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Category: Body & Health

Body & Health

Culling, destruction, and birth by menopause

I am experiencing menopause. And also a deep gleaning of my business ventures, clients, relationships, subscriptions, and some obligations too. And, I think these processes go together: bodily…

September 21, 2025September 22, 2025 · 3 min read

Body & Health

You won’t all get this, and that’s okay

Menopause is like a pack of wolves in a bitch’s clothing. So fun to play with tools like Facebook color boxes, then turn them on their head by…

August 30, 2025September 1, 2025 · 1 min read

Body & Health

Empathy isn’t pathology, Mr. Musk

If you are feeling a bit too much empathy, and it has you on the floor feeling terrible, don’t go to war with it, up-level it into compassion.…

April 11, 2025April 11, 2025 · 4 min read

Body & Health

Edge of Seventeen

Enjoying the full-bodied rebellion of peri-menopause, and the strength of youth. My well read (and generally badass) friend says to me the other day, “there’s a hormonal link…

March 26, 2025April 1, 2025 · 3 min read

Body & Health

High Commitment to a Low Standard

A way to make and sustain great habits. I’m pretty much sure we’ve all heard the adage “practice makes perfect.” And then as adults we recognized that perfection…

March 18, 2025March 18, 2025 · 4 min read

Body & Health

Smoking Yoga

And how I inadvertently replaced a bad habit. I smoked 2 packs of cigarettes a day for 14 years. During the last 7 of those years I struggled…

March 6, 2025March 7, 2025 · 3 min read

when you come down to it, the only ground you stand on is the ground you stand on
Body & Health

Are you freaking out? Try a simple practice for sanity and strength

There has been no end of folks reeling since we’ve had crazy makers at the helm of our executive branch. The extra work some of us need to…

February 27, 2025March 2, 2025 · 4 min read

Body & Health

So, I’m at the grocery store, not buying eggs

I’m seeing young parents wheeling around their kids in carts, and think: I did that. Yeah, I had kids, am still raising them, and I deserve some kind…

February 23, 2025February 23, 2025 · 2 min read

Body & Health

Nurse Maid Bird | Movie Mode

I shouldn’t be happy when my 15 year old daughter is home sick, but I am. I delight in getting to take care of her because there are…

February 12, 2025February 12, 2025 · 3 min read

Body & Health

A Prompt for Nature Knowledge

Some days I walk through the woods and wonder “what is nature telling me today?” The answers are always simple. Nature tells me that old needles fall off,…

February 5, 2025February 5, 2025 · 1 min read

image of starry night and boat by Zoltan Tasi
Body & Health

Gravity & the living force of psychological pressure

A few months back, I lay in my bed around 3 in the morning, watching the shadows of the branches crawling across the ceiling. The craggy shapes were…

January 17, 2025January 30, 2025 · 5 min read

Body & Health

7 | 8 Reflections

alphabets, art, hospitality, & coverings Dear Lisa,This morning I woke up naturally, later than usual and in a warm and dark and quiet place, with a beautifully comfortable…

January 9, 2025January 9, 2025 · 5 min read

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