SMOPL / this is my grief ritual

Image: The entry to a favorite labyrinth in Tucson, Arizona SMOPL I wrote about Feasts of Liberations this week, a beautiful and grounding practice for when a day or [time period] holds some extra grief and where there is also some liberation to be marked. What do we...

Checking in with a Resilient Heart

A request for a Resilient Heart Yesterday before first tête-à-tête aka twelve minutes communing with Incoming Me, I requested a resilient heart. I often ask a question or name an intention before we sit together, but this formal request situation surprised me. And...

Origin story

Image: a pale red-pink long rug where I do my morning stretching in the sun, you can imagine (I do) it is a dragon tongue, I dance from the flames… pre- This is the longest and possibly most intimate piece I’ve ever shared online, long even for me, a winding...

To The Illustrious Travelers

[A breath before beginning] Our culture places an obscene amount of value on facing fears, confronting what is terrifying. In fact, we often act as though the only breakthroughs of understanding and healing that are meaningful (hello, month of meaning) are the ones...
The Fluent Self