A Menstrual Art Exhibit

It started as a wild impulsive notion on April 8th 2024, the day we watched the dark moon totally eclipse the sun here in Texas: “Let’s have a Menstrual Art Exhibit!” It was a suggestion that seemed to emerge from nowhere, yet I hollered it over to Katie in the campgrounds after watching this celestial phenomenon, and it was met with a very enthusiastic, “Let’s!” At the time, Katie was only one of two women (hello Clare, my Red Temple Podcast co-host!) that I knew who painted with their menstrual blood as a profoundly beautiful ritual and womb healing practice. …

The Sacred Majesty of Our Blood

Becoming a Wild Daughter of the Great Mother It was under the new moon in April many moons ago that I truly saw my menstrual blood for the first time. Even though I was about to turn 42, I’d never given my menstruation much attention – navigating it each month like most of us have for generations – as an inconvenience, a taboo and part of “the curse”. But when I consciously connected with my moon blood for the first time – held it, painted with it, and returned it back to the earth – it felt like my womb, …

The Life-Changing Gift of Self-Compassion

Practicing self-compassion might just change your life in ways you never anticipated. I heard about Dr. Kristin Neff’s pioneering research on self-compassion soon after I moved here to the USA, in 2012. However it wasn’t until 2015 that I took her online self-compassion test. Let me tell you how that changed my life …