I have always been and will always be a feminist activist. It is alarming to see a nearly 50 year old ruling in jeopardy of being overturned. Roe v. Wade is not a political or religious issue—it’s a human rights issue.  Planned Parenthood has outlined the history of abortion legality in America, which I’ll summarize […]

Your mitochondrial DNA can trace your maternal ancestry back hundreds of thousands of years. A “Mitochondrial Eve” existed, which every human on this planet began inheriting this genetic substance from—the original mother.  Many years later, in the amphitheaters of Ancient Greece, the Oracles embodied Gaia—the Mother Earth and source of all life. In Hinduism, Shakti […]

A Forbes article I recently came across discussed how thoughts form the reality of how we will age—and even how long we will live. It brings in the work of Yale Professor Becca Levy, PhD, who explains that “negative ageist beliefs affect our well-being, self-esteem and even our longevity.” Think about that the next time […]

The 1970’s gave rise to the women’s movement, anti-war protests, and also a profound paradigm shift in how we think about the environment.  But do you know how Earth Day originally got its start?  Back in 1969, following a massive pollution incident in California, the need for greater action was conceptualized by a couple of […]

So much that we take for granted today has its roots in the Divine Feminine. Easter’s namesake and traditions, as with many holidays we celebrate here in the United States, have their roots in paganism, and was originally centered around a goddess, at that! The ancient goddess Ēostre was a symbol of sex and fertility. […]