Articles on lived devotion, spiritual practice, daily discipline, and integrating purpose and commitment into everyday life.
For most of the last decade, I dedicated myself to the study and practice of plant medicine work. For better or worse, I am not one to do things half-heartedly—once intrigued, I pursued my studies with relentless commitment. I traveled the world, sat with a variety of facilitators, shamans, madrinhos and padrinhos, educated myself through…
Wisdom is knowing when to seek support—not because you’re lost, but because you intend to go as far as possible. While personal practices and private insights are powerful, there comes a time when inner work must be met with initiation, a spiritual teacher, and a living lineage. These guideposts help us move beyond our blind…
Recently, I took a plunge into one of the most materialistic and superficial cultures alive on our planet—Los Angeles. Historically, I was never drawn here. In fact, my earlier brushes with the area left me certain that it was about as far from home as home could get. Yet, in the infinite irony that has…
We often see life’s betrayals, traumas, and painful experiences as barriers to happiness, but what if they are not obstacles at all? What if they are actually sacred markers pointing us back home to who we truly are?Beneath every wound is a story about the essence that was touched—the part of you that knows love,…
The feminine, in its essence, is vast, changeable, and deeply interconnected with mystery. Unlike linear systems of understanding, the feminine moves in cycles, contradictions, and paradoxes. Yet, modern culture has often attempted to define it in rigid, simplistic ways, creating a disconnect for many women seeking to embrace their full nature. The Challenge of Definition…
I was a person who rolled my eyes when someone would say that they just wanted to be happy. I wanted passion, intensity, or to change the world not merely to be happy. Happiness seemed like a cop out -the easy path for those people who lack character. I stand corrected. As life pushed me,…
I was over forty years old before I realized I was beautiful—right about the time many people might believe that a woman’s beauty begins to fade. I remember sitting in grade school, awkward and shy, with a unique sense of imposed style that often got me ridiculed, imagining that someday—when I was much older—I would…
What is your relationship with the divine feminine, and how has your embodiment of it evolved over time? This question is both intimate and expansive—its roots reaching deeply into my personal history and still shaping the work I do today. To answer, I cannot help but trace my steps back to a younger version of…
I affirm to myself, for all time and in all ways, that my direct connection to source and spirit will be sovereign and unimpeded. That no external truth, whether it be personal, familial, cultural, institutional, or any other, shall dictate the terms of this direct knowing. That all alternative perspectives worthy of such will be…
Gratitude and appreciation are two powerful weapons we can use against depression and anxiety. In fact, Dan Baker writes in his book, What Happy People Know, that it is impossible to be in a state of appreciation and fear at the same time. Here, then, are some ways we can cultivate gratitude. 1. Keep a…