As we journey through life, any time we experience unresolved trauma, our human ego fragments into different parts. In shamanism, these are lost soul parts, reunited in a process called soul retrieval. In Jungian psychology, these are the archetypes within that have been pushed into the subconscious shadow. In interfamily systems, these are the different…
I’ve stopped looking for “The One”—the one person I’m meant to spend the rest of my life with. That’s what we’re supposed to be looking for, right? When we’re 31, and single again, and have spent the years watching our friends and younger sisters have beautiful bohemian style weddings in lace dresses on the beach…
The medicine wheel is a term used in shamanism to represent the cycles of healing we go through during our lives. It’s a circle because it continues onward, restarting every time we reach the end, so that it never truly ends. It traditionally has four points, represented by the four directions and by four animal…
At 3:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time on June 3rd 2019, the moon reached the new moon phase of her cycle. We can find tons of information online on how to apply this new moon in Gemini to our lives. Gemini is the ruler of communication and partnerships, while the new moon is a time for…
What happens when life falls apart — completely? Every inch of it destroyed. To be fair, sometimes it’s exactly what we’ve asked for. Maybe in a meditation to the new moon, or a prayer stick thrown into the fire, or a penny thrown into a fountain, we ask that our life be transformed completely. In…
Wine is an ancient form of alchemy, a process of turning sweet grapes into dry alcohol, that has been around since the neolithic period in ancient Egypt and Greece. Wine was safer to drink than water due to its alcohol content, and therefore led to better health and longevity. And, of course, wine made social…