Reflecting as a mother on the transition my teenage son is making toward manhood, and how I can best support him.
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Brown Rice Batch Cooking Tips and How to Use a Perpetual Rice Starter
Batch cooked rice can provide a base for a variety of meals without having to be prepped and cooked from scratch each time. I use brown rice and soak/ferment it using a perpetual rice starter, for maximum nutrition and digestibility.
You Are Not Alone: Words for When Life Feels Hard
I’m writing right after a full moon, reflecting on struggle, trauma, and how full moon energy can stir things up. This post includes thoughts on compassion for self and others, and the sense that something larger is holding us.
Uses for Chokos – Kitchen Recipes, Animal Feed, and Help in the Garden
There are so many ways to use chokos and choko vines. People food (including recipes), animal food, weed control, and mulch are among the uses listed in this post.
Good Enough and Just in Time – Self Compassion for Parents
When the inner critic gets out of hand, the sense that something’s wrong with your parenting can be crippling. But inside of you and your children an undamaged presence shines like the sun, and the clouds that sometimes cover it are only temporary.
Why We Stopped Eating Organ Meats, What We’re Missing, and How to Start Again
Organ meats were among the most prized foods humans ate prior to industrialization. Here’s why, along with how to start eating them again.
The Space Between Stories: Letting go of Control Might be the Best Way to Help
What if the inner critic’s drive to fix everything is part of the problem? The most effective thing we can do to make a difference is not whatever work we do in the world around us. It’s to become conscious of the roles we’re playing in the stories we are part of.
Breathe Yourself Home
Anxiety and overwhelm feel horrible. And a scattered, dis-regulated nervous system affects EVERYTHING, especially our relationships. Breathing can help. In this post I share how paying attention to your breath can help you calm your nervous system, bring you back to yourself, and even help ease the sense that there is never enough time.
Reverence, Connection, Gratitude — Personal Peace Practices for 2026
On finding the sacred in everyday moments like breakfast – personal peace practices of presence, reverence, connection, pleasure, and gratitude for 2026.
Emotional Regulation: 3 Simple Practices for Peace This Holiday Season
In the culture and times that most of us are finding ourselves in right now, this is the most counter-intuitive work there is — and by far the most needed.