A Rite to Rage: Sacred Rage Rites
I grew up being told that it wasn’t okay for me to be angry. This is something that my parents told me directly. Good girls don’t get angry. Nice daughters don’t react. Hold your tongue. I grew up with anger being a bad word, and not an expression I was allowed to feel or embody, especially at and about my parents. My parents’ anger and rage were not always proportional to what I did and…
The Summer I Became Relaxed
I had a realization recently that I want my kids to see me relaxing. It came after noticing how I would make a point to look busy when they came…
Blooming Together: The Growth of a Relationship
This month honours a milestone for me – my partner and i have been together more than not, as we celebrate 25 years together. A quarter of a century. This…
Folllowing My Flow: Our Stages and Phases of Life
I have been dancing with perimenopause for the past few years. Having had my period since i was 9 years old, i assumed i would reach menopause earlier, mainly because…
Embodied Psycho-Spiritual Therapy: Somatic healing and witchcraft
“Ancient goddess traditions understood what modern somatic therapies now affirm: that pleasure, embodiment, and connecting to the senses are gateways to healing and transcendence.” Dr. Denise Renye As i deepen…
Storytelling as Medicine
We are in the season of Spring where i live, which is represented by the element of Air. This is the time of new beginnings, the fresh air of change,…
Sweet (Inner) Child of Mine
Earlier this month, a poem went viral. At least it did on my Instagram feed. Maybe you saw it too? I loved it for its simplicity and also for its…
Time for Rest: A Winter Ritual Bath
I have been struggling this month with slowing down and just being present with the moment that is right in front of me. I have found it hard to write…
A Bold Embrace of Change: Finding My Deepest Self
It’s Christmas evening and i’m sitting in my dining room, with only candles and the light of my laptop giving me light. I felt called to use the quiet and…