So far, this incarnation has been fraught with losses, rife with disappointments, heavy with heartache. There have been untimely deaths of loved ones who seemed to be about to cross the threshold into a beautiful and interesting life, not out of it. Serious health diagnoses that changed the way you navigate space, relate to food, see your self-imag

From this perspective, we can’t help but consider loss and longing as cruel and unruly, judging ourselves to be doing something wrong when we fail to get away from the pain.

Whenever my jeans become a little tight, my self-worth begins to deflate.

It is not necessary to pass through elaborate initiations and pay for expensive seminars to earn access to a place where we can meet Reality and say yes to it.

While many of us feel suspicious of religious hierarchy and alienated by religious dogma, we are deeply drawn to the essence of the world’s wisdom ways, and we find tastes of that elixir in the teachings of the mystics—especially the women mystics—of every spiritual tradition.

Stephen Levine, revered for his pioneering work with conscious dying,

Let us engage, and even invent, practices that feel aligned with our own spiritual sensibilities. Trusting our soul’s innate knowingness, flinging ourselves into the mystery. Practicing in multiple spaces, with diverse communities and alone, allowing your edges to melt into the One. Then letting your heart break open all over again when you remembe

Maybe you say, “No, thank you” to any kind of organized religion and, instead, cultivate a direct relationship with the Beloved in the temple of your own heart.

She has never asked much of you in return. Up until now, your gratitude has been enough. Your delight has been her reward. Up until now, she has not needed you as you have needed her. But that is shifting. You have grown up, and your Mother the Earth is in peril. She cannot hide her distress from you, and you would not want her to. You are mature e