Permission Slips
Writing and speaking to companion, buoy, and clarify. Find links to latest posts on my Permission Slips Substack, articles, and blog archives below.
Blisteringly fragile, but also regenerative
Finding guidance for the moment in ancient mythology by way of a walk in the woods. “The landscape looks more like November than January, but in the small ruts of frozen mud are filaments of ice, thin membranes that crackle under her paws and my boots, calling us to attention.”
Crown Shyness
We know that trees send messages underground to each other, that they pump nutrients to young sprouts, that they are in constant communication. But they also engage in a funny kind of dance called, of all things, crown shyness. Crown, or in Latin, as fate would have it, corona.
Trashcans and hurricanes / explaining craniosacral therapy to an 8-year-old
When a child's simple question leads beneath jargon to a different way of understanding how we heal. (And really, "Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy" is such a mouthful! Here's a clearer way in).