Understanding Grief in the Context of Love
We define grief as the sorrow of loss, but deeper down, it is the abrupt silencing of the sensory inputs we relied on to define love. But what if life isn't just the 'meatsuit' we drive through spacetime?
Demarginalizing Death - Recommendations for Living
In the West, death is a taboo black hole we avoid at all costs. We huddle in a snug bubble of false security, ignoring the fact that our way of life is like walking on thin lava. But what if we embraced the idea that nothing is secure?
The Fragile
My friend met his death yesterday at the young age of 43. Experiences like these leave us laden with grief and questions that cannot be said out loud. But this raw emptiness serves as a reminder: our lives are like thin glass.
Re-Membering Who We Are
My friend spent decades creating an identity for someone else, only to find herself holding the remnants of a life that can no longer be hers. It makes me realize how easily we choose the path of least resistance. We must learn the art of 're-membering': the opposite of being pulled apart.
The Culture of Crisis - How Chaos Becomes the Norm
I marveled at the number of times I heard the word 'crisis' yesterday: fuel, drought, economy, healthcare. We have accepted chaos as a way of life, constantly looking for someone to blame or a system to topple. But these modern industries are not the only way to thrive.
Intentional Moments - the Road to Joy
We don’t consciously choose to forsake happiness for irrelevant, fleeting pursuits; we are lured there by deceptive images and a culture that tells us wealth is money. But true prosperity is social. Deep joy—the kind that makes the shoulders shake with laughter—only comes through intentional living.
Reimagining Affluence
We live in boxy homes and call it affluence, yet we remain dependent on failing systems and robbed of our sleep. We’ve been taught that wealth is money, but what if true affluence is the complete dissociation from time itself? Our future depends on reinventing what makes us happy.
Polar Avoidance
We need our villains. Historically, we’ve always assigned that role to someone to create a clean narrative of good and evil. But native medicine demands we move beyond this. We must stop looking for a villain 'out there' and begin the uncomfortable process of reflecting on ourselves
What Survives the Fire
We strive for comfort and security, relying on our culture to define what those things mean. But when our systems fail and our 'little empires' fall, we are often blindsided by the sting. What if these fires are intended as teachers, not destroyers?
Native Medicine
Native medicine - or indigenous medicine as it is likely more properly to be called - is medicine that resides
