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On words, self-talk, and gently coming back to ourselves

Not long ago, during one of our winding conversations, my beloved friend said something that stayed with me. She said:“I complain all the time, and I complain out loud, because that’s the only way I can...

Sweep your own doorstep first

Our home is the foundation we grow from — the place that holds us and shapes us. That’s why caring for it, talking to it, and loving it isn’t silly or sentimental. It’s essential....

The very beginning

In the very moment this post is coming into being, I’m lying in a hammock stretched between two lavish olive trees. They lean over me, casting shifting patterns across my bare legs, tanned by July sun....