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The Dark Side Isn’t the Moon
We can send humans around the dark side of the moon, but circling our own emotions? Still a stretch. As we celebrate another leap outward, the real question lingers: what would happen if we put that same energy into exploring ourselves?
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Your emotions are a spiritual map for healing trauma
Your emotions aren’t random. They’re signals pointing you back to your deeper self. Drawing on Jung’s insight, this piece reframes midlife struggles not as crises, but as spiritual awakenings. When we stop avoiding what we feel and begin processing it, healing, clarity, and real transformation become possible.
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Beyond the Guru: An Authentic Spiritual Awakening
We retired the word "guru" after a parade of scandals exposed beloved spiritual teachers as manipulators and predators. Now, the shaman is having its cultural moment - and the warning signs are beginning to look unsettlingly familiar. Are we romanticizing another archetype of spiritual authority, or have we finally learned our lesson?
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Silence of the Spiritual Stars
The polished image of "higher consciousness" is crumbling, and the loudest sound coming from the biggest names in spirituality is silence. What happens when charisma gets mistaken for integrity?
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Begin Healing Old Patterns In Our Online Elevation Ceremony
Most people know cannabis. Almost nobody has used it like this. Breath, movement, ancient practice, and a plant as an optional ally. Not to escape yourself, but to finally land in yourself.
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Portugal Bans the Burka: Why Erasing Women Isn’t Culture
Portugal’s proposed ban on face coverings has stirred deep emotion. I see this moment as a reckoning with shame and visibility. Being told to hide your face isn’t culture – it’s erasure. My work is about freeing ourselves from the stories that silence us, and this conversation reminds me that being seen, in all our humanity, is where healing begins.
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Holding “Healers” to the Standard They Claim
Trust is the foundation of healing work, and it falters when integrity isn’t lived. I’ve witnessed “Sage Daddy Syndrome” – where lofty words mask broken agreements and avoidance of responsibility. In this reflection, I share why discernment is essential when choosing guides, how to protect yourself with clear questions and boundaries, and how together we can raise the standard for accountability in the medicine space.
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2 Weeks with the Boom Tribe
Two weeks. Scorching temps. Forty thousand people vibrating to trance in the Portuguese sun. Boom Festival felt like stepping into another world where glitter is clothing, hugs are sacred, and your only job is to immerse yourself in the experience. I wasn’t on a quest for transformation like so many others attending – but I did swim nude, sleep soundly through nonstop psytrance beats, and practice peeing gracefully (sort of) in a compost toilet.
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Gurdjieff: Your Misery Will Save You
George I. Gurdjieff was what you’d call a modern day mystic – an unconventional spiritual teacher who was committed to “waking up” as many people as possible. His mission was to guide people living in the U.S. and Europe to higher consciousness, believing that humans exist in a state of “waking sleep” – essentially held captive by the unruly emotions that run them.
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The Problem with Positive Thinking
Don't worry. Be happy! Whether it's a secular or spiritual environment, so much of what we're taught about how to manage our thoughts boils down to one message: "Don't think those bad thoughts! Think only good thoughts!” And it’s a prescription for mental disaster.
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Old Lady Hands [Body UNshaming: 69-ish]
This body shaming thing is so insidious. Now, with my awareness in full gear, I see just how deep the self-shaming goes. The latest example was just last week when my executive assistant, Carsey, sent me a picture of myself and said, "Wow! I love this picture! Can we use it?” My response was immediate and visceral: "Old lady hand!" ...shouting over our back-and-forth text messaging.
Read more →Emotional Healing With Psychedelics: A Soulful Path
You may or may not have heard that the psychedelic community's abuzz over what amounts to a HUGE defeat in moving psychedelics to a place of legal acceptance in the United States. And, of course, it's considered a defeat for the rest of the Westernized world – given the U.S.’s outsized influence on such matters.
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