SPIRITUAL
Understanding and Embracing Your Psychic Gifts
We all come here with gifts. For some, those gifts are expressed through writing, music, cooking, caretaking, healing, leadership, organizing, and more. Some of us have gifts in multiple areas while some of...
LIFE
Why My Boyfriend and I Play Like Kids and Are Happier for It
“Play is the foundation of learning, creativity, self-expression, and constructive problem-solving. It’s how children wrestle with life to make it meaningful.” ~Susan Linn, Psychiatrist
We met at a job interview for a summer camp....
SPIRITUAL
Uranus Retrograde 2020 and Uprooting Change
It’s that time again – for Uranus Retrograde. It happens every year for about five months, and when it does, we have extra leverage in freeing ourselves from old rules, ideas, and roles...
LIFE
After the Assault: What I Now Know About Repressed Trauma
TRIGGER WARNING: This article details an account of sexual assault and may be triggering to some people.
The small park down the street from my childhood home: friends and I spent many evenings there...
SPIRITUAL
Mabon and the Fall Equinox
Between the global pandemic and social protests erupting across the world, this year has affected us all in ways we never expected. No one could have predicted we’d spend most of the year...
LIFE
Surrendering Isn’t Giving Up: Why We Need to Accept What’s Happened
“The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.” ~Nathaniel Branden
I remember the last time I saw him before my world crumbled. I held up my hand with the ASL...
SPIRITUAL
Spirit Creatures of the West
My personal experience with Spirit Animals has been through shamanic journey, and from their powerful presence as guardians of the gateways at the change of seasons. As the Wheel turns, seasonal transition can...
LIFE
Freedom Is the Space Between Each Judgmental or Righteous Thought
“It is inner stillness that will save and transform the world.” ~Eckhart Tolle
Life is hard. Impenetrable at times. How can we use our spirituality to navigate through the density of life?
That question...