A Menstrual Art Exhibit

It started as a wild impulsive notion on April 8th 2024, the day we watched the dark moon totally eclipse the sun here in Texas: “Let’s have a Menstrual Art Exhibit!” It was a suggestion that seemed to emerge from nowhere, yet I hollered it over to Katie in the campgrounds after watching this celestial phenomenon, and it was met with a very enthusiastic, “Let’s!” At the time, Katie was only one of two women (hello Clare, my Red Temple Podcast co-host!) that I knew who painted with their menstrual blood as a profoundly beautiful ritual and womb healing practice. …

Irish Pilgrimage Along the Celtic Wheel of Life

This Summer on my visit home to Ireland, my husband and I hired a camper van and headed out onto the small and windy roads of the beautiful Emerald Isle, for a 10-day pilgrimage to the sacred sites. Wondering about the best way to share this amazing experience with you, it felt most powerful to align the sites we visited during our trip to my Celtic Wheel of Life, taking you on an archetypal journey of birth, death and rebirth in relationship with the ancient sacred sites of Ireland.

The Life-Changing Gift of Self-Compassion

Practicing self-compassion might just change your life in ways you never anticipated. I heard about Dr. Kristin Neff’s pioneering research on self-compassion soon after I moved here to the USA, in 2012. However it wasn’t until 2015 that I took her online self-compassion test. Let me tell you how that changed my life …

Women – What Brings You Joy?

It’s International Women’s Day, and it’s got me thinking about all you wonderful women around the world. Are you treating yourself today? Are you being kind to you, in some way? Are you engaging in something that brings you joy? Something that’s just for you? …