Becoming Little Shell
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Becoming Little Shell
I have often found myself wondering what it is I could possibly add to such a capable place, so I listen for what this community needs. I commit to perpetually tuning myself to this question and orienting my actions around the answers I find. I commit to de-centering myself, removing ego, and eradicating saviorism in this exploration. I commit to b... See more
Izabella Zucker • Call me a homebody.
Natalie Audelo added
Aho Mitakuye Oyasin
All of my relations. I honor you in this circle of life with me today. I am grateful for this opportunity to acknowledge you in this prayer
... See moreTo the Creator, for the ultimate gift of life, I thank you.
To the mineral nation that has built and maintained my bones and all foundations of life experience, I thank you.
To the plant nation
Allegra Preuss added
Now it’s my job — and not only my job but also other women’s jobs — to bring back the stories and tell the teachings: about how vanity was born, how ego was born, all of these things. About why vanity and ego are opponents of ours and how we can learn to walk with them, how we can be intimate with them. A lot of the old teachers have died now and h
... See moreMinmia Smith • Under The Quandong Tree
All of us have ancestral memory of what it’s like to live connected, interdependent lives. We may be cut off or too far away from those traditions to claim them, but we can listen to our needs, our longings, and through ritual, rite, and practice build a way of being in the world that honors and makes tangible our connections to one another, to nat
... See moreMia Birdsong • How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community
In Indigenous cultures, everyone has a place in their community regardless of age and experience and they see themselves first as collective groups of kin, then as individuals. We live in a mostly fragmented society where the young are prized for their youth and more experienced members of the working force are abruptly pushed to the side once soci... See more
Medium • Welcome to Terranascient Futures Studies & Foresight
Keely Adler added
Driving back from the café, I was angry at myself. Why had I been so worried about work, something that was clearly not important? As I walked back into my grandfather’s house, the house was silent. He was taking his final breaths. Had I nearly missed this moment because of some silly emails? I joined hands with my family, said a prayer, and left m
... See morePaul Millerd • The Pathless Path: Imagining a New Story For Work and Life
“The empowerment, knowledge, wisdom, caring, and sharing around the table is magnificent. I felt you all before I saw you. One of the beautiful things I can say is that the Creator is on our side because we are walking our talk. That is a power in itself.”