Intention begets action. We must have the intention to change our stories and to dive into our own personal storytelling before we actually make change. But when a recent article said that "we all know people who know the right things to do, but can't do them consistently", the shame implied in that statement gave…
Recently an article came across my social media feed that talked about how the equine therapy industry has deified horses to the determent of honoring their unique personalities, behaviors, and rights as a sentient entity of their own. This mirrors some discussions that have been happening within the spirituality communities, namely the pagan one, who…
The stories we tell about ourselves shape our lives, both our inner worlds and the exterior worlds. Often we don't even realize we picked up these stories, and it takes something profound to shake us out of our stories or even to make us aware of them. The process of working with those stories is…
I generally explain my work as helping those who are on the venn diagram of neurodivergent, queer, and chronically ill/disabled reconnect with their stories so they can be their full, embodied self and live authentically. When I think of that venn diagram, I imagine that there are those who would only identify as queer or…
My relationship with my anxiety has changed. It's like at some point in the past six months or so, I've created a new beginning for myself through my re-story-ation process. Rather than being a vibrating mass of fear and worry, now that I'm focusing on being an embodied person, I sense the changes in my…
It's when times feel the darkest that we can make the most discoveries about our inner stories. What are our inner stories? They're the stories that we've taken in from the world around us, from our culture, from friends and family, and stories that we've internalized on our own. Not all of these stories are…