Are The Days of Rugged Individualism Numbered?
In my life, one bright spot of blessing in the past crazy year has been a daily "parts check in" with my friend and former housemate Emma,
Are The Days of Rugged Individualism Numbered?
What Happens When A Baby’s Developmental Need For Intimate Connection With Mother Goes Unmet?
What Happens When A Baby’s Developmental Need For Intimate Connection With Mother Goes Unmet?
Heller and LaPierre assert that children have five core developmental needs- for connection, attunement, trust, autonomy, and a healthy connection between love and sexuality, which, when met, give us core capacities essential to our wellbeing.
How To Begin Healing & Milk The Past Year For All It’s Worth
How To Begin Healing & Milk The Past Year For All It’s Worth
The pandemic is not over yet, and we have so much loss to grieve- lost lives, lost jobs, lost financial security, lost belief systems, lost school days, lost friends, lost feelings of safety, and lost social contact, in addition to things we needed to lose- like losing some of our racial, gender, socioeconomic, or sexual preference privileges or losing political leaders who do not wish our countries well or losing online influencers who do not respect science or truth or losing some of the mobility that is causing the climate crisis.
Who Is The “You” That Will Come Out Of Quarantine?
Who Is The “You” That Will Come Out Of Quarantine?
While making the final edits to my Sacred Medicine book, I asked one healer if she had a point of view in response to the question, "Why do horrific things happen to seemingly innocent people?" I explained to her that the question is relevant to the book because those who chronically suffer from physical or mental illness often seek answers to the question, "Why me" or "Why not her?" I told her that every answer I had heard thus far in my research fell flat from a post-2020 lens, and because I had a lot of respect for her, I was curious about her point of view at this point in our understanding (and lack thereof) of human suffering.
It Is Okay To Not Be Okay
It Is Okay To Not Be Okay
In the Healing With the Muse community, our intention is to alchemize uncertain times into creative gold for the purposes of healing and being “makerly,” leveraging both the joyful and painful experiences of our lives (the last year has been chock full of them!) into opportunities to write and make art straight from the raw, cracked open heart.
What Is The Muse – And How Can You Meet Yours?
What Is The Muse – And How Can You Meet Yours?
If you’ve been following what I write, you know I’ve done A LOT of writing about Covid, public health recommendations (including vaccination), and social justice and human rights lately. This is not my typical gig, but given the intersecting disasters we face, it’s felt more important than what I usually write about. That said, what I usually write about (Whole Health) is more relevant now than ever!
Why Lockdown Could Be Turning Your Memory To Mush (& How To Reverse It By Adding Novelty To Your Routine)
Why Lockdown Could Be Turning Your Memory To Mush (& How To Reverse It By Adding Novelty To Your Routine)
If you saw the rom-com Groundhog Day, you know that this movie explores the question, "What would it be like if you woke up every day to the exact same routine?"
The Health Benefits Of Creativity (& Why We Don’t Need To Choose Between Conventional & Alternative Medicine)
The Health Benefits Of Creativity (& Why We Don’t Need To Choose Between Conventional & Alternative Medicine)
If you’ve been following what I write, you know I’ve done A LOT of writing about Covid, public health recommendations (including vaccination), and social justice and human rights lately. This is not my typical gig, but given the intersecting disasters we face, it’s felt more important than what I usually write about. That said, what I usually write about (Whole Health) is more relevant now than ever!
How To Honor Your Desires Without Grasping, Denying, or Bypassing
How To Honor Your Desires Without Grasping, Denying, or Bypassing
Like many people, I have wrestled with my relationship with my desires for many years. I’ve gone through the phase of working my patooty off to try to get everything I want, then having an expectation hangover if I didn’t get it. I’ve had phases of getting...
Are We Ready For Truth & Reconciliation Around Sexual Violence? #MeToo
Are We Ready For Truth & Reconciliation Around Sexual Violence? #MeToo
A teenage Icelandic woman is raped by her Australian boyfriend after she’s had too much to drink. In his own immature, conditioned teenage mind, he doesn’t call it rape. Because the media and pornography and the way fathers raise sons and bro’s egg on bro’s, he...
Sexual Harassment in Medical Education (#MeToo)
Sexual Harassment in Medical Education (#MeToo)
Right now, I am at Esalen, in recovery in the wake of the death of my mother. Although grief can be consuming and the deathbed vigil with my mother was intense, I couldn’t ignore the #MeToo stories that were erupting in the news during this journey with my mother....
Can You Be Both Professional & Sexy?
Can You Be Both Professional & Sexy?
Just before Thanksgiving, I met with my photographer friend Monique Feil, who is responsible for taking pretty much any great photo you’ve ever seen of me on my blog, book covers, or hanging in my home. Hay House needed a photo of me for the cover of my upcoming...