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In my own weird way this is just for me. Its not helpful because if I write it to be helpful I might get preachy. Or know-it-all-ie or pretend like I have it all figured out, which I don’t. This is just an exercise in letting it all hang out. To write, because I like to write. To see if this part of me, that I consider my soul, wants to write letters to my psyche maybe to get some awareness on what could possibly be true. We are all the same, so maybe a word I select to describe something we all feel lands on you, you are welcome to take it as your own. If you get distracted by my poor sentence structure or weird sense of humor, its ok. This is NOT a helpful blog.

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Most days I have no idea who this person is...turns out I like the mystery. #mentalhealth #marfa #artexperiment #livinonaprayer

These words resonate! READ ON! #Repost @magamamas ・・・ What do we do with our uncertainty of the future? What do we do as we watch our own brains change as we remain ever-pulled to our screens, while wanting to pull them out of children's hands? How do we manage realism and optimism together? It is indeed our job to create a hopeful future that we usher our children into. If I live in the despair of the injustices, how will I inspire my daughter to want to live? If I ignore the injustices, how will I inspired her to be the change? How do I balance my absolute mystification about the world I live in that seems like it doesn't represent me, together with knowing that I am absolutely a part of it? I live this tension all the time. I find myself thinking "I live in an alternate universe. I don't remotely share the values or internal makeup of those around me." That's a question of belonging, which is a part of our social nervous system. Do I belong? I have to believe many of us are having this feeling. What world am I a part of? And what world do I WANT to be a part of? In this time of great unrest, it's important to spend time with friends and family, where you do feel a sense of belonging. That will allow you to engage healthy aggression and action, instead of avoidance or social media outrage. It will enable you to do something. The opposite is avoidance and freeze. There is a difference between dosing (rather than inundating and paralyzing) yourself with news and turning away from it altogether. Another function of the social nervous system is shame. (so if you experience shame about privilege or survivor guilt "I'm lucky I have my own children"), that is another way that your nervous system is handling this sense of threat. None of it is wrong, these are all human reactions to situations that as empathetic humans, our systems cannot metabolize well. We are not meant to be able to rationalize them. It's important to take stock. What CAN you do? Is how you are living your life in accordance with your values?You don't need to suffer more because others are suffering. You do have responsibility to mobilize your one wild and precious life for the uplif

June is quite a month in our house! Father’s Day, our anniversary, my birthday, the solstice (my favorite day), and because of all that energy I usually have something crazy I’m putting together...Like a yoga retreat! So this post is a celebration to the things we love in June! We’ve been together since 2000 y’all (we’re Texan now) I can’t believe how time has flown by! Oh the things l learned about Garry in 18 years! Well we just keep trucking and it’s getting better all the time! His gathering skills are top notch and I think I’ll keep him for 18 more! Love you @gmack2020

Watching something come together is worth every moment of every thing else that comes along with the process of creativity. It’s vulnerable to put yourself out there, but it’s just how I wanna grow.

She does laundry and massages...this kid is staying! #ohwaitshesmine #ohyeah #emmagrace #firstborn #loveshermomma

Walking thru the fires of creating something. #toomanynotebooks #madscientistofspirit #birthingcontent #ceremonial #retreat #creating #doingwhatittakes #worthit

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