This is Body Work. This is Heart Work. This is Courage Work. Dear White Progressive Friends, I find myself triggered these days confronted by ‘progressive’ white friends who want to …
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A whole year without Dad in it. Endless words on paper trying to capture new beginnings. Collective trauma and healing, teachings swirling through my head and heart onto pages. Continuous …
PHOTOGRAPH: JOSHUA BERSON Did I hear correctly? Did I hear with all the assurance of a middle aged, white, able-bodied middle/upper class, heterosexual man say there are no victims in …
Reflections on the recent incident of a white family assaulting a black man for accidentally running over and killing their dog in Fort Jeudy, Grenada, WI. As another white bodied …
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Deep into azure blue stillness, we sit in these postures, folded legs, eyes closed, shoulders dropped sage cupped in hands. Tiny miracle waves touch shorelines with a swoosh of pebbles …
“Trauma is not what happens to us, but what we hold inside in the absence of an empathic witness.” Peter Levine How do we build capacity to bring our full …
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My friend Karen Wilson shared a poem she wrote recently, ‘White Egret Speaks’. Her poem expresses sentiments many have expressed regarding the developments taking place in what used to be …
When you don’t hear back from the well-respected, beloved teacher after spending days deliberating how to write him skillfully, respectfully, compassionately; cultivating courage to call in, call out, call forward …
Walking home from the bus I see Theo’s neon pink BMX leaning against the shop. I creep up to the bike and spin it around. I look up at the …
