when the maps stop working

A personal account of what happened when my New Age spiritual practice stopped working—when manifestation felt hollow, my empowerment teachings failed me, and I had to cross a threshold with no map. This is my story of five years in the underworld and what I found on the other side.

life hangs in the balance

I think about death a lot, but have been contemplating it even more this week, as my kitty, Syntha, lies in a hospital cage with a deadly virus-parasite combo. Siezed by the #2

to live inside out

to live with an open heart is to turn yourself inside out and then stay that way to live with an open heart is to feel love for the things you care about

destroyer of worlds

For most of my life, I identified as a rebel and considered myself a lover of freedom. A freedom almost always defined by what I was running from, rejecting, or pushing against. I