A Winter Solstice Blessing

A Winter Solstice Blessing

Do you feel the power of this solstice, dear one? For those in the Northern Hemisphere, I hope you get a moment to be with the darkness today or tonight. At a time of year when nature calls us to slow down and Christmas traditions may create pressure to speed up, if...
Elemental Power

Elemental Power

Fire is my dearest friend and confidant these days. I lay with my toes touching the gas fireplace, breathing warmth up into my body. I huddle beside this small fire each morning. Gazing into it, I welcome my old ancestor fire and my body settles into a flow of being...
Ancestral Circles

Ancestral Circles

I used to think dead people?… boring! History? barf. Who cares what my ancestors were up to in their lives? Fighting? colonization? No thankyou. Then I met them and somehow I went from being a kid who couldn’t really care less about a family tree to having...
When the Prayer is the Offering

When the Prayer is the Offering

Hi all, I am grateful to be in your inbox today. A lot can happen during a season change for intuitive folks. The fall can also feel full for parents and people intensifying their workloads, so may my words be helpful and healing here today. This month I thought I...
Spirit and Art Containers

Spirit and Art Containers

Containers are on my mind lately. I can’t ignore the physical ones like my little one’s broken lunch box, the bag that doesn’t quite hold all of our beach gear, and those bright beautiful African baskets that west coast moms use to carry everything all the time. My...
What’s in a name?

What’s in a name?

When your job doesn’t always make sense to people   The nootka roses are blooming here, which I always take as the marker that summer has fully arrived. To celebrate, I updated my summer schedule through September and adjusted when I work to mostly revolve...