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The Power of Story

Myth stories connect us to the deepest parts of our self and of the collective unconscious. The collective unconscious is the thread of collective fears, images, archetypes, passions that run through the unconscious of humanity.
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Apologies I’m Releasing

How does it feel to read these words: your body is not an apology. Sonya Renee Taylor, writer and activist, has said just that, and asks the question, what might it feel like to embody radical self-love? When I first read that sentence on the cover of the book, I had two reactions.
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Decision Fatigue

As I talked with a wise friend this weekend about how overwhelming it is for folks to make decisions we once made with ease, like whether to go on a vacation or if going to school or playing sports is safe for our children, she wisely noted…
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Alignment

Often when I step into my daughter’s room hoping to connect with my growing teen, instead I focus on the dirty dishes on her floor and dresser, dirt and food wrappers under her desk, and clothes scattered over every surface. So rarely do I…
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A Just World

I've been sitting in contemplation this past week and praying a lot. A stirring in me to do something, in light of the injustices raging in this country, has gripped me. I have found that I've been both grief-stricken and angry, like so…
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Inside the Cocoon

I keep seeing butterflies everywhere. First, it was in an online class in which the teacher described the dormant DNA in a caterpillar that knows how to churn the death of one being into the flight of the next. Then, the sighting of a cocoon…
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Liminal Space

I always like to visualize the liminal space as one of a “fertile void” - like a seed underground - it may seem like nothing is happening but in the darkness a great and powerful transformation is taking place. I truly believe that with…
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An Invitation to Unifying Presence

Anxiety descends like a fog. Literally, a fog of heavy weight, causing an inability to see further than a few inches ahead; an inability to breathe with ease and comfort.  Anxiety from fear. Anxiety from looking forward into the unknown…
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An Invitation Toward Great Love