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.
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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
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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,
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Apr 2, 20227 min read
Everything I Know About Healing Trauma
Are you worried about the state of the world? I am too. That's why I want to share with you everything I've learned about healing trauma.
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Jan 2, 20225 min read
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.
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Jul 4, 20219 min read
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...
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Oct 27, 20205 min read
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.
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Sep 4, 20203 min read
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
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Jun 5, 20205 min read
Racism and the raw deal of the middle ground
The work of owning our privilege and uprooting our oppressive behaviors is uncomfortable, but necessary. Public demonstrations and mass mov
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May 20, 202010 min read
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?...
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Apr 16, 20208 min read
You don't have to go vegan to save the world, just eat like a Mexican
Some people can thrive as vegetarians, but I am not one of them. When I hear the dictum to go vegan to save the Earth from environmental dis
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Mar 31, 20204 min read
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
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Jul 15, 20199 min read
To My Friends Who Are Horrified By The Treatment Of Migrant Children At The Border
Why do Latinos come here? Do not think for a moment that Latin America hasn't tried to remedy poverty. Every time the CIA has interfered.
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Jun 4, 20198 min read
Going Home Will Always Break My Heart
As the airplane crosses the border, I hug my young daughter to my chest a little tighter. This imaginary line of river and sand along...
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May 8, 20197 min read
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
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Apr 24, 20197 min read
Silence is not an option #metoo, part 1
When I was a teenager, I thought I´d made up my mind about the abortion issue. Why would anyone need an abortion, if they could use...
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Apr 19, 20195 min read
What is self-care, really?
When I worked with torture and abuse survivors, I couldn’t stand to watch violent movies. I couldn´t even look at the news. I learned...
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Apr 10, 20195 min read
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...
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Jun 10, 20185 min read
Shamanic Training 101
In 2011 I was called to study with Hank Wesselman, paleoanthropologist and teacher of shamanic practices. I say called because in the...
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Jun 7, 20185 min read
I healed my dog with shamanic methods
Trigger warning: dog attack. After his old dog died, my previous partner, Todd and I adopted a border collie with eyes full of soul. ...
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