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for kindred spirits
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february 2026: otter’s collage
come armchair adventure with river otter in the unseen worlds, for a february message + a 30-second practice to help you live in flow entering the unseen I journeyed into the unseen for this february message for community, and found…
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2026: a strong & hopeful message
hi loved ones! below, musings for our beautiful year ahead, weaving together three sacred seeds: certitude, devotion, and essence.10-minute read the first seed: ‘unwavering alignment’ the holy man I sat with a holy man last week, an elder from africa.…
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for the love of cat (a journey)
the divine feline: cat lovers don’t need it explained. there is something in us, deep in our hearts, that reveres, cherishes, and delights in cats. some of us have felt it all our lives – a strong need to serve,…
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‘can I learn to talk with the spirits?’
of all the questions, this is maybe my favorite. and the most tender. YES. being able to connect with unseen reality is part of our human heritage. no matter where you come from, who you are, what your gifts are,…
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how to: nourishing kits for hard times
I’d like to share something from one of our dreaming otter circles, where we engage our helping spirits in the unseen realms, and each other in loving community. a recent topic was ‘crisis’…and you might wonder who would voluntarily get…
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the art of asking spirit for support
there is power and fruitfulness in the most ‘simple’ spiritual practices. in this article, we’ll start with your personal altar and close with…a helpful hippopotamus to make you smile, that also illustrates a fundamental truth about how energy flows. the…
for healers
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‘the show must go on’
as spaceholders, healers, and leaders, we’ve got a library of stories worth cringing, crying, or laughing over, don’t we? on our best days, we make it look easy. if you and I were sharing stories by firelight under a sea…
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when you feel too scared to shine
feeling too scared to shine in this article, we’ll look at 3 reasons healers and teachers might feel too scared to shine, and do our work in the world: • fear of being targeted or cancelled online • lived experience,…
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pricing your offerings
a thing I see time and time again for healers just starting out in professional practice is the stumbling block of ‘how do I price my offerings?’ this is a normal part of the birthing process, everyone’s going to have…
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your origin story & service
below, a simple exercise and ceremony of ‘re-membering’ for you… aren’t origin stories wonderful? when you engage self-inquiry like ‘why do I serve?’ you encounter your own origin story – that led you onto the path of service you’re walking…
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specialist guides can help you
if you are of service in the world, this applies to you. if you work with humans, animals, or living systems, this applies to you. if you dream, this applies to you. you don’t live in a vacuum, and…
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about soul retrieval
for healers: this article introduces basic ideas about soul retrieval, a powerful healing approach you may wish to learn to facilitate and include in your body of work. for everyone: if you’ve ever had a hard life experience, soul retrieval…
armchair adventures
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monica, from head + heart
hi friends! monica is a dear colleague and friend who curates extraordinary, aligned spiritual experiences planetwide. she kindly sent this out to her list at head + heart about a healing here at the dreaming otter. I’m a fan of…
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the dreaming otter: origin story
what does it mean to follow your dreams? this is the story of how I learned that sometimes the unseen world begins with something as simple as paying attention with the mystery. it started more than two decades ago. night…
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sabbatical: the path there (part 1)
a long, true story about exhaustion, revelation, and reclaiming rest (15-20 min read) personal note before your armchair adventure: maybe we’ve met, maybe not. either way, something wise and kind brought you here. below, some tender writing about my first…
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cartwheels & the labyrinth
as you read, I invite you to notice where you are in your life in this story. do you see yourself here? sometimes clarity arrives after we fall on our face in the grass. this is a story about the day…
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the little dog & vulnerability
some years ago, during a painful moment with a close friend, I went walking to try to understand the hurt and unease moving through me. my way is walking in the woods and talking it out with myself and my…
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getting lost, tea & tie-dye
the intention this ‘armchair adventure’ piece is a sharing of a recent personal mini-retreat that lasted just 24 hours, almost to the minute. it wasn’t grand or fancy, and it delivered absolute clarity for me, along with gentle and wondrous…
