For many people 2025 has been one wild and not so fun roller coaster of a year. Certainly it has been here. And as I review my year, given that…
It's interesting how words become defined into narrow corridors of meaning when language is constantly evolving and shifting. Like a lot of things in our culture, spiritual has become cordoned…
Three times I day I bend at the waist, step through the gate, and enter the horse pasture because I don't want to open and deal with the heavy 16'…
We tend to think of our mental health and physical health as separate. The same thing is true of our spiritual story and our mental health. Quite often modern therapy…
There is wisdom to be found in the non-human world, and when we are looking to craft our own systems of spiritual care it is extremely helpful to look at…
When our nervous system is unreglated, often we are disconnected from our body, even though we may experience physical symptoms. For those who are neurodivergent, something that often comes up…
We're about two weeks away from the winter solstice, but the horses' coats started getting longer back in October as the light began to quickly fade. Fortune always grows a…
I've long called my horses my physical and occupational therapy. Let's be honest, they are often my emotional/mental health therapy too because of how being around them can really calm…
I'm getting ready to defend my thesis on Friday and one of the core aspects of it is personal gnosis, commonly called unverified personal gnosis or UPG. Gnosis comes from…
What is a spiritual story? What the heck am I talking about?
Spiritual story is something I've been thinking about a lot to try and define into something I can…
I spent some time with the senior mare this afternoon working on grooming her and replacing her regular fly mask for one that is in high vis orange. And as…
In an earlier podcast (Episode 4: What Does It Mean to be AutiSpiritual) I talk about the meaning of the term AutiSpiritual, which has its roots in such related terms…
I shamelessly have borrowed the phrase "spiritual buffet table" for this podcast because I don't know about you, but I love buffets. You can choose what you want depending on…
Horses are ingrained in our myths and legends. Whether it's Buchephalus, the horse ridden by Alexander the Great, the great racehorses Ruffian, Secretariat, Man o' War, and Seabiscuit, or even…
Allow me to geek out just a bit with my religious scholar hat on, but I've been thinking about something for a while now and finally, thanks to reading a…
What is spiritual bypassing? How is it embedded in most modern religions and how can understanding it help you bring more accessibility and disability liberation into your religious practice?
This…