i learn experientially. i often feel slow, behind the clarity, behind the certainty that others have. my questions focus on things i feel, things happening under the surface. sometimes that’s […]
Tag: healing
come on home to me
come on home to me black warriors, hard edges learn soft from my thighs there’s no drama here you can leave it at my door i will wait for you […]
in semi-poetic response to my mri
technology means i can get an instant notice on an app that my mri results are in. and i can wade through the foreign language of Medicine enough to feel […]
You Have Permission
We are winning. It’s devastating. Those who believe that the attention of this country (and world) needs to be placed on the death, violence and oppression that result from white […]
i love my hip, i love my healers
the healer community in detroit is pretty amazing. small, but gifted. i work with adela nieves, who is trained as a curandera, and with enid carter, a black mama masseuse […]
packing my octavia butler bag (reflections on the field innovation team boot camp)
i am returning from a gathering that felt like a redirection, or next thrilling iteration, of my life resources. a few months ago, my friend renna reached out to me […]
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healing out loud/claiming frida
(drafted this last week on the road) feb 24, 2014 last week i received my contributor copies of the anthology dear sister: letters from survivors of sexual violence. my piece […]
dropping into body
spent the day today driving down the coast of california, hiking, dancing, laughing. i have never regretted saying yes to a road trip in my life, it is sweet to […]
wild seed (geek-out notes)
i recently got to hold space for an intimate conversation on octavia butler’s novel wild seed with a group of fans/geeks at solespace in oakland. i mostly didn’t document it […]
how about a beginning of self-determined care?
my friend b loewe wrote this blog an end to self-care, and i was moved to respond. hi lovely b 🙂 thank you so much for putting this out there, […]
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