For six years, we tended to them—my husband and I—two beautiful thread agaves, potted outside our adobe front door, nestled on either side of the entry like silent guardians. They sat inside a small courtyard among bougainvillea and hummingbirds, enclosed by a Santa Fe blue gate and an adobe wall. Their spiky, lizard-green thorns were […]
February 4, 2025
Making the Darkness Conscious: Embracing the Shadow as a Gateway to Wisdom & Power As a little girl, at bedtime, when the lights went out, I would pull the covers up to my chin, terrified of the red-horned monsters or the vampires I was certain were lurking in the shadows or underneath my bed. When I […]
January 30, 2025
Hello Brave Soul, While the calendar may have flipped weeks ago, today is when the energy of renewal truly takes root. Unlike the Gregorian calendar, which follows a fixed, man-made structure, the Lunar New Year aligns with the first new moon of the lunar calendar, connecting us to Mother Earth’s natural cycles. Celebrated by many […]
January 30, 2025
The afternoon desert sun shimmers through our bedroom window. The San Pedro cactus in our garden radiates a vivid neon green glow. Our two-year-old son is at daycare, and the house is, dare I say, quiet. My husband and I snuggle in bed. I am awestruck, grateful from my bones to the crown of my […]
April 22, 2024
Dear Beautiful Being, For over two years, I have been in a cocoon (or as I like to call it a ‘babycoon’) with my husband and our baby boy. It has been a season of deep slowing and an amazing blessing to do so. As I emerge and come back online, it is my great […]
