real stories: body care, wellness & the arts

are you down for layered effects?🧐

are you down for layered effects?🧐

In ‘The Layers’ Poet Laureate Stanley Kunitz said to “live in the layers, / not on the litter.” Polly Apfelbaum’s enclosed “Small Townville” artwork embodies for me the beauty of...

are you down for layered effects?🧐

In ‘The Layers’ Poet Laureate Stanley Kunitz said to “live in the layers, / not on the litter.” Polly Apfelbaum’s enclosed “Small Townville” artwork embodies for me the beauty of...

MLK & the power of observance

MLK & the power of observance

Freedom is everything. So we’re celebrating MLK and freedom marchers everywhere.  The Edmund Pettus bridge and its nonviolence triumph against violent oppression remains an unexpected American symbol of “skin in...

MLK & the power of observance

Freedom is everything. So we’re celebrating MLK and freedom marchers everywhere.  The Edmund Pettus bridge and its nonviolence triumph against violent oppression remains an unexpected American symbol of “skin in...

the power of origin stories📚

the power of origin stories📚

I was working on a post about origin stories when I couldn’t help noticing that Minneapolis is serving up a masterclass in the power and implications of origin stories—who gets to...

the power of origin stories📚

I was working on a post about origin stories when I couldn’t help noticing that Minneapolis is serving up a masterclass in the power and implications of origin stories—who gets to...

happy new year!🚀... now what?

happy new year!🚀... now what?

One indelible insight from last year was that it only takes a few seconds for a life to change irreversibly. One minute things are settled and reliable the next, we’re...

happy new year!🚀... now what?

One indelible insight from last year was that it only takes a few seconds for a life to change irreversibly. One minute things are settled and reliable the next, we’re...

What time is it?⏰ Quiet time...

What time is it?⏰ Quiet time...

Quiet time is important for everyone and skin is auspiciously a conduit of the care we need.

What time is it?⏰ Quiet time...

Quiet time is important for everyone and skin is auspiciously a conduit of the care we need.

going gently into the winter solstice good night🌙

going gently into the winter solstice good night🌙

The Winter Solstice doesn’t ask us to conquer the dark. It asks us to enter it wisely. To go gently into the good night—not in surrender, but in trust.

going gently into the winter solstice good night🌙

The Winter Solstice doesn’t ask us to conquer the dark. It asks us to enter it wisely. To go gently into the good night—not in surrender, but in trust.