It’s times like these when we can so easily withdraw, isolate, and zoom waaaay into the infinite facets of our own individual lives and go into hyper-vigilant, problem-solving mode. I get it. And while I fully support attending to one’s health, family, etc, I want to invite you into a bigger inquiry. What’s bigger than a world pandemic, Dana??Your contribution…
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a training for you + your feels
I used to shut down when big feelings started welling up in me. Dissociate. Goodbye feelings! Hello, hazy drifting through intense times without really having to feel anything. I would tell myself it was a healthy response, “Just let the feelings wash over me and be done with them.” But I didn’t really feel my feelings…I didn’t actually know how…
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your inner elder (move over inner child)
“Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others.”― Pema Chödrön Why can self-compassion be so hard? BECAUSE YOU’RE SO GOOD AT BEING MEAN TO YOURSELF.* Oh, I wish it weren’t true. But you have a ton…
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is it hard to know what you want? this’ll help.
Sometimes we learn through inspiration (ie “Wowza, I want that exact thing/ to be that way”) and sometimes we learn through contrast (ie “Whooooaaaa Nellie, I do not EVER want that again/ to be like that”). Sure, most of us would rather the inspirational wisdom, but that’s not always what the universe delivers. Contrast can feel deeply unpleasant. Ultimately, it…
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rest!
Have you ever had your body just tell you to stop? DO NOT PASS GO. QUIT IT. YA BASTA! Maybe it came through an external expression like an accident. Or maybe through an internal break-check like illness. These are the most common ways most of us receive the info to slow down…we usually need a huge hulking sign to just…
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but is your husband going with you?
“No, he’s not invited.” That’s the question people kept asking me when I told them I was going to Hawai’i to launch my group course, start birthing a book into the world, and in general just be in a tropical paradise. I wanted to be by myself. To have a new experience. To stretch out of the comfort zone of…
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living by my truth, not my programming
It’s been a month since I’ve posted. Honestly, I felt a little over-communicated and needed to rest and rejuvenate — which was hard. Yes, rest can be hard because it requires us being vulnerable with ourselves (and perhaps others in our life) to admit we need it in a world that praises harder, faster, and more efficient. Look, it’s complex…
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sustainable activism
[originally published in (the exquisite) ravenous zine, issue III “activism”] The divine masculine is personified as focused, purposeful, discerning, and courageous. In its purest form, the masculine is pushing us forward into our future. A magnificent one ripe with possibility and meaning. The essence of the divine feminine is that of profound connection and intuition. Of a nurturing and undulating…
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