After the appalling decisions made by Scotus this past week (being homeless is a crime & presidents can get away with anything), many of us are falling into despair or rage or both. What is this world we live in and how did we get here? Are we going to survive?

In this week's episode, I'm bringing our focus back to the bigger picture: we exist beyond this three-dimensional plane. So how does this world on fire help us to grow and evolve as spirit-souls? If you think about the universe, there are plenty of things dying and exploding all while the universe continues to expand. Is this moment our supernova (where Empire is the dying star)? (“A supernova is the cataclysmic explosion of a massive star at the end of its life.”) Tune in to learn more!

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Today’s poems/ Books mentioned:

• Oracle card: Three of Pentacles

• “Cucumbers and Prayers” by Hafiz

• Book: The Sum of Us: What racism costs everyone and how we can prosper together - Heather McGhee

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How do we know what our gifts are to the world? And how do we know with whom to share them? Do we even want to share them? The body can help. Tune in to learn more!

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Today’s poems/ Books mentioned:

• Oracle card: Oyster

• “We Might Have To Medicate You” by Hafiz

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Many of us compartmentalize our lives, putting things in boxes as if our lives are a bunch of multicolored beads that need to be separated and sorted.. Parenting goes in one box. Job goes in another box. Writer work in yet another. Activist work in another. This isn’t how we’re supposed to live. WIth the continuing gen0-side, compartmentalizing is a survival tactic. “If I can just focus on my job, I can look away from what’s happening in Pal-es-tine.” The thing is, the magnitude of these atr0cities is affecting our daily lives, whether we’re aware of it or not.

In this week’s episode, I talk about how everything is inextricably linked. We cannot compartmentalize. We must stay connected to our humanity. We must continue to bear witness AND to live, to continue the daily activities of our small lives AND do what we can to demand a ce@sefire and fight for a freé Pal-es-tine. How do we do that? How can we act in our daily lives in ways that begin to shift change? Tune in to learn more!

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Today’s poems/ Books mentioned:

• Oracle card: Queen of Pentacles

• Poem: “You are Brave in that Holy War” by Hafiz

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