Jul 13, 2025

There’s a moment that comes after the healing, or most of the healing anyway — one that few people talk about. It’s the quiet after the storm, when the ego finally stops bracing and something else is allowed to unfold. I’ve talked before about the ego as the structure which holds up the framework of Self. I used the analogy of the central ring in a yurt. When...

Jun 27, 2025

Have you heard about the various manifesting abundance practices floating around out there? It’s hard to avoid them, actually. But I decided to try one — it was the challenge of the month in one of my practice groups. Midway through that month, I ended up watching the 2020 Dracula series on Netflix. (I know — unexpected detour. Just stay with me.) To set...

Jun 11, 2025

“What’s your awakening story?” It’s a common question in spiritual spaces — the assumption being that if you’re “awake,” something big must have happened. A veil-ripping moment. A dark night of the soul. A kundalini rising. A mystical near-death experience. Something cinematic and impossible to ignore. Something… dramatic, inspiring, titillating. But what...

May 9, 2025

There’s an idea among many spiritual seekers that the ego is a bad thing and that we need to somehow ‘get rid of it’. A few teachers remind us that getting rid of the ego is not possible, so instead we need to subdue it or otherwise minimize it. Essentially, we need to either excise or repress the part of us that interfaces with the world in...

Apr 30, 2025

Years ago, my husband and I were having one of our many philosophical conversations about emotional truths. He brought up the topic of betrayal, and I sat with it for a bit before realizing something that surprised even me: I don’t actually believe in betrayal. At least — not in the way most people mean it. He was certainly surprised by this perspective, and...

Apr 22, 2025

I remember listening to one of the many candidates as they stumped during the primary season this last year. I listened with a growing sense of dis-ease as they spoke about how obvious were the various solutions for fixing the many ills being discussed. “Just do that … like last time!” I paused and sat with the feeling, asking it what message...