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Shayne Case and McMahon's most recent conversation

Alexis Pauline Gumbs writes, [Sylvia] Wynter says we are not Homo sapiens, we are Homo narans, not the ones who know, but the ones who tell oursel...

A Short Story About the Inevitable Extinction of Connect-the-Dots Puzzles

I spent many of my childhood Saturday afternoons perched on industrial washing machines at laundromats with connect-the-dots puzzle books in my lap...

On Friendship

By the time I graduated from high school, I had been enrolled in 13 different schools. I had learned that the art of packing up a life was simply ...

In Celebration of Our Humanness

Last month, my father suddenly died of a Covid-induced heart attack. The next day, I got severe food poisoning. The next day, my car was stolen–the...

The Writer’s Life

For the past few weeks I have been participating in a 45 day writer’s workshop called Get It Done. Basically, participants are challenged to write ...

Touch Skin

Last night my child turned on the fireplace and placed a bottle of oil and a few small smooth rocks next to his favorite blanket that he’d spread i...

Call Me By My True Name

My fourth grade teacher called me by the wrong name for an entire year. No matter the countless corrections, she insisted on "Shannon." Names hold ...

The teachings of Sister Chân Không and Swiss Cheese

A few summers ago, I took my young son on a backpacking tour through Iceland, France, and Germany. Being a single woman traveling with a young chil...

A Message from the Guides

Recently, I sat down with my spirit guides over a bowl of freshly picked strawberries and asked, "How can people best connect with their spiritual ...

The Smoke of Ancestral History

Sometimes going back through time to learn about my Lakota family has felt like reaching for smoke. Many years ago, I thought I heard the name of ...

Shayne Case - Making Medicine to help heal burnout

Burned Out? Try This!

Making medicine to help heal burnout is a joyful journey into the soul of your inner child. Playfulness and imagination are the only requirements. ...

Do This with Your Community

At the end of June 2020, I bought the book Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily and Amelia Nagoski. I had just finished a se...

Energetic Boundaries and Our New World

As some parts of the world are slowly, tentatively opening up you may find yourself in that in-between space where you’re digging your heels in scr...