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Reach: Finding The Light Of Grief.

I have wondered how many other people have suffered a tragic loss and found silence from people where solace should be... have had the experience of people not asking them how they are doing, of tiptoeing around the topic, of only talking about surface things, because they assume you don't want ...

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.

happiness

How Meditating On My Death Changed My Life.

I kept seeing my life from a backwards perspective, one of being at the end of my days and looking at the line of my life. Was it of value? Was I of value? Did the people I love know that I loved them? Did I spend enough time with them, showing them that love? Did I contribute anything to the ...

world

Rebirthing Balance: International Women’s Day.

We must raise our world, borne of the Earth, created equally by both women and men from the seeds planted in our collective imaginations eons ago and rooted so firmly into our humanity as to have taken hold deep within our intuition. Care for our creation is the responsibility we share. I ...

troublemakers

An Ode To Dystopia.

There was an angel there today. Was just a man -- olive-skinned, radiating supernovas swirling like sunspots. I watched him there smiling. Brown leather sandals, a nylon cord sneaking inside his shirt, and I wondered what was on the other end of it. I saw hieroglyphic tattoos poking out of the ...

poetry

Eulogy To The Past. {poetry}

She is here now, waiting for you, to set you free from chains you have bound yourself with.

wisdom

Live Your F*ckin’ Fairytale.

In a world so divorced from our own original mythology, we so easily forget that we are ourselves the inhabitants of an unfolding human narrative. Transcending story, we leave behind not only the worst, but also the very best, of what it means to be alive. We risk losing the wisdom that arises ...

art

Feet On The Air And Head On The Ground: Living A Sustainable Creative Life.

When I started prioritizing writing -- getting up earlier so I could write before the kids woke up, saying No to morning coffee invitations, and resisting the call of all the little countless other things that begged for my attention -- I finally found the space and commitment to write regularly.

poetry

Ebb And Flow. {poetry}

Not in the past, where mistakes and failures lie in wait to torment you with reminders of where you weren't good enough, of all the ways you failed. And not in the future, where a million fears are ready to pounce and weigh you down in the incessant possibilities of ways in which life can go wrong.

wisdom

9 Ideas About Living Well And Making Life Better.

In the grand scheme of things, I have little to nothing figured out. But just in case I’ve stumbled on something that could help you, here are a few ideas about living well, doing good, and making life better. If you want to change your life, then change your identity. “All ...

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