as i cling to you, the familiar-grey wire of you takes my heat and leaves me cold. bone deep cold. yes of course and i’m sorry that’s true, you give me what i need (if cage is shelter and tube fed milk is what i need to stay alive then…

Ego. it’s like a dirty word in modern western culture — “oh, she’s got a big ego.” “what an ego on him!” unfortunately ego has been mistaken for egotism or even narcissism. …

I am interested in Jungian psychology and have developed theories around this whole shitshow from that perspective. One of the things Jung talked about was archetypes which are forces that have been present through human development and which form patterns of behaviour throughout culture and time. The archetype of the…

HOW HOMOGENEITY IS HURTING US AND HOW STORY JUST MIGHT HELP. I was listening to an interview (1) about how a lack of biodiversity and degradation of ecosystems, the inevitability of cross species viral infections and the direct link to a rise in pandemics. It seemed so obvious. Take away…

the internal alarms and the stories they are telling me “The shortest distance between two people is a story.” Patti Digh. All stories I tell are through my experience and so come with this caveat — the lense I see through is that of a white, middle class, able bodied…

Spiritual bypassing and the fawn response and COVID19. Wouldn’t it be great if we could hold ourselves still enough, meditate enough, ignore our own feelings enough and take enough vitamins to reach spiritual purity or at least a sense of peace in these chaotic and uncertain times? Wouldn’t it be…

I am one of you. I am not here to bully you or shame you. I am not here to belittle or berate you. I am here because we need you. The world that is so full of chaos and change needs you. …

Today was a double dose of some poopy stuff. Found out I wasn’t selected as a finalist for a competition I had entered. …

Why is there so much social constriction around the idea of anger? Why is there so much negativity around people who report harm — which is misshapen and misnamed as “making a complaint” or “rioting”? Why is there so much disgust at people who cry and roar and demand and…