Take up Space: Let Yourself Be Cared For.
You do not have to be the container for every space you inhabit. Grieve. Grieve the things you never had and the things you lost too soon.
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sanctuary
Dreams of an Elephant: Open Letter to the Community.
In my real home, elephant deaths are a complex and beautiful affair. We honor our loved ones, just as humans do. I was robbed of this rite of passage.
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.
Invoking the Red Tent: A Vow to My Wounded Sex.
I feel a snake, uncoiling; an energy, unfolding. I see an earthen star forming the five points -- the rooted stakes -- of my hearth’s tent. I see it rise, solid and strong. Stoic, in a way, as it holds within its walls all of the mysteries, the atrocities, the stories and the epiphanies leading ...
New Moon in Leo: Lioness Lessons on the Strength of Heart.
Leo’s energies are guiding us to the warrior’s way of loving. The warrior has known suffering, but he keeps moving forward. The warrior doesn’t fight his own feelings or try to get rid of his pain. That would be a superficial way of handling things anyway. The heart always ends up winning our ...