The Blessing and the Curse of “The Extraordinary”

The Blessing and the Curse of “The Extraordinary”

Here we are in an extraordinary year that is anything but amazing (most of the time). In spite of it all, we are constantly surrounded by chances to stand sovereign in our own choices and to call in our own kind of magic when the usual ways of the world are inaccessible.

We’re called redefine the words and rewrite the story and re-member all the pieces of life in a new way.

The Alchemy of Story: Write to Heal Yourself and Your Reader

The Alchemy of Story: Write to Heal Yourself and Your Reader

When we work on a piece of writing, we’re also performing an act of creative alchemy.

In its simplest form, “creative alchemy” describes the movement from inspiration to manifestation. You turn a jumbled collection of ideas into a flowing, finished story. Here’s how to turn the writing that heals the self into the writing that heals your ideal readers and clients.

For Those In Need of Rest: A Formula, A Prayer, A Spell

For Those In Need of Rest: A Formula, A Prayer, A Spell

I just want to go back to the womb cave and listen to endless drumming until I feel stars inside my skin.

Exhausted by all the doing, worrying, and waiting, we just want to get quiet and be held by an elemental heartbeat. We long to devote ourselves to beingness.

This writing prompt gives you the permission and inspiration to imagine a place beyond the doing and the striving.

Listen Deep, Speak True: On Being a White Writer Writing About Race

Listen Deep, Speak True: On Being a White Writer Writing About Race

It is a time to listen, and it is not a time to shut up.

It is always a time to listen. It’s never a time to shut up.

Ok, sometimes it’s a good idea to just stop talking, but let’s meet here as writers, storytellers, and people who wish to heal with their words. Let’s meet as writers who are trying to write about race.

A New Moon Ritual for Sovereignty Seekers

A New Moon Ritual for Sovereignty Seekers

My wish for you, sweet Sovereignty seeker, is that you find comfort in the shadows as well as the sunshine. I hope that you can learn to sway beneath an empty sky as surely as you know how to howl to a full harvest moon.

And so, I offer this new moon meditation to you.

Forget World-Changing, We Need World-Renewing

Forget World-Changing, We Need World-Renewing

Once upon the time, I used to use phrases like “world-changing” and “change the world” with wild abandon.

Now, that the world has changed so dramatically in just a matter of months, I realize we need to adjust the way we use such phrases. Instead, we’re called to invest ourselves in the transformative magic of “world-renewing.”