I watch too much TV. I stream way more than I want. I love to read, and as a writer, I could argue, I need to read more. But at the end of a busy day, I numbingly plop down with my iPad. It’s been bugging me for years, but have I changed this annoying habit with any...
What Venus Can Teach Us About Boundaries, Peace, and the Power of the Feminine In my very first college class, we read The Feminine Mystique, and it cracked something wide open in me. Suddenly, I could see sexism everywhere—it was like a spiritual awakening that...
In my very first university class, I read “The Feminine Mystique,” and it cracked something wide open in me. Suddenly, I woke up and could see sexism everywhere. It was like a spiritual awakening that expanded my fledgling female world. Unintentionally, I’d landed...
Stop Deflecting Compliments: What the Aries Full Moon is Trying to Tell You 🌕🔥 I used to deflect every single compliment. If someone told me I looked great or praised my work, I’d brush it off with an awkward laugh or a quick “oh, it’s nothing.” I thought I was being...
I used to deflect every single compliment. If someone told me I looked great or praised my work, I’d brush it off with an awkward laugh or quick, “Oh, it’s nothing.” Appreciation made me uncomfortable. I mistakenly thought I was being humble — but, in truth, I didn’t...
I Stopped Making New Year’s Resolutions—and This Ancient Practice Changed Everything I used to set New Year’s resolutions every single year. And, year after year, nothing really changed. Honestly, by the middle of January, I had practically forgotten what they even...
I used to religiously set New Year’s resolutions. I’d write them down, full of hope and determination, and by mid-January, I’d practically forgotten what they even were. Nothing got accomplished. Until I had a breakthrough. I realized the winter solstice is the true...
Happy Equinox! It’s the day of equal day and equal night, when the sun rises due east and sets due west. Unlike the solstices, when the sun swings to extremes, the equinox is all about balance—light and dark, within us and in the cosmos. I just came back from an...
Happy autumnal equinox! Now, you can finally say fall is here — yesterday was still summer. Today, the sun enters Libra, the marker astronomers and astrologers use to signal the shift of the seasons. The equinox is one of only two days each year when the sun rises...
From High School Flashbacks to Eclipse Healing Even now, upperclassmen can make me feel like I’m back in high school—awkward, nerdy, and definitely not part of the “cool kids.” Luckily, my husband balances out my introversion, so I get to be a cool kid by association....
