Category: Myth, Archetypes & Soul Work
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Embracing the Dark Season: Wintering, Dhumavati, and the Art of Doing Less
Before I dive in, I need to name the person whose teachings have shaped my entire dark season this year: Natalie Rousseau of Living Ritual. Natalie is a therapist, witch, and creator of some of the most beautifully invitational seasonal programs I’ve ever taken. Her work has been a quiet…
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What If You’re Not Inconsistent—Just Complex? A New Map of your Inner World
I used to think something was wrong with me for being so… layered. Some days I was bold and clear. Other days I’d spiral into a tender fog. Sometimes I wanted to write poetry in a field of wildflowers and other times I wanted to burn everything down and start…
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The Descent is Not a Failure: Inanna, Depression & the Map Home to Ourselves
We were never taught how to fall apart. Only how to rise. Only how to perform resilience. Only how to keep going when our souls beg us to stop. But what if the falling—the unravelling, the breaking down—is not a malfunction? What if it’s the beginning of something important? There…
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The Sacred Spiral: Why Healing Isn’t Linear (And Why We Circle Back)
We live in a culture obsessed with forward motion. Faster, higher, better — as if life were meant to be a straight road leading somewhere final and triumphant. But nature, soul, and healing move differently. Growth is not a ladder we climb. It is a spiral — a sacred, ancient…
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The Wild Edge: Discomfort, Myth, and the Practice of Brave Living
We live in a world that teaches us to avoid discomfort at all costs. To optimize it away. Numb it. Reframe it. Fix it quickly so we can get back to functioning. But that’s the logic of disconnection. A world that profits from our sedation, our silence, our smallness. We…
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Shedding Skins: The Myth Behind The Wolfskin Project
In myths from many cultures, there’s a recurring story: A woman who once roamed wild — as a seal, a wolf, a swan — has her magical skin stolen. She is forced to live in the human world, cut off from her true nature. She builds a life there. She…
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Archetypal Psychology: The Stories Living You (and How to Work With Them)
We don’t just tell stories. Stories tell us. They shape how we see ourselves. What we believe we’re capable of. What roles we slip into without even realizing it. The underdog. The caretaker. The rebel. The one who keeps it all together—until they can’t. If you’ve ever felt like you’re…
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Tending the Hearth Within: Self-Leadership During the Holidays
As the year winds down and the holiday season approaches, you might notice an inner buzz—a cacophony of voices and emotions rising within. These are the voices of your inner archetypes, each with its own desires, fears, and hopes for this time of year. The holidays tend to activate parts…