Want to know what people have generally, historically reflected back about me? That I’m sweet and friendly. Sweet? Oh, darling. I’ve home-birthed two children, sat in numerous soul-shattering plant medicine ceremonies that have brought every ounce of my childhood terror to the surface, I’ve walked into my darkest shadows, I’ve faced every trigger for the past seven years on this motherhood journey with the courage of a fucking spiritual warrior…and you think I’m “sweet?” The Problem with...

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,...