The Date I Learned I was a Specialty Food
May the thoughts of you as a specialty food, brought here on earth just for the people you’re here for. Find the people who delight you, who you admire, who feel safe to be around. Spend more time with those people! Learn from them and become more and more YOU.
My Favorite Fair Trade Tee Shirt Store is Having a Rare Sale!
Jamie’s designs are so awesome and the whole store maintains ethics that are important to me! All garments are fair trade, sweatshop-free, and WRAP certified. They are hosting a rare sale good through Friday for 15% off orders $40 or more! So many good gifts for friends or self!
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My Bone Broth Recipe!
I always save my veggie ends and almost dead veggies from the fridge. I have a couple of gallon ziplocks going at any time, and I’ve found that no amount of onions is too much, a whole bunch of scallions tastes impeccable as broth. (You can make a veggie broth this way, and I would suggest if omitting the bones use 1- a few medicinal mushrooms! Reishi! Turkey Tails! Whatever loves a long boil!)
The I Want You to Be Alive for Next Year’s 2023 Holiday Gift
I love shopping my values! The single biggest thing we have influence over under capitalism is where we spend our money! It’s also where we put our time and energy.
You Don’t Need to Perform Okayness: Peculiar Holiday Grief Feelings
If you’re reading this and feeling weird about the holidays, I want to encourage you to borrow Angela’s line “I don’t have to perform okay-ness.” You don’t have to spend time with people who feel draining or who you think you have to tap dance for.
And the Pandemmy Award Goes to… Claire my Laughter Yoga Teacher!
First of all, I’m grateful for the practice! Yoga is about breath and so is laughter! Life force energy is found in our laughter! Being silly and joyful intentionally is so good for your health and experience of the world. Especially when it feels out of control!
I’m on Week 3 of a 9 Week Microdosing Protocol and Here is How it’s Going
All of this is provided for information purposes only and not a substitute for medical care! Around the time of my Virgo season mental health spiral (TM) part of what was spinning me out was a lack of… anything to look forward to on my calendar. Third Pandemic Winter. Seasonal blahs. When I started to […]
How I Keep Myself Accountable to Vote
I’m remembering an election when I was living in Brooklyn. A little more than ten years ago, in my 30s, voting was no longer a novel thing I had waited my entire adolescence to get to participate in. I was once so enthusiastic about voting but how to get myself to vote when I was sliding into complacency?
Suicide Awareness: What if It’s Not Your Energy That’s Dragging You Down?
I wanted to include this post in this series on suicide because it sometimes is opportunistic energy. When we are depressed, anxious and/or stressed our immune system is lowered and so is our spiritual immunity.
Suicide Prevention Awareness: How I Address Suicidal Thoughts
I believe our thoughts and our internal rage have messages and there’s something under the chatter about my unworthiness that’s an unmet need, something to be witnessed, or something I might need more support to work through.
Suicide Prevention Awareness: How I Create Impulse Control for Myself
Of all my accomplishments, staying alive this whole time is the one that has required the most strength and endurance. I’m proud. I hope my tools inspire you to curate your tool box.
Nobody Ever Died of Awkward: A Funny Flattering Script for Asking People Out
more hard conversations I know how important developing the skills to have those conversations is to creating a life worth living. A script makes that easier!