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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
Apr 1, 20242 min read
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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Feb 29, 20242 min read
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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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 30, 202015 min read
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
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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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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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Aug 19, 20195 min read
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.
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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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Jul 8, 20195 min read
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, ...
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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 29, 20193 min read
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...
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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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