Slow-Living as a Way Home

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• How to Build an Ancestor Altar | Honoring Loved Ones Through Ritual

  October 19, 2026 · 18 min

  Every October, I begin building the ancestor altar. This year, two new photos are going on it, and I keep picking them up and putting them down. Placing them makes it real. And I can’t wait to feel their energy near me again. When I was a…

• Fall Slow Living: Gathering, Rest and Preparing for Winter

  October 5, 2026 · 15 min

  My mom told me today it's going to be a hard winter. She sees it in the squirrels, chunky and frantic, cheeks full, like they know something we don't. And maybe they do. The air is turning, there's a chill at the tip of my nose, and…

• Grief, Loss, and Faith: How to Come Back When Your Heart Closes

  September 29, 2026 · 22 min

  In this episode, I come back after a summer of fullness and loss. I share the retreat in the Scottish Highlands, three generations of women on the Isle of Skye, the Andes, and then the deaths of my closest friend and mi tío querido. My…

• The Ancestors Knew Where to Send Us

  June 12, 2026 · 12 min

  In a few days I leave for Scotland. For the Highlands that sent me a clear message during the hardest season of my healing: slow down. And then, quietly, but without question, the Highlands will teach you. I didn't analyze it. I just…

• What Manzanilla(Chamomile) Is Teaching Me About Being Held

  June 5, 2026 · 25 min

  For most of my life, I thought Manzanilla was just a gentle tea. Nice. Soft. Helpful in small ways. But this past year, she began weaving herself into my days, cup by cup, day by day, until I realized something: I was being held. Not…

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