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Mother Earth Is a Feminist
Using Ancient Knowledge to Heal Ourselves
and Raise our Children as Peaceful Stewards of our Planet
We Are Not Orphans If We Are Children of Earth and Sky, March 2024 Gems
Despite the fact that many of us have felt excluded, and orphaned in the world, we belong because we are children of Earth and Sky.
Apr 1, 20242 min read
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Gems of Wisdom, February 2024
Welcome to my Gems of Wisdom. This month I began offering what I've learned from 20 years of working at the intersection of Healing Trauma,
Feb 29, 20242 min read
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What I Learned From My Brain Adventure
The reason I've been quiet lately is that five months ago I had emergency brain surgery. Here 's what I learned from the experience.
Jan 2, 20225 min read
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Let's Talk About Death
In the past four years since the pandemic began, many of my loved ones have made their transition back to the Spirit World. Advanced in...
Jul 4, 20219 min read
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Growing Food Is Good Medicine for Healing Trauma
Most people don't know this, but there is a quiet revolution happening in the field of healing trauma.
Oct 27, 20205 min read
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Healing Soup for Those Who Lost Their Homes in the Fire
Drizzle olive oil into your favorite blue pot.
Chop onions into tiny cubes.
Let them sting your eyes and draw out your grief.
Cry for the fr
Sep 4, 20203 min read
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Why read pandemic literature in a pandemic: interview with Meg Elison
We don't read pandemic or dystopian literature just to entertain ourselves. We read it to imagine the things we cannot seem to grasp
Jun 30, 202015 min read
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No, I don't want a medal: Why I breastfed my child for four years
I could’ve just weaned her, I suppose. Even some well-intentioned mom friends would mutter things like, “What do you want? A medal?...
May 20, 202010 min read
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Grief and Gratitude: Your two essential skills in the Time of Coronavirus
The thorny virus is making it clear that nothing in this life is guaranteed. What we have, we can lose. And loss has a way of sharply brin
Mar 31, 20204 min read
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The Dream That Moved Me To Write This Blog and the Activists Who Inspire the Shero Within
A dream about environmentalists Greta Thunberg and Kelsey Juliana made me write this blog, opening doors to activist communities everywhere.
Aug 19, 20195 min read
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An Apology To My Daughter On Her 3rd Birthday
Just because we don't throw you a big party to celebrate your birth, doesn´t mean we love you any less. In fact, we love you more, ...
Jul 8, 20195 min read
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Meet Catia Juliana, whose daughter is suing the US government over climate change
Catia Juliana speaks: activism, raising siblings, giving our kids information and hope, and how her daughter came to sue the US government.
May 15, 201914 min read
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An environmental education in 5 snapshots
Five moments of my life where I had profound realizations about the speed at which we are destroying our planet and the paths to restoration
May 8, 20197 min read
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The Sick Baby Blues
My daughter brings more illnesses from preschool than art projects. The thing that costs $1000 a month and is supposed to buy me three...
Apr 29, 20193 min read
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Why I March With My Daughter, or It's Never Too Early To Get A Feminist Education
My friend chuckles, “We see what you're up to on social media: there goes Magali, marching again with her two-year-old.” He’s referring...
Apr 10, 20195 min read
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Raising Little Earth Stewards, part 1
When my daughter Sophia was born and her tiny curled up body rested on my chest for the first time, I panicked. Heavier than my doubts...
Apr 3, 20194 min read
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