What can we learn from feeling stuck? If every experience offers the possibility to help us life more free, more meaningful lives, then stuckness might have its…
Movement, Stillness
Author Brian Bouldrey once told me that in adulthood, every victory is conditional. That has stuck with me throughout my twenties and now early thirties,…
Sinking Beneath
Does life feel like a perpetual series of crises? Does drama feel endless? When feeling stressed, is there a rush and overflow of thoughts and…
Beauty and Strength
Part 4 of a series of posts for the Pagan Values Event. The overculture has a complex relationship with the values of beauty and strength.…
Honor and Humility
Part two, continuing with the Pagan Values Project and working with the values from the Charge of the Star Goddess, let us look at honor…
falling in love with the world
Let your breathing bring you gently into your body. Let your breath become a little slower, a little deeper. With every inhale, allow your belly…
Wanting to Become Open
There is a god from the ancient Egyptian (Kemetic) pantheon named Nefertum. According to one of the stories of creation, Nefertum emerged from the blue…
Inner Dialogue
Our lives may be colored by a particular feeling or mood, accompanied by certain thoughts or beliefs that seem to recur. In my own life…
Vulnerability
Vulnerability can be a terrifying feeling to have. We spend much of our lives developing strategies to mitigate this, this underlying awareness of our own…
Mood and Motivation
Mood is like weather. Moods change and shift without warning, their causes are subtle and at times difficult to predict. With self-observation one may come…