dr. nick alder
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dr. nick alder
Devotion is built over years by choosing your priorities every single day. Being committed to something for that long requires deeply knowing yourself and what your heart longs for, not just chasing what someone else has. More than that, it requires faith. You have to believe that what you’re devoted to is meant for you and it will hold you.
Devotion is a choice
“…devotion is the highest form of self-reverence. devotion is what transforms discipline from a rigid obligation into a deeply personal commitment—one rooted in care, intention, and an attentive understanding of your own needs. while self-love is the foundation, self-reverence is the elevation—the act of honoring yourself so fully that your choices
... See moreSomething I think about a lot is how liberation has always been spiritual, always been embodied. There’s an ancestral component to this. Getting ourselves free has always involved spirit, and always involved the body.
I don’t mean spirit in a floaty, abstract, white-washed way.
I mean ass-shaking.
I mean hair-braiding.
I mean altar-tending.
I mean sweat... See more
I don’t mean spirit in a floaty, abstract, white-washed way.
I mean ass-shaking.
I mean hair-braiding.
I mean altar-tending.
I mean sweat... See more
Jamila Bradley • Joy Is a Strategy: The White Leftist Struggle With Spirit
For Assata, spirituality was not an escape but a survival mechanism, a wellspring of strength, and a practice of remembrance. In Cuba, she deepened her understanding by studying African and Afro-Cuban religions, where ancestors and ordinary objects—rocks, leaves, shells—become sacred (Ifa-Orisa is an Earth based practice). She described this... See more
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
... See moreMia Birdsong • How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community
Listening to my ancestors helps to soothe me. These days feels like a valuable time to turn to them; not just because it was likely worse for them, but because we have also inherited their perseverance and determination toward survival. Paralleling my life with theirs I am reminded that there is always a way through and the suffering is not at the
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The words we use to talk about nature are disappearing. Here’s why that matters.
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