by Jesua | Dec 11, 2022 | Blog, Featured, Featured Read
Last August I moved around quite a bit in my vocation as a traveling shaman. One of my favorite parts of my work travels was the inadvertent exposure to over 20 Uber drivers, most of them from other countries; such an undeniable glimpse into the many-flavored...
by Jesua | Dec 10, 2022 | Blog, Featured, Featured Read
There’s one story I carry about my daughter that will always live on the altar for me, because of the tender teaching it continuously provides. Several years ago, when my daughter Arayla was in her early teens, I began to overhear a phrase she would say almost every...
by Jesua | Sep 5, 2021 | Blog, Featured Read
In the past few years, I have experienced the painful intensity of someone’s contempt. This was not a romantic connection, gone sour. It was a layered and complex soul contract, a cherished friendship I had fully imagined would weather the storms and seasons of...
by Jesua | May 19, 2021 | Featured Read, Blog
Recently I went through a challenging relational experience with someone I’d considered a dear friend, and it left my heart feeling raw and trampled. Isn’t it astonishing how each heartbreak we experience can bring to the surface every other unresolved betrayal,...
by Jesua | Mar 1, 2021 | Featured Read, Blog
I have made many mistakes in my life, but the most consequential mistakes I’ve made have always involved betraying in some way what I know to be true. These are the mistakes that have delivered essential lessons in discernment, self-respect, dignity and integrity....
by Jesua | Feb 25, 2021 | Featured Read, Blog, Featured 2
“Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness.” —Marianne Williamson Forgiveness is a fearless teacher. It came to me in one of my...
