Many challenging relationship dynamics are caused by imprinting from our early childhoods. And while it is very important to address our childhood wounds, it isn’t the whole picture.
Grieving Heals: Meditations on Loss
Grief is taboo in our culture. We have lost touch with communal grieving rituals that create a space for us to wail, lament, and mourn the injustices of our fate
7 Considerations for Working with Psychedelics*
With the rise of popularity of psilocybin, MDMA, cannabis, and other psychedelics in therapeutic settings, taking psychedelics for healing instead of just recreation is
When Spiritual Emergence Becomes Spiritual Emergency
My pain makes me die and makes me live. It is my resurrection, my initiation—a great unfolding in my master plan. It opens my eyes to other people to their profound joys and sorrows.
At Home on Earth: Lessons on Being Enough
How much of how we live our lives revolves around a deep feeling of not being enough? Enough, just as we are, worthy of money, of respect, of good fortune, of love.
Shadow Work: Finding Wholeness in Relationship
I grew up in a family that seemed normal and healthy to me—what else would I have been able to compare it to? Only years after I left home and found myself encountering
Plant Spirit Allies: Healing Trauma with Coregulation
A luminous being appeared to me, telepathically explained they were the spirit of chuchuwasi, then became so bright and powerful that I woke up with a gasp.
Psychedelic Integration: Healing after Catharsis
Mushrooms, ayahuasca, marijuana, ibogaine, san pedro, cacao, and other psychedelics are now gaining enormous popularity all over the world as agents of healing.
Why to do (somatic) psychotherapy…
First, many of our lives do not have designated sectors for self-exploration, let alone professionally assisted exploration. Between working, raising kids