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I have a lot of poopy-pants, anti-establishment opinions about New Years Eve. An arbitrary date based on nothing but the Vatican’s desire to sever our connection to the Earth, squashing the relevance of celestial events from our sense of time. My New Year has always been Winter Solstice, or the ‘Birth of the Sun’. An actual celestial event that makes sense… AND also, because I’m a sucker for an excuse to get sentimental and create meaning, I’ll wax poetic about my hopes for 2

Anyone who knows me intimately knows that my faith lies in nature. I believe all the answers we seek for liberation, connection, health, purpose, and healing can be found outdoors. Not many people know what I've been up to these days. It's been a long time since I posted a blog. Maybe you know that I've quit my desk job and am in school, studying to be an Addiction Treatment Counselor. I'm excited about this work, but it isn't the complete picture. I am also ready to come out

Lacye Winkelpleck‘s journey into Integrative Grief Support is a poignant tale of personal loss and the transformative power of embracing grief. In the newest MysticMag interview, she shares the heart of her profession, detailing the essence of Integrative Grief Support and the profound impact it can have on those navigating the complex terrain of loss. Can you please share a few details about yourself and your professional journey with our readers? Like most people in my lin

As someone who works in the field of 'self-help’, I’m about to come out of the closet with a controversial viewpoint. Our quest for 'self-help' is misguided and is messing us up. Of course, it's important we care for ourselves. Obviously. Yet, the trend on this quest all too often has us repeating an old, shitty story that in reality actually prohibits us from ever achieving true wellness. Western values have us trained to value Autonomy and Independence above all else. This

Most often grief is defined as loss of a loved one, and understandably so. When we lose a loved one, we not only lose the person, we lose our plans for our lives together. Our need or expectations for them to be a part of our life is suddenly partnered with gaping emptiness. Our vision of the future, of a future ‘together’, is violently altered leaving us with a very different reality than the one we’d envisioned and counted on. When life shifts out of our control like this,