I was French-kissed by a wolf. A true kiss. She stuck her tongue right into my mouth, while staring into my eyes. It was a sign she liked me, and another rich experience on my spiritual journey through nature and indigenous culture.
While the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade directly affects women in America, the tremors of the decision are being felt worldwide in the wake of the Taliban’s prohibitions on women and girls. One writer captures the impact of public and private affronts to women’s rights — and offers a way forward.
It would have been easier if I could just give up altogether, but some nagging positivity inside wouldn’t let me. DNA is programmed for survival, and survival relies on hope of change or a future outcome.
Is prosperity earned or granted? A bit of both. For me, it starts with taking care of myself to cultivate an environment to prosper. Intention, action and luck all play a part.
I’ve got five methods of helping myself prosper. Some of them are my own doing, like switching to an ‘attitude of gratitude,’ and others are external. Warning: This story includes rats!
For three decades I carried around a really big secret. My personal epiphany was a series of lessons where my truth slowly revealed itself to me. Today I am happier than ever, with an unshakeable self-belief that my struggles have been lessons so I could answer my calling.
“Anything is possible,” is a core belief of mine. It’s in the American DNA, for sure, and exponentially so if you hold the New York City mentality, but it carries a burden that tested my wellness.
The 2020 U.S. presidential election revealed serious symptoms in the body of 331 million people that are America. If the country were a patient, the diagnosis would be auto-immune disease.
Never would I imagine that a politician would speak publicly of Angels, Heart, Soul, Love, Faith, God, Universe, Empathy, Breath, Hope, and Hugging. But that’s what President-Elect Joe Biden did in his victory speech. His recognises his first job as healing the rifts that divide America.
People embark on The Way of St. James in Spain for different reasons. For me, it was a 20-year aspiration to see the Galician coast. I got much more.