“…I share my experience now because I know I’m not alone, and I hope it will help someone else.”

“Liberation is tied to our social well-being as a collective. We cannot fix this world until we come home within, to ourselves, to the land, to all of life, including each other… Liberated self does not need to commodify and destroy the earth to make money."

“I keep saying it’s brave to grow older, but it is. Because it’s the time when you’re confronting everything you’ve ever done and passing judgement, and hoping you come out on the plus side.”

“I worked hard – really hard – to not stifle their grief… so many memories of me as a youth trying to stop any family dynamics that included pain.”

“…in allowing ourselves to speak, to share our anger and our pain, we allow ourselves the opportunity to find acceptance, understanding, and belonging...”

The many ways we recharged, restored, rekindled our fire throughout the year.

Reflections from throughout the year on what - and who - keeps us going.

“I am grateful for the ways that they are able to see past the façade and remind me that I am indeed fundamentally worthy of all the love, all the belonging, and all the connection that I desire.”

“It’s been almost a year without a smartphone now and I thought I’d share a few things that I’ve learned…”

"...if in your thought you must measure time into seasons, let each season encircle all the other seasons... let today embrace the past with remembrance and the future with longing."