared of the intensity of my experience, but I also feel scared of the unknown, the future down the road. I feel scared of what will happen later on if I feel this ill now -- the ironic and hilarious quality of anxiety that stops me from resting and takes me out of my present and into a ...

poetry

You Find Yourself There, Again. {poetry}

The summit gazes down mockingly Knowing that despite all your might You cannot just skip to the top

wisdom

Practical Advice For Dealing With Loss: The First Days.

Hold yourself close, and know that on the long, solitary road ahead, it is imperative to learn to love yourself more than you have ever loved yourself before.

sex

Under The Dream Tree. {poetry}

My favorite work of art, is you in my embrace, Is us, together, in this ecstatic form, under the Dream Tree

art

The Ripple Effect Of Sharing Our Stories.

If I let myself run naked across this page, you will see me. I will be vulnerable. A deer in an open meadow with a bow and arrow pointed at my heart, or my jugular. I might stand wide-eyed and terrified of being laid to rest in a pool of my own blood-spill, or maimed to the point of crawling ...

you & me

Thank You For Surviving The Wreck And Choosing Life.

The healing that sometimes happens is exquisite, shattering every idea I once had about how much a human heart can hold. Against all odds, it is possible that sometimes our grief gives us our humanity, restores us to relationship. But it does not return us to what once was.

wisdom

On Days Like This: Finding Courage Amidst Despair.

Though I always initially resist when she shows up, despair has taught me so much about silence, about the virtue of moving slowly, about doing tasks for the doing itself, not just for the completion. She has shown me the depth of my courage, but the greatest of all of despair's lessons is the ...

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