real stories: body care, wellness & the arts

the currency💰 of our labors

the currency💰 of our labors

Who we become emerges from the accumulation of our life’s labors. This Labor Day, we’re considering the small acts of care that sustain us—and the profound labor our skin performs...

the currency💰 of our labors

Who we become emerges from the accumulation of our life’s labors. This Labor Day, we’re considering the small acts of care that sustain us—and the profound labor our skin performs...

the witness👁, the friend💛, the skin you're in...

the witness👁, the friend💛, the skin you're in...

Friends, who needs them? Our current body politic is illuminating something fundamental about what it means to belong to and tend to one another—including our own bodies. We’re about to...

the witness👁, the friend💛, the skin you're in...

Friends, who needs them? Our current body politic is illuminating something fundamental about what it means to belong to and tend to one another—including our own bodies. We’re about to...

speak to me in my mother tongue: touch🤲🤲🏼🤲🏽

speak to me in my mother tongue: touch🤲🤲🏼🤲🏽

Before words, there was touch. It’s our oldest language and still teaches us about caring for ourselves and one another.

speak to me in my mother tongue: touch🤲🤲🏼🤲🏽

Before words, there was touch. It’s our oldest language and still teaches us about caring for ourselves and one another.

it's august and there are cracks everywhere...

it's august and there are cracks everywhere...

A reflection on August, the passage of time and the wisdom of caring for ourselves.

it's august and there are cracks everywhere...

A reflection on August, the passage of time and the wisdom of caring for ourselves.

are you tuned into your body’s conversations🗣 and circles⭕️?

are you tuned into your body’s conversations🗣 a...

Explore the fascinating connection between the heart, brain, and skin through systems thinking, osteopathic medicine, and the science of skin health.

are you tuned into your body’s conversations🗣 a...

Explore the fascinating connection between the heart, brain, and skin through systems thinking, osteopathic medicine, and the science of skin health.

did you know that skin is our first witness?👀

did you know that skin is our first witness?👀

Beneath last week’s darkened skies and some shattered assumptions about human progress, the story I’ve been longing to tell about skin came to light.  Let me explain. Our environment is...

did you know that skin is our first witness?👀

Beneath last week’s darkened skies and some shattered assumptions about human progress, the story I’ve been longing to tell about skin came to light.  Let me explain. Our environment is...