For the past 6 months I have really been delving deep into the ideas of family trauma. Something about living close to my family again and now being painfully aware of where a lot of my lesser tendencies stem from. Things that in the past I tried to justify as normal behavior I now see … Continue reading For Fear Of Being A Witch
Traditions used to be the cornerstone of our species. In it, people were able to decipher the world around them, felt held, and use them as the foundation upon which their lives were built. Comfort and security was the name of the game. As we evolved as a species and we moved toward nuclear family … Continue reading Mindful Tradition
I am an essential worker. However I live where I work, so it's like being an essential worker on crack. Imagine being an essential worker in your own home, taking care of others, The rules about taking care of people changing from week to week, outside invested interest upset with you no matter what you … Continue reading Thoughts On Being An Essential Worker
I'm not really sure what to write anymore. Sure they're the general antics of motherhood and homesteading. Yeah my kids learned to kayak this week, and there was a snafu where I had to process six flats of cherries STAT, and my cat let a half-dead bird loose in the house. But all of that … Continue reading A Not So Independence Day
Oh. My. God. If I could just be frank, we are fucked right now. There's a global pandemic the likes of which have never dealt with before, we are on the brink of civil unrest due to human rights issues, there have been confirmed cases of unidentified flying objects (we haven't even as a public … Continue reading Gratitude in the Apocolypse
I am certain that my life's work is to remain calm and equitable in the shit storm that is life. To learn how to greet the unpredictable nature of being human rather than begrudge it. Generally, when I write on this topic it is in the vein of being home with small children or navigating … Continue reading Finding Your Calm In A Shit Storm
Me and my husband both travel more than the average bear. He tends more towards regional work in an effort to keep the nonprofit movement that we are a part of, thriving. I tend to travel more for trainings and personal development. Our marriage is a delicate balance of supporting each other so that we … Continue reading Coparenting in a Reciprocal Relationship
In the last week of my yoga teacher training I was given the gift of Dharma. We had a whole lecture on this idea of Dharma, this belief that each person has a divine purpose on this earth. That in order to achieve ones Dharma they must be willing to listen. To pay attention to … Continue reading Doin my Dharma
For those of you with children I am sure you have been in the position where you have been out in public with an out of control child. Or perhaps just unable to meet your own needs while slowly drowning beneath the children crawling all over you, getting their bodily fluids on you. There's no … Continue reading Help a Mother Out
