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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
poppy’s ceremony: in her own words

one woman’s healing story: I love reading stories. books saved my life as a little person in some hard times (and lots of sensitives can relate to this), and humans have been learning and growing through stories shared round the…
spider mother & personal retreat

the mystery wants to meet you on personal retreat, so you can come home to yourself. ‘personal retreat’ is an evocative phrase, a portal to some special kind of magic. like water on parched desert soil, a marvelous inner adventure…

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