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Category: Body & Health

abortion story
Body & Health

Ordinary Abortion Story

If you know me at all, you know I try to let my work speak for itself, and I don’t like to reveal myself clearly online. It’s scary…

October 16, 2024October 17, 2024 · 1 min read

"Rune" a #SymbolWork by EMWe Art (Elizabeth Mullen Matteson)
Body & Health

Title remains silent

She wanted her confection, her conception to be a “good good.” This is because the truth of her experience had told her if there was “good” there was…

September 21, 2024April 7, 2025 · 6 min read

photo by Elizabeth Mullen Matteson
Body & Health

Spirits of the Medicine Women

Last time I was up at the hospital getting a routine mammogram, the test happened “behind the veil.” The experience was like a dip into the world of…

September 6, 2024September 6, 2024 · 5 min read

Body & Health

Sock Drawer Philosophy

When I moved in with my husband I had a funny insight about styles of life. I was loading balled up socks into the bottom drawer of my…

July 11, 2024July 11, 2024 · 1 min read

Photo by Chris Sabor
Body & Health

Showoff

That’s right. I’m done acting modest here. The show is off. Woke Wednesday Yoga. For first time in months. I tried pose to rock onto single foot.Chuck Berry…

April 24, 2024May 21, 2025 · 1 min read

Body & Health

So, just how do you sleep at night?

One of these Master Class titles floated through my social media feed that says you should talk to yourself like a friend. Since I’ve been awakening to the…

April 5, 2024April 8, 2024 · 4 min read

Body & Health

hitting the speed limit

Tomorrow I turn 55, and I kind of love this age and all it represents. This birthday reminds me of my old restaurant days when I waited tables…

February 27, 2024February 28, 2024 · 5 min read

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

Practice Notes – Jan 19

I’ve been taking Buddhism classes with Jungto Society, and I love them. The classes teach about the history, the philosophy, and the principles of Buddhism, but mostly they…

January 19, 2024January 19, 2024 · 2 min read

Body & Health

Shortcut to Autopilot

A few times in my life, I discovered a tool so powerful, that it’s use alone was enough to reach a goal. From about 15 on, all I’ve…

October 7, 2023October 26, 2023 · 4 min read

Body & Health

Dear Young Fury,

You are in the hospital, intubated after your 5th attempt, and I still have yet share this truth with you. I hope it helps you know yourself and…

September 6, 2023September 8, 2023 · 6 min read

Body & Health

Survival is a fast car

On a recent talk the speaker asked her audience how many were “in survival mode.” One quarter of the hands went up.* I found this revelatory, not because…

July 7, 2023August 10, 2023 · 4 min read

Body & Health

“getting it” by being grounded

Hi T & O! Hey, you totally don’t want to hear a lecture from me, but I have so much to tell you before I get too old,…

June 25, 2023October 28, 2023 · 4 min read

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