The dark season surrounds me this year. Or, rather, I am consciously dropping into it. But, it is also spilling…
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Blogmas: 7 days of pure presence
Y’all, there are 7 days left of Blogmas. How?! I truly cannot believe that the Winter Solstice and Christmas… are…
Blogmas: Saint Lucia and the medicine of the dark
Happy Monday, y’all! And welcome to one of the coziest days of the year in Sweden. There’s music, candles, mulled…
Blogmas: The gifts of these dark and dreamy days of winter
Good morning, y’all. And Happy Saturday! It is a dark and dreamy winter’s day. The sun rises so late, close…
Blogmas: This dark new moon can help us cast a vision forward
Do we even dare to cast a vision? 2021 is coming to an end and I am seeing lots of…
Looking for a little closure as November comes to a close
What a month. So dark + emotional. So cozy + slow, and yet also filled with a flurry of activities….
Life Lately: I am deep in the heart of November
I am deep in the heart of November. And, as I write this, the full moon’s energy is most definitely…
I found my own wisdom when I vowed to go deep
I vowed to go deep into the darkness this month. To settled into it. To explore the mysteries + wisdom…
Mood of the Month: Meet me in November’s dark, mysterious void
November is the dark, mysterious void. It is the time between the end + the beginning. It is not the…
Welcome to The Gathering: Starting November 1st
I’d like to personally invite you to The Gathering starting November 1. A 30 day creative journey to the innermost…
This Moody November: 6 ways to survive these dark days
you guys. this november is a moody one. i didn’t mean to drop off into nowhere the past few weeks,…
Ghost stories: Letting go of what haunts me
Alright, here we go. Just a few days until halloween and I thought this would be the perfect time to…
Home again: The pandemic rages on + darkness settles in.
Things aren’t going so well here in Sweden. Covid-19 cases are on the rise and my county/region has been the…
The Medicine of the Dark: Enter the night + discover your light
Ahhhhh…December is here with all of it’s magic + mystery + medicine. And it feels absolutely amazing. I truly believe…
Something new is born under November’s dark new moon
November’s dark new moon is the perfect time to plant seeds. To dream dreams. To let the darkest days of…
My rituals for this weekend’s portal into the new year
All births begin in the dark. There is a passage from nothingness to somethingness, from chaos to order, from emptiness…
This year I am frightened by all of those moody October vibes
Happy October, y’all. Anyone out there as excited – and frightened – as I am? Every single year, without fail,…
The Sacred Wheel has turned + I am celebrating the New Year
Did you know that it’s possible to use Samhain/Halloween as a marker for the beginning of the turning of the sacred…
Week four: The mystery of the dark journey home
We set our clocks back in Europe this past weekend and that means that darkness is upon us. There’s no…
Week three: Why this is the perfect time for forest dwelling
Quiet. Contemplative. Mystical. Moody. Calm. Slow. Intentional. These are states of being in which I dwell these days. It’s late…
October + the dark journey home
I had a dream in the dark, early morning hours of Saturday that a deer laid her head on my left…
3 soul-stirring themes to explore during the autumn equinox
Ahhhh… the autumn equinox is upon us in the northern hemisphere + my soul is so very content. This is…
My love letter to sweet, soft Autumn
Dear soft autumn, You are just around the corner. I can feel you in the air. And in my bones….
It’s not too late to get in on August’s New Moon potential
What if, instead of being afraid of the dark, instead of stumbling around in the dark + avoiding the dark,…
Day 16: The pain of being present in the dark
I’m over it. Work, that is. Oh, don’t worry. There’s nothing wrong. My job is just as fabulous as it…
Being present. Day 11: The light of Lucia
I’m not quite ready to celebrate the coming of light in the dark, for right now, today, we are beginning…
Being present. Day 7: Dreamy dark winter mornings
It’s no secret that I love dark winter mornings. And, around here, since it is dark forever it seems, it’s…
10 quotes to ponder in the darkness of autumn
It’s getting darker as we move deeper into autumn. October’s new moon has come + gone, and now we are…
Thursday’s new moon ushers in the darkest season of the year
With this new moon, we enter the phase of the year that holds the darkest days and longest nights as…
Surrendering to September’s Dark New Moon + Resting in the Equinox
We all know that as autumn creeps in, we tend to turn inward as well. The air turns crisp. Rain…
the longest night of the year: sinking into the winter solstice
i woke this morning before 6. just before my alarm went off. as i pried open my eyes +…
the week that i focused on my soul // 50
In the end of November, with the beginning of the season of Advent, I re-invented my morning meditation time. Knowing…
my mindful december: kindle the fire within
hello, my friends. well, december is here. and, oh how i love this month. not only for the holiday feelings,…
october’s new moon calls us deep into the darkness
it’s time to dive deep into our souls. and just dwell there for a moment. deep down it’s dark. and…
reclaiming december // the last post of the series
the darkest days are over. we have just started to emerge from the depths of our caves. not, fully out…
reclaiming december // winter solstice: one last night in the dark
this morning (monday morning), i did my last meditation in the dark. starting tomorrow, i will begin to light candles…
reclaiming december // how to find your voice in these dark times
well, now we are here. deep inside our caves. it’s the 4th sunday in advent, the last sunday in advent,…
how i’m surviving the bleak midwinter (& ready for a new year)
in keeping with my unintentional musical theme this week, a song popped into my head this morning as i sat…
week fifty // the week that was all about one moment of light
hey y’all. i’m gonna do things a little different this week. i had a good week last week, and was pretty…
reclaiming december // the mystery of the dark
when it’s dark, there are no details. no exacts or specifics. everything is formless. and in that formlessness lies the possibility of…
reclaiming december // a dark new moon is just the beginning
f*uck it. let’s just do this already. things have been changing and crazy and tough and beautiful for the past…
reclaiming december // i don’t believe in silence
it’s 10:30 pm and i am barely gonna squeeze in this second sunday in advent’s post before the day is over….
reclaiming december // settling into our caves
hello, friends. and happy weekend to you! i apologize right off to all of my southern hemisphere readers if some of…
reclaiming december // here’s how to stop being afraid of the dark
it’s dark out there, friends. and sometimes i am really scared. for some of us, it is literally dark. december…
reclaiming december // why i am deciding to spend the next 4 weeks in a cave
i call it my advent cave. and, yes, i am going to hibernate in it for the next 4-5 weeks….
i think we need to learn to tuck the darkness in
i promise i’m not depressed. really. but, i did say that i was going to focus on trying to embrace…
why i am not afraid of the dark
In the beginning of October, I wrote a little about moving forward after some intense changes in my life. You…
embrace your dark side: a playlist for october
“when i die, i’m alive. when i lose, i find my identity.” – the middle east the american in me…