Mommess
On the flip side of life, trauma is your honor
CRYSTALLINE CLARIFICATION HERE: this piece is not about whitewashing trauma. It is also not about justifying it either, even if there is a bit of “silver lining” present…
Archive
Category: Spiritual Mechanics
Body & Health
Sex & Death in the time of Kali Yuga
I have 20 minutes to write this, so lucky for you, it should be short. When I was around 15 years old, my mother announced one random day,…
Mommess
Making a statement
I love this concept. And I’ve seen the power of making statements play out for those who know the power of words and also carry good character and…
For My Kids
pink. and red birds
Also: needling noses, feeling for others, juxtapositions of color, spiritual practice, and shielding nature from unwanted gazes. I just heard an excellent spiritual practice is sitting outside for…
Family
Acclimate
A Term of Endearment post with whiffs of ritual and how to help multi-dimensionally on difficult days. My mom is moving. Moved. The last few days consisted of…
Coaching
Valuing your values – a mini workshop in a post
Many moons ago I crewed for a personal development coach in Hawaii and both coasts. I used to help usher folks across beds of hot coals and jump…
Creativity
On making love, not war, and the silent majority
When I first heard Double Fantasy at 11, I knew I’d heard something new. A collaboration with two unique voices: one from the West, one from the East.…
Creativity
A Visual Peace: Art as Alchemy
Creative work is alchemy. It is an honest process, that sometimes culminates something that can touch the honest places in other people too. Art, music, poetry, and stories…
History
Why try bird’s eye?
On the art & science of mapping, and our physical positioning in relationship to the places we depict. Maps may have come about, in part, to verify that…
Mommess
practice makes a practice
Doing things and making things makes me feel alive. So to practice feeling alive, I need to be in motion, or at least making something for the sake…
Culture
Generational Curse Breaking for an Everyday Lady
Disclaimer: in order to do this, you don’t actually have to be a lady. I am case in point. I’m also not recommending you believe in curses per…
Mommess
Life is a feeling
One of my teachers said the title of this post with great authority, and it gave me pause. How could life be a feeling, I wondered, isn’t life…