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Groundedness
embodiment
self-love/power
personal authority
truth-seeking/speaking
breaking down hierarchies
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What Ayurveda Can Teach Us About Our Emotions
Image by Gloria Williams from Pixabay Most of us have difficulty accepting our emotions, especially the uncomfortable or embarrassing ones like anger or envy. Our reaction to feeling these emotions rise up is often to bury them, reject them, or quickly try to reframe them. But emotions are the greatest truth-tellers our body has and…
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What Ayurveda Can Teach Us About Our Emotions
Image by Gloria Williams from Pixabay Most of us have difficulty accepting our emotions, especially the uncomfortable or embarrassing ones like anger or envy. Our reaction to feeling these emotions rise up is often to bury them, reject them,...
Why Are We Still Romanticizing Normal?
The trouble with normal You hear it too, right? The sweet, sweet sound of normal calling us? Or, if you don’t hear it, can you feel it? The pull to shore up the societal guardrails, hide the mess, and pretend...
How My Body Forced Me to Reevaluate my Life and Claim My Deepest Authenticity
Image by Stefan Keller from Pixabay A Burning Constitution I came into this world with an abundance of fire energy. In Ayurvedic philosophy, I am a Pitta dosha — constitutionally made up of more fire than water, earth, or air. Like...
Death, Taxes, and the Near Certainty of American Obstinance
Image by kalhh from Pixabay I don't know about you, but I'm dizzy. A new COVID variant, B.1.1.529, or Omicron, has been discovered in South Africa, and has already begun its international tour of vulnerable human bodies. If, for some...
You Can be a Pessimist and Still Live a Healthy, Happy Life
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay Defensive Pessimism I often consider myself a reasonably positive person—that is, until I meet someone who is really a positive person. I’m referring to the kind of person who is forever pointing out silver linings. The...
Feed Your Curiosity’s Appetite
Image by Stefan Keller from Pixabay What is the point? Asks my ego. Yeah, but what are you going to use it for? Asks the culture. Isn’t learning that now a waste of time? Ask many a well-meaning observer of...
Grown-Ass Adults Who Don’t Seek Personal Growth Hurt More Than Themselves
Image by Barbara Iandolo from Pixabay Did you hear that a woman was raped on a SEPTA train in Pennsylvania, and nobody stepped in to help? A man ripped her clothes off in full view of the other passengers and proceeded to assault her....
