the luminous slow

what's keeping so many of us from living the more empowered, embodied, creative lives that we so desire and long for? and how do we find pathways forward? a lot of what i've found to be the blocks and barriers are ones most of us never consider. a lot of what i've found to be the pathways and practices to toward transformation and radical embodiment are ones we've been taught to av...

excited to be back with y'all after a long (and dark and twisty) hiatus! a shorter one, and by way of an update about what's been going on in my world and work, i share an essay i recently wrote called the healing salve(s) of truth as well as some news about two digital and in-person offerings i've recently launched. links for other stuffs mentioned in this episode: read and subscribe...

today is the first installment of a new series, nourishment notes, and we're dropping into the power of scent. how we can leverage our sense of smell and its direct link to the limbic system, deep in the brain, to support our moods, energy, etc. and ultimately to repattern our nervous system and brains in ways that support personal development and healing. i share about some of the ways i util...

Today, I revisit a social media series I wrote six years ago called Who We Are in Fear, about my coming out process and its aftermath. That's also about the ways we live in fear, the ways we hide from ourselves and others, and some of what that fear and hiding cost us. That's also about how sometimes only in the aftermath of choosing courage over fear that we come to understand just how mu...

Celebrating doesn't just feel good in the now, it supports our future selves--in lots of ways. I share a big win I recently had, and how I almost didn't (really) celebrate it. And--for you as much as me, it seems!--I offer a few of the reasons for celebrating what's working. A few we touch on: - Consciously leveraging the dopamine system during times of reward and pleasure can support...

Today we talk love. The ways we unconsciously sabotage our efforts to receive and experience love, in its many expressions, and what to do about it. How and why I spent a lot of life brutalizing myself in the name of love (and how and why you may be doing something similar). How I finally got the biggest love of my life--the partnership I've had for nearly 8 years--and how I've blocked mys...

I've been snowed in for a few days and have been forced--and invited-- to slow, and still. Felt inspired to share a collection of poems and prose, a little weaving of words that felt fitting for the times. If you'd like to look them up, they are: "The Blue of Distance" - A Field Guide to Getting Lost by Rebecca Solnit "Of Power and Time" - Upstream by Mary Oliver "...

This is part two of an interdisciplinary journey through love and grief, from the heady realms of science and culture to the dark, emotional underworld of shadow work and trauma healing. We explore the sciences of emotion, energy, and the nervous system; our concepts of medicine and science; and how these interplay with our ability and willingness to be and work with challenging emotions and feeli...

This is part one of an interdisciplinary journey through love and grief, from the heady realms of science and culture to the dark, emotional underworld of shadow work and trauma healing. We explore the sciences of emotion, energy, and the nervous system; our concepts of medicine and science; and how these interplay with our ability and willingness to be and work with challenging emotions and feeli...

Why do so many of us feel like shit right now (and maybe always)? And what do winter and war and chronic avoidance have to do with it? Today I share: - reflections on one of the one important lessons I've learned in my life - writings on love, grief, and quantum entanglement - a system-balancing breathing practice - what may be the most supportive thing you can do now for your 2024 self - and...

Thank you for joining me at the birth of this baby, friends. I'm so glad you're here. This project is a big ol' permission slip, to play and expand and to lean into the things that excite the spirit. For me, certainly, and--I hope!--for you, and us, too. We're starting things off with an intro and some foundation setting. I share with you some of the intentions and desires for the...