that don’t ask to be seen. I recognized something in a line I heard recently. She walks quietly so nobody can hear. It stayed with me. There was something familiar in it— a knowing I’ve carried for a ...

When she first came across my social media feed, I thought she was just another influencer. She was shiny, blonde, and youthful, and I’m pretty sure I scrolled right past her. I quickly discarded her ...

Now that I’m in my late 30s, I can safely say I have tried almost every self-help practice out there. I was ready to try anything just to “fix” myself. The truth is, I spent years believing I was ...

I have spent years as a trauma therapist sitting with people as they heal. Noticing the held breath, the shift in posture, the stories the body tells before words arrive. My work, at its core, is ...

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How the ancient Japanese practice of Shinrin Yoku, and the tree we already carry inside us, can heal a sensitive nervous system from the inside out. I was crouched in the moss at the edge of a forest ...

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And there is Mercury sex. Mars sex is the sexuality most of us recognize. Mars—the Roman counterpart to the Greek god Ares—is the god of war. And Mars sexuality carries that same kind of force. In ...

I have been thinking a lot lately about what we mean when we say someone is successful. Not the “Becoming President of my country” or “Being the richest person on the planet” or “Winning the Nobel ...

There is a particular kind of grief that has no name yet in any language I know. …the grief of watching a generation come of age inside a world that will not protect them. Physically. Mentally.

The waters of the physical world are swirling, churning, and brewing in hurricane, cyclone, and storm like fashion, impending chaos and doom in news headlines glaring at us. The mana of the natural ...