Women are magical creatures. Unbelievably. Incredibly. Magical. I'll remind you why: Just imagine....there was a time before science and our (erroneous) human belief that we have the concrete answers to absolutely everything. A time when women miraculously grew within their own bodies–and then magically expelled from these bodies–new, tiny humans. Talk about magick. Let's just take a moment to wonder at this incredible technology we're each carrying around on the daily. Thank you, ______....

Dear Jillian, I came to one of your women's circles a few months ago, and, frankly, I won't be coming back. It was awful. I cried in front of a bunch of strangers–how mortifying...and I mean, I just couldn't stop crying. So much guilt and shame and awfulness came bubbling up...especially around how I treat my children. And afterward, everyone seemed like it was totally normal, but it wasn't normal for me. I was humiliated. I never want to have that experience ever again. Utterly Humiliated,...

When we are born into our famiy, we know nothing else. There is no point of comparison. We are immersed in this culture from when we enter the body of our mother. From that first moment, we are literally stewing in that original culture at such a slow simmer that it penetrates way deep down into our bones. There isn't even a thought to question any of what's going on behind closed doors. It is simply the way it is. The way it's always been. But, when you're a cycle breaker–like I know that...