In the summer of 2018, I trained as a death midwife/doula and home funeral guide. In July 2019, a few months after my cat Henry died and I accompanied him through the process, I began working at a crematory for pets. I never would have thought of this profession for...
Finding balance among our mental, emotional and spiritual parts is about transformation and turbulence.
Amid all the huge issues facing society, a tradition of mass killing has become par for the course. For the second year in a row, Iowa City will be the site of a mass deer killing starting Oct. 1 and continuing through Jan. 1, 2021. Last year, the en masse...
"It's time to stop being polite and start getting real.... WITH OURSELVES." You may recognize this as one of the many key slogans of MTV’s “The Real World”. It's a phrase that resonates for a reason: because it's time. Time to hear your own thoughts and connect...
As a heteronormative, cisgender, white woman of European and English descent, who has lived a life of privilege, I feel inappropriate when I say, "I am tired." But I am. Many of us are. Physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Being tired is good. It means...
The preceding weeks and months have been confusing, uncertain, and scary…. . As we begin the process of emerging from this darkness, we must find ways to orient ourselves.
Welcome, everyone, to my new bi-weekly feature for The Real MainStream: Tarotscope for the Collective! Every two weeks, I’ll be coming to you with a new tarot reading intended for the good of us all. A tarotscope? You mean like a horoscope? Yes and no. A horoscope...
As COVID-19 sweeps across the globe, we are faced with the very sudden and very real concept of loss. Loss, as it is associated with illness, often revolves around the idea of death. And while the thought of losing loved ones to the virus is without a doubt in the...