I have a lot of poopy-pants, anti-establishment opinions about New Years Eve. An arbitrary date based on nothing but the Vatican’s desire to sever our connection to the Earth, squashing the relevance of celestial events from our sense of time. My New Year has always been Winter Solstice, or the...

Anyone who knows me intimately knows that my faith lies in nature. I believe all the answers we seek for liberation, connection, health, purpose, and healing can be found outdoors. Not many people know what I’ve been up to these days. It’s been a long time since I posted a...

Finding Liberation in Loss with Lacye Winkelpleck Lacye Winkelpleck‘s journey into Integrative Grief Support is a poignant tale of personal loss and the transformative power of embracing grief. In the newest MysticMag interview, she shares the heart of her profession, detailing the essence of Integrative Grief Support and the profound impact it...

As someone who works in the field of ‘self-help’, I’m about to come out of the closet with a controversial viewpoint. Our quest for ‘self-help’ is misguided and is messing us up. Of course, it’s important we care for ourselves. Obviously. Yet, the trend on this quest all too often...

Most often grief is defined as loss of a loved one, and understandably so. When we lose a loved one, we not only lose the person, we lose our plans for our lives together. Our need or expectations for them to be a part of our life is suddenly partnered...

L​ilith lost her favorite stuffy, Snuggles, yesterday.  W​e went to the beach, and she wanted to take her. I should have said no or at least made her put Snuggles in the boot of the bike, but she wanted to hold her. Somewhere along the way, Snuggles was dropped. As...

T​oday it rained. And I prayed and cried and sweat and twisted from my body all the stagnant pieces of a story I hold precious. It’s a childs story. My child. The story of her making and highlights from each year of her life.  It’s a bit comical, now after...

I started this blog without giving much thought to the URL. ‘Loss and Liberation’ felt right, so I went with it. It’s my mode of operation. I go with my gut. The original intention here was to process and NORMALIZE grief. I’ve been so saddened to learn how typical it...

Hands down my favorite dessert of childhood. Every year for my half-birthday, my mom would make me one. She’s adorable like that. She would sing ‘Happy Half-Birthday’ and gift me a little trinket. Now, I do the same for my daughter. If you ask her, “When is your birthday?”, she...

I’m nervous.  Just like all the self-help books and workshops told me I’d be.  My belly is crawling and my mind is racing, but I have tools this time.  I wake up before my daughter. I sit in silence. I reach out to friends. I move my body. I write. I...