Wild She trudged through the dirtFeet bare against the earthWith a warm, soft breezeCaressing her cheeks.Coming home to yourself is messy,She thought;She feltVolcanic eruptions of emotionBirthing a clarityShe’d been seeking all her life.Sometimes she’d strayedA bit too far onto the path,Mistaking her lifeFor that of someone else +The rocks stung her toesUntil she remembered. She […]
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Stamina, uncertainty, and how to find your joy again
Stamina. I think that is my word for this season of life we are moving through at the moment, this season of uncertainty and challenge and change. I’ve found myself saying ‘the most’ and ‘the longest’ quite frequently of late. “This is the longest I’ve stayed in one place, the longest I haven’t traveled.” “This […]
Tenderness, a revolution: a poem about love
To love is an incredibly revolutionary act. When we think of love, we often think of it as soft, and in our world, ‘soft’ has become synonymous with ‘incompetent.’ We hate on the soft spaces of our bodies, we value grit and resiliency above all else, and we ask men if they’ve ‘gone soft’ on […]
Some thoughts on what it means to be seen
Where are you hiding? Something I’ve been sitting with a lot recently is my secret desire to be seen. At some point when I was a child, I picked up the patterning that this desire was selfish. That was the last thing I wanted to be, so I grew to block myself from being seen […]
a daring conversation with Courage + Fear (poem)
What does it mean to commit, truly? What does it mean to fully commit to Life? What does it mean to commit, and what are we so afraid of? Why are we so afraid of Life? Questions, Questions, Questions. Sometimes it seems that all I have these days are Questions. There are more Questions than […]
This week, embody your courage as Mars goes direct
Astrological insights for the week of November 9, 2020. This is a 5-minute read. Empower yourself by focusing on the things you can control This week begins with the high-pitched hum of a kettle about to reach boiling point. As the tension continues to rise and crescendo, the collective anxiety continues to do so as […]