I had a great idea about 2 weeks too late to implement it… but I’m going for it anyway! I had the idea for a reflection/journaling journey the two weeks before and after the Longest Night/Winter Solstice...

It’s so exciting, heartwarming, and awe inspiring to see clients continue to listen to their inner knowing. I do 3, 6, and 9/12 month booster sessions for all of my clients who work with me short term and the continued healing, learning, and badassery from them is magical to witness.

Autoimmune flares triggered by inflammation? Here’s how I survive and even thrive. Flares happen, especially after bike accidents that leave you bruised and inflamed.

"I know the thing which used to move you may be something you can’t do anymore. #Grieve it. Truly, friend, grieve it. But then, try to find something else which stirs your soul and jump in full force.": buff.ly/ts38PbW by Callie Dixon #ChronicIllness #disabled #MentalHealth #NEisVoid

If you want your psychedelic insights to stick, there’s one small practice that changes everything. After a full psychedelic journey, the brain enters this rare, shimmering window of neuroplasticity.

Just because your boss thinks you should be working 8 hours doesn’t make it possible. We all know that 40-hour work weeks with constant productivity pressure are burning people out and making them sick.

What do psychedelics and yoga have in common? They both guide us back to connection. Connection to our bodies, our minds, and the world around us. Psychedelics open the door, showing us the interconnectedness of everything.

Change the System Fridays! "The idea is to build an alternative society that outcompetes (and even subtly sabotages) the failing society we were born into." terrenity.substack.com/p/how-we-can...

3 years ago, a flare like this would have lasted weeks. This time? 5 days. I just had a bike accident… and yep, it triggered a flare in my chronic illness. So what is different between now and 3 years ago? My body, mind, and nervous system have learned to respond differently.

"If I could go back and tell my newly diagnosed self one thing, it would be this: “You don’t have to earn rest. Your #energy is valuable, and you deserve strategies that protect it.”": buff.ly/fUuX9zD by @thethrivingspoonie.com #SelfCare #spoonies #ChronicPain #disability

90% reduction in Long‑COVID symptoms… sounds impossible, right? Not for this woman. She’d been dealing with fatigue, brain fog, pain, mood swings & she was unable to work. After a guided psychedelic healing protocol, she saw a 90% improvement and started reclaiming her life. (buff.ly/D64n3bC)

We shouldn’t have to debate who “deserves” food, healthcare and housing. We should be angry that these things aren’t guaranteed to everyone. We should be outraged that the wealthy & corporations continue to profit off the misery and suffering of others.

If you grew up in a household with a lot of raised voices did you know that it might have rewired your biology? Adverse childhood experiences are encoded into our immune responses, our metabolism, even into the expression of our genes. Full article on my Substack: open.substack.com/pub/innerevo...

You are not “less than” because you’re disabled. You do not deserve to suffer, go hungry, be homeless or be denied healthcare. You shouldn’t have to “prove” your worth to others. Your disability is not a moral failing, and you do not need to justify it to anyone.

4 years of debilitating Long COVID, and I found my way back. My FREE 26 page guide shows you how. I started microdosing because nothing else was working. Not the supplements, not the protocols, not the 20 pills a day I was taking just to function.

"Let’s do this. All in, to the max.” That was one client’s initial frame of the work. Push. Go. Do. Optimize. Track. Hack. He came in ready to treat healing like a 200 meter dash. And honestly, I get it. We’ve all been conditioned to believe that the harder we push, the faster we’ll change.

“I started to feel connected to humanity again. I had emotions again. I had some joy again. I felt normal,” Renée says. Renée and I have this in common. But so do so many other people. It's an older article, but I love the personal stories: time.com/6271806/psyc...

But You Only Work 20-30 Hours A Week! From the outside, it may look simple: we sit, we listen, we reflect, we move into poses, we channel some energy, we prompt breathwork or somatic exercises, we listen to the ancestors, we ask questions. People think, "How hard can that be?"

Ever had a moment in yoga where you didn’t intend to go deep… but the practice pulled you anyway? I didn’t plan to go deep today. No medicine, no special intention, just showing up. But something was tugging at me, and I felt drawn to yin.

Healing isn’t safe and that’s exactly why it works. Healing is like being guided through fire. Like Virgil leading Dante through the Inferno, or my dad rappelling down a cliff with me when I’m terrified of heights.

Winter is here... and most days it’s like, why is the sun setting at 4pm and why do I feel like a hibernating bear who still has to pay bills? Here are five tips to make winter cozier:

Pacing isn’t anything new in the chronic illness realm, but it is something that I think we make too rigid...When you try to force yourself into a rhythm it does just as much damage as not having a rhythm at all.

I've come to the idea that healing is less about managing and more about allowing.

I’m in a bit of a weird place. Change is coming soon, but I don’t know what that change will look like. I’ve radically accepted so hard, even though I didn't want to be in the situation I am in, that change at the moment is anxiety producing.

People are in denial about how quickly they could become disabled, unhoused or food insecure It can happen to anyone & it can happen in an instant Folks act like those receiving assistance have failed That they should “try harder” The system is rigged. It’s failed us, not the other way around

What would you do if you got 90% of yourself back? Here's what Ash does: “I can confidently say now I'm probably 90% back,” Ash said.

Youtube has some of the best at-home yoga for your healing journey. But 95% of people don’t know what their looking for. Here are my top yoga playlists for healing yoga, that I actually use as a chronically ill yoga therapist!

The world of psychedelics is vast, diverse, and humbling. Each medicine carries its own spirit, its own fingerprint, and its own history of use. And while you don’t need to know the pharmacology to benefit from them, it helps to understand the basics. open.substack.com/pub/innerevo...

Needed a desk on top of my desk to keep my trouble-making, too-smart-for-her-own-good cat out from behind my monitors and computer tower. Went to the second hand store and found exactly what I needed. No searching, no waiting.

Here is what I do on those days that my body says "Nope" and I can't do much more than lie in bed: Yoga Nidra. Ok, what is Yoga Nidra, you ask?The Sanskrit word yoga means “union” or “one-pointed awareness.” Nidra means “sleep.”

A doctor told me to weekly Long COVID migraines by... walking more. 🤬

The plant you didn't realize was psychedelic... Can you guess what it is? If you said pot, marijuana, weed, then you are correct!

After 16 years of helping 300+ people heal, I've realized one thing: It's about the relationship.

There’s a lot we don’t understand about why psychedelics work—especially with microdosing. Some researchers argue the benefits are “just placebo.” But so are many of the effects of SSRIs, pain meds, and even surgery. Placebo isn’t just a sugar pill. It’s the healing power of belief.

“Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck.” – #DalaiLama. — These #LifeLessons are always #InHindsight & learned the #painful way. But I am glad that certain things I thought I wanted I am no longer entrenched in. buff.ly/WVdH8wO

Rooted & Rising is a co-created space. You're a part of the ecosystem, not just a participant. Every story shared, every connection made, every moment of truth spoken… shapes what this community becomes.

The world will always demand more. What happens when you choose to pause? Mindful Yoga is a 4-week journey into presence, calm, resilience, and connection. If you’ve been waiting for permission to slow down, here it is. Start here: whop.com/checkout/pla...

I hate that AI has made me uncomfortable using the word 'delve'... Em dashes on the other hand are my new 'fuck you' punctuation...

Yep. Let's do this. legalclarity.org/what-is-a-st...

The clinical model works for many things. Broken bones. Cuts. Emergency care. But when it comes to healing the psyche, the soul, or the chronic emotional and physical wounds of trauma and stress… it gets murky.

When you join Rooted & Rising as a Founding Member, you’re helping plant the very first seeds of a community I believe will grow into something extraordinary.

Ths is about BLM, but I think it is relevant to No Kings. www.theroot.com/mlk-would-ne...

"Absent a concrete plan to address the fact that Donald Trump clearly does not intend to leave office voluntarily, the focus on symbolic, legalistic, and inconsequential protest can only be self-defeating."

We’re taught to see value through the lens of scarcity; if it isn’t highly priced, it must not be worth much. But Seeds of Change is not free. It’s gifted. It’s rooted in reciprocity, where you offer something true—your story, your reflection, your presence—and receive care in return.

“One more thought before we begin: you have to understand that this medicine is not a magic pill. You cannot bypass the necessary inner work that you have to do to create that breakthrough you are looking for.” psychedelic.support/resources/he...

Change the System Fridays! www.tamera.org/post-capital...

We can’t separate personal healing from collective liberation. The same forces that keep us unwell—capitalism, isolation, overwork—keep the world unwell. In Rooted & Rising, we imagine a different way.

Spoonies are experts in coping. We ration spoons, map our lives around flares, learn to adapt in ways most people never notice. But coping isn’t the same as healing.

Neuroplasticity is the brain’s ability to change—to reorganize itself in response to experience. It’s what allows us to heal… but it’s also what keeps us stuck.