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Last month I traveled to Ireland to visit the old neolithic burial mounds and the seaside where my forebearers most likely made their home. I

It’s the cornerstone of every self-help book, spiritual workshop and guide to awakening. It’s the medicine that people from all walks of

So many of us walk about our days with the distinct sense that something is waiting to be born through us. A creation that has our name on it,

Over the years my healing practice has slowly shapeshifted. As I learn more I expand my modalities, fine tune my particular playlist of offerings

Recently I’ve started doing something highly unusual for me, something that is so alien it’s almost like speaking a foreign tongue. Lately, I’ve

The first time I ever opened a book about flower essences I cried. Tears just sprang out of my eyes— not out of sadness per say, but out

Learning how to see the world is a precious experience indeed. To be able to pick out the plants by name, to notice the dandelions and the

The heart is not just a mindless muscle. Nor is it the simple stuff of greeting cards or blockbuster movies or even cardiology exams. In

As a culture we prize all things brightly illuminated. We cherish the summer and grow bitter in the cold. We electrify our homes to be white as

A quiet has settled over these hills in the past few weeks. A hush that rises from the fading amber of the landscape and its open-limbed