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Slow and Soft

Slow and Soft When I ask people to tune into their inner child/soul/essence about what they need. The answers are often variations of go slow, be soft be gentle. “Tend to me, nourish me, listen to me” Slooow down. Never

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reclaiming ourselves daily

No one is going to liberate us. This is daily self-reclamation. Always, always taking ourselves back from the grips of predatory conquest cultures. Waking up and asking ourselves, “How do we want to live?” “What feels good and loving to

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Coming Home (retreats)

The pandemic and modern tech driven life in general, have normalized isolation, separation, disconnection. This is why I bring us together to feel feet held by earth Birdsong inspiring the warmth of open hearts HUGS the land and trees humming

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Your story matters

Clearing out to create my ‘in town’ healing space, I came across my foster care case file from age 6-18. I cried, I wailed, remembering the journey from happy go lucky child to wistful depressed child (as one social worker

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I’m not neurodivergent, you are!

I’m not neurodivergent, you are! I think to myself, while actúally celebrating my ‘neurodivergence” Like ‘ADHD’ All these labels that compare beautiful human diversity to a ‘norm’ created by and for conquest culture are so funny. We thrive if not

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Celebrating family

(These are words that go with images of a photo shoot from years ago that I will upload later. Just want to preserve this sweetness from FB.) Wow, I just came home to these words and literally melted into Sean’s

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on writing and facilitating…

(this could also be called, why I am a terrible marketer haha) I just realized something. I’m often told I should “write a book” and I have yet to do so. I used to think it was because I lacked

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Brave is the new/real Confident

So much of what we see today is people ‘exuding confidence’ to sell stuff/services. This is so hilariously western and now global. Most are expressing narcissistic traits, which include seductive charm. Some recently got some external boost/affirmation that gives them

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Mothers handle it!

More from social media, I’ll probably come back and elaborate or maybe not because I think I may have nailed it ;) —- I’m really so struck by how mothers who make the world go round, are not viewed as

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A Mother knows what she knows

A mother knows what she knows. Supporting my daughter through dengue fever and its aftermath, I was routinely dismissed by medical personnel and even my partner. And given advice that would have been dangerous had I heeded it, in their

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