eliminated/illuminated

Hello, Solstice. Hello, full moon. Here are the stones I skip on solstice, the solstice stones: What needs to be eliminated? What needs to be illuminated? Hello, door. Hello, wonder. Always strong questions, but somehow especially right now, halfway through the year,...

Very Personal Ads #129: With SCISSORS!

Personal ads. They’re … personal! Very. Each week I write these VPAs to practice asking for what I want. And to get clarity on what that really is, even when asking feels conflicted. I always get useful information about my relationship with various...

Planting hidden surprises for later.

Yesterday I talked about the practice of leaving presents for future-me. And Larisa told this awesome story in the comments about how her brother used to throw fistfuls of Jolly Ranchers into the backseat of the car to discover later. Exactly. Like that! There are so...
The Fluent Self