Embracing Growth with the Prosocial Shame Ladder Last night I made a confession to my husband, something I had actually never told him before. A pattern of shame that lives in my body daily that I have been holding in isolation, unconsciously. …

I sat down to write this to help myself make sense of what is going on in me, in humanity, collectively, on this earth. The world contains multitudes, and there are just as many unique experiences on this planet at this moment as there are living beings. But there are…

We must want the change. — I read this poem this morning, And it settled into my bones in a way it never had before. I am living in a world that is dying. We all are. Things are changing in ways and at rates that we can’t fully understand yet. We may never fully understand. …

(Even when it feels like we’re at peak extraction/domination and everything is doomed) The Bad News If you’re reading this then you likely know these things, but it’s worth getting on the same page. We’re surpassing planetary thresholds that are setting into motion exponential feedback loops of chaos. The wettest and coldest places on Earth are burning, and many of the fires have been set intentionally…

The most important force in the universe that you probably haven’t heard of. It’s an idea that has remained in such a narrow niche of human thinking that there’s not even a satisfying wikipedia article about it. The term was popularized in the last century by R. Buckminster Fuller, whose life was dedicated to making “the world work for 100% of humanity in…

I am daily overwhelmed by news of catastrophe and also of hope, and though I try to maintain a wide and inclusive view of what is unfolding on this planet, there are some things that are so dynamic, so nuanced, and so rapidly evolving that it takes some time for…

Take a moment, close your eyes, breathe deeply, and think about what you love most in the world. What are a few words to describe how you feel? I feel grounded and steady, like I’m rooted to the earth, or have a blanket, heavy and soft, wrapped around my shoulders…

“This is a new life, and I am not afraid.” Walking along the dirt road path between my home and the temples of Kashi Ashram, the community in which I was raised, the steady rhythm of my footsteps gave rise to this sentence. All I could hear in my mind were these words, “this is a new life, and I…