The Delight in Cultivating Joy and Beauty
As I was finishing up my last blog post on Cultivating Play and Rest, BrenĂ© Brown dropped another and very timely podcast with Karen Walrond, author of the Lightmaker’s Manifesto.…
As I was finishing up my last blog post on Cultivating Play and Rest, BrenĂ© Brown dropped another and very timely podcast with Karen Walrond, author of the Lightmaker’s Manifesto.…
Early one morning, as we drove from suburbs into farmland, my friend’s dashboard emitted a worrisome DING and this warning appeared on the GPS screen: Confirmation Unverified area ahead. Exercise…
Nature Easing Environmental Anger, Anxiety, and Grief (Editor's note: this article was written for a course at Rockhurst University on "Writing for the Environment." Students paired with nonprofit organizations to…
In my last blog post, I wrote about activism as self-care…..which for me is the easy part….doing. But as I am learning, self-care should also include adequate rest and play.…
Reflecting on Embodied Activism and Overwhelm I've been thinking a lot about the concept of embodied activism and how it relates to eco-aware activities that give us the most stress…
This is the third blog post of a three part series about art, nature, and wellbeing. Check out my blog posts on music and poetry. I've never really considered myself a traditional…
This is the first of a three part blog series about art, nature, and wellbeing. Watch for my poetry and art journaling blog posts coming soon! I love music’s ability…
https://vimeo.com/639233670 My inspiration When I first read Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teaching of Plants, I felt I had been handed down a roadmap of tools, stories,…
Glennon Doyle referred to “activism as self-care” on a recent On Being Podcast, and it was a moment of epiphany for me. I love The Resilient Activist’s definition of activism:…
When I was 26 I embarked on the most profound healing journey of my life. I worked with a therapist from a body-centered, somatic place to unearth my core childhood…