Read moreWelcome to Season 14! Last season’s lessons were big ones. I hit a personal breaking point with my lifelong survival strategy of acute overwork and learned to sleep through the night for the first time in my nearly four decades on planet earth. I traded in a white-knuckled ladder metaphor for something more embodied: I […]
Read moreAs per usual for this time of year, I’m writing from Big Sky (#weddingseason), coming at you with the final Deep Dive for Artifice, Season 13. This season closed with three beautiful conversations featuring fiber artist Cricket Jergens, tattooist/illustrator Makoto Chi, and conductor/educator Chris Ramos (returning for Part II, as promised!). Of course, I will […]
Read moreMy April Deep Dive is a full month late—partially due to a front-loaded wedding season, partially due to some serious nervous system reprogramming I wasn’t expecting. I recently heard someone describe trauma recovery as a series of “false floors.” The bottom falls out. I’m still very cocoon goop, and I’m sure it’ll be a bit […]
Read moreHappy Aries Season! It’s my favorite time of the year. Trees are blooming, birds are singing, flowers are popping up all over, and our backyard bunnies are flashing their cotton tails around with reckless abandon. I would spend my whole life in April if I could. Per last month’s Deep Dive, I’ve been doing my […]