Nature is a generous lover. Though in the winter you may not believe her to be so. In those cold months, her embrace can feel unbearable. Her icy skin is pressed against you so tightly you struggle to breathe. You scratch at her form, desperate to see the sun again....
It’s not so much that food is yours to take but that you are taken by food. Sure, you may have cooked it. You may have even grown it. But like all things that are created, the food belongs to life. So give it its due. Consider the way every bite gathers the ripples...
It was impossible for me to know why I did it at the time I did it. I had my reasons. I laid them out logically on the table and argued my point. But whatever I said at the time wasn't the real reason. What I learned in the time after, through lightning flashes of...
It’s impossible to know in the moment of doing something big why you are doing it. You may have your reasons at the time. You may lay each of them logically out on the table in front of you and argue your points with whomever is listening. But you don’t really know...
Love letters are healing for the writer, recipient, and reader. May this letter offer healing and celebration of my partner on his 44th year. Dear Robin, I wanted to give you a gift for your birthday, but your preternatural satisfaction with what you already have...
Every year on my daughter's birthday I write her a love letter. One day may she will get to read them. One of my favorite things about who I've become as your mama is my commitment to honesty. I’ll always show you the value of the truth by telling you the truth. That...
Where do we get the audacity? The Fool is the first card of the major arcana in a tarot deck (though it is technically card 0, pure possibility). We are more familiar with the hero’s journey than the Fool’s journey, but both begin at the same place – blindness to what...
Where is your wisdom seated? When the mind is in charge, we are top heavy. We act quickly and for short-term gain. Our necks extend beyond our shoulders, vigilant in our search for danger and new FOMO possibilities. It's a posture rife with negative consequences for...
When it hits your body like a wave crashing against the shore. When you finally step out of the fog. When you can barely hold yourself in your seat the moment you see it. When the butterflies making a home in your belly dissolve like vapor in the sun. When it feels...
Ayurveda is the best writing teacher I’ve ever had. The world of mung dhal, dinacharya, and five elements seems like an odd place to study my craft, but the moment I began to study Ayurveda I began to write daily – in my morning journaling practice, my public journal...
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