Praying At The Altar of Busy

I could have build my home here, on the precipice of frenetic action, riding the wave of my own utter exhaustion and the meager urge of stress hormones coursing through my veins. I could have build my home here. It was comfortable, believing that everything is an emergency. Believing, deeply, that my goodness hung in the … Read more

On Bravery in Creation

Over the next couple of months I will be sharing the sweet, brave stories of women that I admire who are doing beautiful work in the world. The very first of these posts is written by the powerful and delightful Esmé Weijun Wang – so I totally adore and am really pleased to welcome to my … Read more

Praying in the Kitchen

When my world gets big and discombobulated, I often find myself in the moment of choice. I could choose to become escalated, loud. I could choose to rail against the multitude of things showing up, throwing myself on the floor in a fit of tears and terror about the enormity of it all. Or I … Read more

Tender Sustainability

This week, I wrote a secret prayer for a woman that I don’t know . I rolled it up and laid it sweetly into an a tiny altar that I had made for her, surrounded by star shaped sparkles and images of blooms budding. I wrote: You deserve a revision – then another. Delicious, unhurried … Read more

When Our Darkest Parts Seem Impossible to Hold

There are movies that I feel compelled to watch, even though I know that they will be hugely difficult and triggering for me. I see them coming my way, peripherally watching the trailers or making plans to see them with my friends. And then, when it comes to watching them, I freeze. There is never … Read more