I became a mother at the break of dawn. Sky glowing pink and orange, light spreading, room brightening. On the floor, moans and guttural...

I'm feeling so grateful to be able to reopen the yome for one-on-one sessions. Luckily, we're already very well ventilated and socially...

Photo by Guillaume de Germain on Unsplash I've been struggling to write this post for the last month. Feeling the need to put something...

We need each other. This lesson is taught to me over and over again. Especially when it comes to mental illness - or, as I prefer to call...

It took losing my mind to find myself. Bit of a bold statement, that. And I'm certain it's not the only way to find yourself. Probably...

Now this is a topic that I have devoted much thought and energy to over the past year. It was inevitable that it would prompt a blog post...

Welcome 2018, Welcome Yome. I've spent the past several days reflecting on the last year, on its many challenges, and the changes that...

September. This past week especially, the change has been palpable. Cold, crisp mornings. Breeze slightly more cutting, bit of an ominous...

I am in absolute awe of the humans who have come forward since the launch of my “unclinic” in the forest. DIA is not relaxing, feel-good...

"Hope is very often a refusal to know what is so, and steadfastly it is a refusal to live as if the present moment is good enough and all...

For Peggy, who’s constantly teaching us that the next great adventure is always within our reach, if you only have the vision, the...

“Who. Are. You?” demanded the Caterpillar. “Well, I… I hardly know sir. I’ve changed so many times since this morning, you see.” “I do...

I’ve just made a cup of coffee. It smells delicious - rich and comforting, spiced with a pinch of cinnamon, made creamy with almond milk....

The effects of my experiences in the world of psychiatry were not initially apparent. After discharge from inpatient care, I was still...

I don’t know if severe clinical depression was an experience I ‘needed’ to have. Maybe it occurred in part because a crash, a low phase,...

The Void is the space in between. It is a space in consciousness, between objective and subjective realities. As we fall asleep at night,...

** I wrote this nearly a month ago, and didn't feel right about publishing it until now. Something has since shifted and I'm feeling much...

Everything that we have has been Given to us. I, for one, have earned nothing - Not this life, not my body, not my health. Not my family,...

My mother loves to tell this story about a two-year-old Madison: I was playing in another room and suddenly became very quiet. She was...

We tend to see some slow days at Heart & Hands Health Collective as we enter the summer months. The weather is improving, and all those...