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Overcoming Trauma

I had severe asthma as a child , so bad my lips would turn blue and you could see my heart beating […]

I found myself sobbing in the car as I was driving to my final day of healer training with one of my […]

For me, a major part of the process of becoming a witch has been about recognizing the worthiness of my own voice […]

Amsterdam, New Year’s Eve, 1997. As the clock in the city’s central square struck midnight, a roar of exultation went up […]

So, if you’re just tuning in, I was describing my time in Amsterdam at 20 years old. Broke, friendless, in the freezing […]

In my last post, we left off in San Francisco. I was a 19-year-old stripper with a passion for dance, a prescription for […]

When I was 19 I had big dreams, but no idea what to do to accomplish them. My sense was that basically […]