What Comes Next

What Comes Next

Something deeply foundational is being shaken right now. I am sure you can feel it. The quaking is in our bones. The memories it is igniting are both ancestral and otherworldly. The fear of change, of disaster, of destruction, of death – palpable. The systems we...
Is Freebirth Dangerous?

Is Freebirth Dangerous?

As many of you know, The Guardian recently came out with a series of articles and podcast episodes investigating The Freebirth Society (FBS) and its founders Emilee Saldaya and Yolande Norris Clark (if you don’t know, I recommend reading and listening before diving in...
Sacred Rage

Sacred Rage

The rage I’m holding in my hands right now feels holy – sacred in its complete dissolution. Kali with her many arms flailing, weapons branded, teeth dripping with blood. Holy protection. Holy revenge. Holy rage. And it scares me too. Because this is the rage...
The cost of peace

The cost of peace

I have spent the last 20 years of my life studying ceremony, women’s health and sexuality, and the blood mysteries. When I first started on this path I was young, naïve, full of spit and fire – and addicted to ceremony. I went to every ceremony I could. During...
Apprenticing at the Altar of Motherhood

Apprenticing at the Altar of Motherhood

I have walked the Red Road path since the age of 19. Well, maybe it’s more accurate to say that I’ve meandered on and off of it. It has called me. Pulled me. Hit me over the head with a 2×4. I’ve tried to walk away from it many, many times. And I kept getting...