No one owns medicine. Medicine owns us. It has rules of engagement – like the female body is an original instruction. Plants are relatives not resources. Plants cannot be catalogued (as the anthropologist has so often done). They are adaptive. Their effect changes with us and we change with them, as we connect as relatives. […]

Many of you are mothers and know it. Other’s of you might be feeling like, dang, is all this stuff here for me? I want to clear things up a little right now: Yes, I am creating this community for mamas. Mothers are a priority. And by mothers I mean: precious new mamas (with intimate […]

My biggest question . . . . . .when entering doctoral study in depth psychology was: how do I offer healing without alienating people who, like me, resist being labelled as damaged? You see, at first when I considered the possibility that trauma was at root of my pain and dysfunction I was relieved. It […]

Rhythm exists in everything, and everything exists in rhythmic relation. Rhythm is the result of the interaction of opposites, of polarities in communication. For example, the rhythm of night and day is made up by the dynamic relationship between light and darkness. Each morning when the sun rises in the east we are basked in […]

Why would you want to do Myth Mending anyway??? Stuff Myth Mending can help you with: Moving though relationship conflict Work and career development, change or evolution Personal feeling of well-being Personal and professional commitment preparation (marriage/career) Understanding your purpose and calling in the world Creating and maintaining family rhythm and harmony Finding and maintaining […]

you only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves . . . ~ Mary Oliver Most people have heard of the right brain / left brain division. The right brain is the creative, non-linear, emotional side and the left brain is the analytical, linear, rational side (more or less). […]

Dream-Craft blossoming warrior dreaming . . . *Becoming human is about more than just one’s own material existence from birth to death. As we have seen, it’s also about lineage. It’s about accessing resources in seen and unseen realms. Dominant global culture makes it easier for many of us to have good access to the […]

Walking. I am listening to a deeper way. Suddenly all my ancestors are behind me. Be still, they say. Watch and listen. You are the result of the love of thousands. ~ Linda Hogan We all have ancestors — we are all descendants. When your grandmother dies, she becomes your ancestor. Each of us could/should […]