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Grieving the Return of Smoke Season
Last evening around dusk as I was preparing for dinner I heard my daughter Arayla suddenly shout out from the living room, “Oh no!” And then I heard my son Ezra scramble out from his bedroom to see what the deal was. I joined my children in the living room and found...
Meeting Shame with Self-Love
In this video Jesua shares her own personal practice for meeting the mundane arising of shame, self-doubt and self-criticism. More Videos
Difficult Love Lessons– A Story of Yes and No
One day last week my daughter, Arayla (14) was out riding her horse at the stables, when suddenly I received a text from her with a photo of a tiny little brown bunny, cupped sweetly in her hands. The text read: “I rescued a baby bunny. Can I keep him?” I responded:...
A Simple Breathing Practice
In this video Jesua shares wisdom from Brené Brown regarding a super simple breathing technique used by Yogis and Navy Seals alike, to summon the choice to respond, rather than to react—in everyday moments of stress or trigger… More Videos
Lessons on Race Cars & Penis Size
This morning as I drove my boy Ezra (10) to his basketball camp in Medford, we dropped into a mutually surprising dialogue. At first we were actually discussing egoic fixation according to the lens of the Spiritual Enneagram, a system that has profoundly impacted my...
From Bird to Wasp~ A Teaching in Transformation
Last year during fire season, as the fires began encroaching upon the periphery of our town here in Southern Oregon, I began to regard the dry, brittle trees standing closest to our house with an anxious eye. My strong, gallant partner (at the time) quickly got to...
“You Don’t Have To Be Good”
Single working parenthood has gotten the intimidating reputation that it has because it’s no joke. I mean, obviously any form of parenting is quite the rigorous task. And married or partnered parenting certainly brings its own set of fierce and complex challenges; I...
Love Beyond Appearance
In this video, Jesua explores the vulnerability of letting ourselves be seen just as we are. She shines a light on the deeper reality of who we truly are beyond our fleeting appearances, and the every-day ways we can discover to cross the bridge from shame and...
Oh, Death~ Is That All?
Lately as I’ve inquired bravely into what is in the way of my absolute surrender to Love’s outrageous use of my life, I’ve seen that I’m still afraid. Like most of us in the spiritual sub-culture, I've come to see my fear as a mostly un-useful bi-product of...
And Then, Spring Came~ An Intimate Share
This life is such a wild rascal Mystery; heart-slaying, heart-blooming Master. Isn’t it though? How I cherish this sweet time of year, when the sun returns, tree buds blossom, and new flowers rise from the blackest soil. The resiliency of life surrounds us, triumphant...