“Western civilization is a loaded gun pointed at the head of this planet.” ~Terence McKenna As I read the story of the recent school shootings in Texas, one question stood out to me the most… What would

"An Encounter at the Edge of the Forest" by Anna Ewa Miarczyńska What creates victimhood in relationships? Expectations and lack of self-responsibility. Victimhood arises in a being who serves

Susan Hill's sculpture "The Mud Maid" in the Lost Gardens of Heligan. Source The wild animals and plants seem to know what they're doing. The rocks, fungi, parasites, and bacteria all seem to

When we feel grief as a child and our caregivers are absent or unable to comfort us through presence or reassuring words, we grow up searching for someone else to “say the right words” to us. The “right

Photo by Mori Kessler Nature immersion is a panacea for emotional distress, because it accesses the causal point of personal, collective and generational suffering. This cognitive, cultural separation

Source: Most people are under the impression that repressed memories are something we need to go to a hypnotist, psychologist or healer to uncover. They don’t realize that these unintegrated, subconscious

Nature-deficit disorder is an atrophied awareness, a diminished ability to find meaning in the life that surrounds us. This shrinkage of our lives has a direct impact on our physical, mental and societal

Nature-deficit disorder is an atrophied awareness, a diminished ability to find meaning in the life that surrounds us. This shrinkage of our lives has a direct impact on our physical, mental and societal

“Do you really want to step into abundance and gift? Then do something that offers no direct path to return...something about which you can honestly say, “I'm doing this because it is my pleasure to give,”

No matter the addiction (drugs, social media, porn, gaming or food), it is not the cause of our suffering or dysfunction. The root cause is unintegrated emotional charge, stemming from our childhood

We come into relationship, expecting unconditional love, while carrying a list of conditions. Conditions we place on ourselves in order to feel worthy. Conditions we place on another to be worthy of our

The initiation of a medicine woman or man is not pretty. Many of us...all of our lives... have been taught to suppress who we are and the medicine we came here to bring. Some of us "initiates"

Rest is the way… More or less Less means rest Rest is the best Medicine for the obsessed The more I confess The less I regress The more I undress The less I feel pressed To seek an outside source of success

Aloha! Happy Pink Full Moon nature lovers! I used to think I had to have a garden or a plot of land to practice permaculture or to steward the land. I’m learning more and more that ALL of Earth is our

One of the greatest crimes against humanity is the “medical religion’s” failure to address the root causes of dis-ease. And one of the saddest outcomes of that failure is the loss of our elderhood, humanity’s

The Revolution will not be televised You will not be able to stay home, brother You will not be able to plug in, turn on and cop out You will not be able to lose yourself on skag And skip out for beer

This post was inspired by my friend @traisto and the Herbal Hive Community’s monthly challenge to write about detox. I realize I’m too late for the challenge but I thought I’d post anyway because I really

I’ve been seeing this word “misinformation” a lot in the news lately. Every side is pointing at the “other,” accusing them of spreading so called “lies”. It’s hard to know who to trust for un-biased insights.

Aloha Hive family! Let’s talk about bowels and vowels 💩 😮 And how to get off the medical merry-go-round! In my previous blog post here I discussed how self-regulation brings us into a feeling of safety