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Discernment is a word I use all the time. It's root is from the Latin discernere  "to separate, set apart, divide, distribute; distinguish, perceive" (Online Etymology Dictionary). Simply defined, it means "the ability to judge well" (Oxford Languages). Generally, when we think or talk about discernment as a process, we are operating as if it is an entirely cerebral process, driven entirely by our thinking and reasoning capacities. That is certainly true, in part; it is also

I love my people. In the very first session after I launched my new website, the person I was meeting offered me an incredible gift. After congratulations and chatting about the new shape of my practice, she asked if I was open to a piece of constructive feedback, and then shared that, if she had looked at my new website when she was first finding me, the framing I was using of "if these questions make you uncomfortable, I might not be the person for you" would have closed he

There have been so many moments throughout the past 6 years when I think to myself, they sure didn't prepare us (both the "they" and the "us" are as nebulous as possible) to do this work in these times... As as a result of that, my growing understanding of the needs of my own brain, energy, and nervous system, and as part of my commitment to reaching for the balance I preach, I've become clear that I need to manage my spoons as a healer. This looks like a number of things, i

My uncle always used to say “we fall backwards into our lives” and I have found that to be true for me–my path to this moment has not been linear and certainly has not been as I envisioned when I was graduating from high school, college, or even my masters program. I come to this work partly due to my own experiences of power-based harm (both experiencing and causing), my longing for and commitment to co-creating a world where all beings are respected and thrive, and a deep