There’s this thing that happens to me every time I’m the center of attention, especially if being the center of attention includes more than one other person. I might be facilitating an online workshop or an in-person event, or just be the next person in line to share at something I’m attending. This thing happens […]
A Basket To Hold All Of Your Mistakes
The last week of May my family and I attended an ancestral skills gathering. There, I wove my first willow basket. We began with splitting red fir roots as they are small and pliable and can more easily form the central base of the basket. From there, we began twining in small to gradually larger […]
Voice And Visibility
A couple of months ago I attended a writing circle facilitated by friend and colleague Laura Gates-Lupton. The prompt for our time together was ‘lost and found’ which resulted in a deep inquiry for me around Voice and Visibility. As I’m in the process of sharing my voice in a much bigger way through my […]
7 Approaches That Work To Dismantle Fundamentalism
As you may recall, I think of fundamentalism as a pattern of beliefs, sensations in the body, and behaviors that are characterized by a stark black/white view of the world, judgment (of self/others), and rigidity. Further, fundamentalism is a pattern at play everywhere in the world around us; it isn’t limited to religion/s. Today, I’m […]
The Confusion Of ‘What We’re Told’ versus ‘What We Feel’
Last week I wrote that even when our bodies/nervous systems are being activated into fight, flight, freeze or fawn AS IF they are under threat (when our lives aren’t actually in danger), our bodies can be trusted. Further, I wrote that ‘Intensity does not always indicate Truth‘ and that it is important to learn to: discern […]
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