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I Didn't Plan to Rewild Myself at an Art Retreat
A week on Whidbey Island turned into an unexpected rewilding journey — the Pondering Pond, Whispering Winds, the Mystic Mountains. The map has a way of finding you whether you're looking for it or not.
When You Slow Down, You Remember You Matter
Seven simple ways to tend to yourself when life gets loud — from a woman just back from her first art retreat. Self care isn't a luxury. It's how we remember we matter.
Nobody Arrives at Themselves Quickly—Becoming... Slowly
The journey back to yourself is never quick. A deeply personal story about 29 years of inner work, a ukulele, a song that became a painting, and a word written nine years before it became a book title.
Spring Anger Is a Superpower: What the Wood Element Wants You to Know
Feeling restless, irritable, or pushed to do all the things this spring? That's not a problem — it's the Wood Element at work. Learn how spring anger becomes your greatest source of strength and clarity.
The Upheaval of Spring
Spring is the season of strength—the time when daffodils break through soil, chicks hatch from eggs, and we grow beyond old limitations. Related to the Wood Element and the emotion of anger, spring offers us gifts of vision, clarity, and the energy to move forward. When we stay present with irritation and frustration instead of resisting what is, anger transforms into True Strength. We realize we're not just feeling strength—we ARE the strength.