Apr 16, 2026 | blogging, coaching, how-to, rebellion
Permission isn’t something we’re used to giving ourselves. We’re used to thinking of it as something that comes from outside ourselves, something that gets bestowed on us by people on the outside. Think about permission and how it functions in our society: permission...
Mar 4, 2026 | creativity, rebellion, tools
I’ve begun having shamanic mentoring with Shaman Iris Meyer, and it’s been such a great experience. Shamanism has answered questions I didn’t know I had, and confirmed things that I always knew at the very same time. I’ve always...
Feb 2, 2026 | blogging, creativity, how-to, rebellion, tools, writing
How to write your way out of a slump You don’t need a new gym membership. Or a new haircut. If you’re feeling exhausted, done with doing the same thing over and over and not getting anywhere, if you just want something to change, I get it. I’ve felt...
Dec 15, 2025 | blogging, rebellion, writing
I’m seeing a lot of media and social media posts calling the perpetrators of the act of terrorism that at current count has killed 16 people in Bondi Beach on Sunday 14th December 2025 ‘evil’. Calling this act ‘evil’ puts a distance between us and the people doing the...
Sep 29, 2025 | rebellion, words, writing
September the 9th was the 9th anniversary of my Babushka Anna’s death. She died in 2016, before Trump 1.0, and certainly well before Trump 2.0 and the very public rise of the far right and fascism that we’ve seen over the recent almost-decade. As I reflected on her...
Apr 24, 2025 | blogging, rebellion, words, writing
[Content warning: mention of holocaust] I’ve written before about what to do about feeling like the world is burning around us. Through the beginnings of Trump’s US, of transcending terror, of how to get through when the world is rough, and some unedited rambling...
