spirituality
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Release — What My Guides Told Me About Unburdening My Spirit
There is a particular kind of exhaustion that lives in the spirit rather than the body. It doesn’t go away with sleep. It doesn’t lift with coffee or sunshine or a good conversation. It sits quietly beneath everything — a heaviness you carry so constantly you almost forget it’s there. I’ve been carrying that kind… Continue reading
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Home in My Blood — A Journey to Ireland and Scotland
I haven’t done a lot of international travel, but I have always wanted to. Since I was five years old I have had a mild obsession with England and Ireland. I had only ever seen photos or snippets on television — I had never met anyone from there — and yet something in me recognised… Continue reading
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Unfolding: Finding My Way Back to Myself
UnfoldingUnder the night skythe moon hidden by trees,surrounded by shadowsof lessons unlearned.What lies within them,secrets I hold,truths unspoken,tears that have been spilled?I cannot see the moon,I trust it will guide mewhen I am ready.In the dark nightis where I grow.Unfoldingas their eyes remain closed.They restas I battle.They stay stillas the moon moves melike the tides.It… Continue reading
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The 13 Wishes of the Rauhnächte
The other evening I was laying in bed scrolling Instagram when I came across a reel about a Winter Solstice Ritual. Curiosity piqued, I listened— and almost immediately, I knew I wanted to participate. It is an old European folk practice known as Rauhnächte (pronounced ROW-nik-ta). It originates from Germanic, Alpine, and Central European traditions,… Continue reading