Notes from the Path #70 - Fireweed
a weekly reflection from my wandering
A Tender Space
Reflections on what it means to be human in a world that sometimes dehumanizes us. Tenderness, embodiment, community, human development, and of course, holding space.
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Are female friendships subversive?
Subvert: to secretly or actively undermine, weaken, or overthrow an established system, authority, institution, or set of ideas from within.
Notes from the Path #69 - Are You My Mother?
a weekly reflection from my wandering
Let's be their elders (so they don't have to turn to the AI version)
What nourishment will feed the hunger of the next generation?
Is our culture (and the internet) keeping us stuck in adolescence?
Maybe it's true that "everyone on the internet is twelve"
Notes from the Path #68 - Good Rainbow Weather
a weekly reflection from my wandering
To understand a tree, you need to learn about the forest
Why it's so important to be systems thinkers and how it helps us imagine a better future
Notes from the Path #67 - Soundscape
a weekly reflection from my wandering
The temptation to lead frictionless lives
What does our addiction to comfort cost us?
Holding Space is Cringe
It might be because you're doing it wrong
A tree, a flat tire, and the messiness of being human
Holding both the flourishing and the harm (inspired by a Wendell Berry poem)
Notes from the Path #66 - What the squirrel said
a weekly reflection from my wandering
Notes from the Path #65 - Shallow soil
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Living with an invisible disability that’s hard to name or get professionals to take seriously
A diagnosis that finally made sense of the struggle
Notes from the Path #64 - Slow like a slug
a weekly reflection from my wandering
"I hope you're scared of only ordinary shit"
On religious trauma, suicide, codependency, R.L. Stollar, and the lyrics of Noah Kahan
Notes from the Path #63 - Dipping under the water
a weekly reflection from my wandering
Matriarchal Community
Prioritizing women's relationships and queering the world
Notes from the Path #62 - When awe is hard to find
a weekly reflection from my wandering
To hold the tension between despair and hope, desire and contentment
To be human is to feel deep emotions. How do we survive the depths?