I can’t believe how long it’s been since my last post all the way back in January. So much has happened. So much has changed. I plan to write more about all of those changes, but first I want to take a moment to thank the Lightworkers – the healers, of others, themselves and the earth, of broken systems and cultures and communities, out there doing the living, loving work of repair in the world.

I so appreciate all of the folks out there who have a gift of seeing the whole picture, driven to find the links and breaks, in the matrix of the interconnectedness of all things. Naming it, over and over. Lovingly pointing to it, doing it, and holding the ground for others to awaken and join in the quest for peace, love, safety, belonging, and healthy connection to the earth. We don’t have to figure everything out for ourselves. We don’t have to start from scratch. We can use the groundwork already laid as a jumping off point!

Just a few of them:

• Ron Finley and all the other gangsta gardeners out there fighting food deserts and connecting people, food and the earth
• Sage Hayes, Francine Kelley, and all the rest of you who tirelessly work for equality and social justice, both inside the Somatic Experiencing community, and beyond, who aren’t afraid to call it out, forcing us to expand, wake up, and be accountable
• Dr. Zach Bush, for explaining the link between illness and the food produced by dead soil
• Dr. Daniel Siegel, for explaining mindfulness, interpersonal neurobiology and attachment, and going beyond mindfulness, to explain the importance of community and belonging, and healing ourselves from the sickness of othering
• Dr. Raja Selvam, for explaining the importance of, and the how to simply address stuck emotions
• Katie Bowman, for sharing the importance of movement, for both the body and for the earth, and teaching us how to feed the body the movements it so desperately needs through her books, and direct support resources
• Dr. Doug Tallamy, for identifying and teaching all of us about the importance of supporting and nurturing keystone plant species in our own yards to support biodiversity, and for creating Homegrown National Park
• Dr. Eva Detkoj, Kim Beekman, and Edward Mannix, for courageously naming the energy component of trauma healing, without reservation or apology, and teaching people how to do it
• Thomas Hübl, for the amazing work and integrity to directly name and tackle what’s needed to work with groups and with collective trauma
• Dr. Tom O’Bryan’s expertise on gut health, and amazing supplements for healing leaky brains and guts
• Dr. Isaac Eliaz, for his simple modified citrus pectin solution to heal from the trauma induced cellular production of the galectin-3 protein
• Jamie Samms, of the Wolf Clan Teaching Lodge, for sharing the vision of the grandmothers and the badly needed medicine of indiginous wisdom with the western world
• Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer for her beautiful contemplations and invitations to the world to reconnect with the our Mother, the Earth, and all our Relations as equals rather than “it”
• All of my teachers and colleagues who are supporting others through teaching and providing therapy using holistic mind body and nervous system approaches on the journey to wellness
• Dr. Peter Levine, Pat Ogden, Eugene Gendlin, Moshé Feldenkrais, Stephen Porges, and all of the foundational elders and theories underpinning the development of Somatic Experiencing
• Ray Castellino, Kate White, Gary Peterson, and every single person working in PPN (pre/perinatal) fields
• Franklinton Farms, the nonprofit urban farm in Columbus, Ohio, and all the organic farmers and farmer’s markets who keep working and showing up to feed us, and put up with our cluelessness and apathy
• Kathy Forest, for teaching others how to awaken to the divine feminine, reconnect to the earth, and heal using forgotten earth medicine
• Daniel Giamario, for his Shamanic Astrology paradigm
• Prairie Moon Nursery, for making native plants and seeds available to anyone anywhere
• Nick Lowe, for his beautiful and real lyrics and music, and to all the other music makers who dare to make music about what is real
• Amy Linville, for her beautiful being and ability to combine art, beauty, life, skin love/care, and biodynamic cranial sacral therapy and Transforming Touch
• Marianne Williamson, for sharing and making A Course in Miracles relevant and accessible, for her courage to continue to run for president, and for her courage to name the healing that is needed
• All of the beautiful writers who name the ineffable in nature and ourselves, and point us to the need to heal our broken connection to the earth: Wendell Berry, Mary Oliver, and too many more to count
• Chris Anderson, at Catch the Water LLC, for his work in central Ohio and elswhere helping people bring permaculture and sustainability to their own yards
• All of my courageous clients who do the messy and challenging work of identifying and integrating their own shadows, as a gift to themselves, their children, their ancestors, and the world, who teach me and are such a gift to me
• The beautiful people who’ve helped me heal so much in my own journey so far through personal sessions and teaching demonstrations: Dave Berger, Abi Blakeslee, Nicholas Bolton, Margaret Crockett, Pam Hatch, Eve Hermann, Jean Leslie, Peter Levine, Karen Miner, Gary Peterson, Shel Rasch, Raja Selvam, Mary Ware, Neal Winblad
• We’Moon, Maria Thun, and other makers of art, calendars, and tools and information for connecting mind body and spirit to the cycles of the moon and the planet, and for living closer to the earth
• Margaret Wheatley, Peter Senge, Paulo Freire, Otto Scharmer, and others who aren’t afraid to name what’s needed to heal the world and its institutions, and aren’t afraid of the word “love
• All those involved in the making of the Green Power Machine, and The Need to Grow film
• My Love, Paul Clingan, for his seemingly unending capacity for supporting my growth, and his kindness toward others

Thank you to all of you for your labor, your integrity, and for inspiring me to start where I am, helping me to not give up or give in, and for making me feel so much less alone in the world and in the efforts to heal and vision a healthier more connected, just and healthy world for all life and for the Mother.

I so look forward to sharing more with you.