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Naming our own matrilineal lineage is an initiation of our sovereignty and an invocation of our milk line. My daughter, Nymue, and I did...

Our recent unschooling adventures have been focused on the medicinal mojo of the ocean, plants and wildlife. We went to the Farallon...

I am experimenting with an unschooling path for Nymue. Unschooling is based on a philosophy that purports that when we trust in our children's innate curiosity for life, they will flourish in a constant state of learning. The path offers children the space to explore the world around them for themselves in accordance with the form and pace that feel appropriate to them. In his book, Learning All the Time, John Holt (who coined the term "unschooling") writes: Children, withou

I'm slowly integrating an unforgettable adventure - an incredible opportunity to surrender to what is, emanate love, and embrace the unexpected as a path of transformation. Within the first 2 hours on the playa, I found myself in an ambulance on the way to the medic tent resulting in 7 stitches in my forehead. Soon after, the battery on my camper van died, my generator broke, and the propane tank leaked. Then to top it off, Nymue's babysitter didn't show up until the day be

I’ve been struggling with words and with how to hold the heartbreak of what is happening around me. I feel devastated by what is occurring at Standing Rock, with the devaluation of Black Lives, with what is happening to our oceans, our planet, our people, and our political system. I struggle with a sense of impotence to affect real change. I am writing now from Bali. I came here to try and get some perspective on it all. Yesterday I took my daughter, Nymue, to the beach to j

Nymue has been into receiving acupuncture lately. When she sees the tables set up she often asks me to put needles in her- even indicating to me where she wants me to put the needles. I appreciate her clarity of knowing what she wants: when to put the needles in, when to take them out, and where she wants them put. This intuitive and effortless wisdom is something I aspire to in my own life and practice. Marion Rosen used to talk about this as well. She said in earlier years