Let not the desperate-sounding library titles, the pharmaceutical ads, and that woman fanning herself quietly in the corner of your favourite local cafe deter you: menopause is a rite of passage. But you would be forgiven if, when you hear the world...
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Transformation’s Origin Story: what a catalyzing moment is, and what to do if you’re in one
Almost every rite of passage or radical transformation begins with a catalyzing moment or collection of moments that begin a chain reaction of awareness, awakening, and becoming. There were two catalyzing moments that I can distinctly remember that set...
Wild Becoming: how the more-than-human-world can midwife you through transformation + awaken the wildness within you
Across time and culture, we have always turned to the earth to support us through rites of passage and other times of radical transformation in our lives. From wilderness quests to clarifying walks in the woods, the living world is our ally and midwife in the...
Losing Safe Haven: The hidden reason life transition is so hard and what you can do to make it easier
No matter how your life is changing right now, there is something that is happening underneath all of the external trappings of transformation – beneath the complexity of grief and joy, beneath the pragmatics of adjusting to newness – and it is shaping your...
Two Years In: What do to if Covid-19 has changed your life – and a little mini-retreat gift for you}
Here we are. This month marks the beginning of the third year of the Covid-19 pandemic. For me – and maybe for you, too – it feels like I've lived three lifetimes since the day we realized this might be a Big Deal. Not unlike many of history's turning points,...
Living Truth: the story of my authenticity crisis, and why you might be having one too
"I want to live more of my life in Authenti-CITY. Like, C-I-T-Y. City," my friend said to me as we sat across from one another in her sun-drenched living room. Immediately picturing a place filled with people wearing whatever the fuck they wanted and,...
Nothing that got you here will carry you further: the origin story of my midlife awakening
In a whoosh of woodstove-warmed air, I stepped outside, my hiking boot crunching on crusted snow and the door creaking behind me as I pulled it closed. Winter dawn was breaking in the unassuming way it does, dark blue, and I moved with the habit of quiet...
On becoming a trustworthy guardian of your own wellbeing: How I learned about fierce compassion + why it’s so necessary during times of change
Three weeks ago, I had an epiphany. It was one of those simple epiphanies, you know? The ones that seem a little obvious or that may already be living in your intellectual awareness, but that happen in a way that etch themselves on your heart....
Redwing season, redleaf season: On being present to what your life is asking of you + apprenticing yourself to elderhood
The leaves of the Creeping Virginia vine that crawls along the trellised entrance to my home turned red early this year. Or so I thought. I had been able to mostly ignore the lash of cold dew across my bare toes as I walked outside to check on the garden that...