Today’s wisdom comes to you again from nature… not surprising, right?! The tree is a marvelous structure providing shade, wood, a home to wildlife, sap, and fruit. It has a lot of jobs to complete in its long life, and interestingly it doesn’t do them all at the same time. We can’t utilize its sap […]
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Law of Giving & Receiving
The law of giving and receiving is pretty intuitive as it guides us to be balanced in both giving and receiving. Giving does not make you strong while receiving does not make you weak. Both are necessary to honor the natural rhythms–both your rhythms and the rhythms of others. Think about if you tried to […]
Law of Perpetual Transmutation of Energy
This law teaches us everything in the universe is changing, fluctuating, and evolving. This gives us the agency to have big impact with even the smallest effort. Big circumstances don’t necessarily require big effort to solve. Never underestimate the power of taking one small step of inspired action! “Just as a seed of a tree […]
The Law of Energy
As we continue our examination of the universal laws which make mastering the art of being human so much easier, we’ll continue to embrace last week’s law while adding the second. Do you remember what last week’s law was? The potency is in putting these laws to use in your life not just reading about […]
Nourish & Hydrate
If you’re not sitting down, please sit down before you read this. If you don’t already know this, it might be a lot to drink in, pun intended. Our food and water supplies are used against us. Some are as bold to say they are poisonous, and by the end of this blog you will […]
Travis Update
Let’s talk about one of my favorite humans and explore his experiences thus far!! For a short period of time, Travis was moved upstairs. You may recall, Travis started out in an open dorm type housing unit that had an open room holding up to 60 occupants. Prior to a planned shakedown that housing unit […]
Teacher, Teach Me
In continuing to examine how our systems are interconnected it is important to look at the education, college, and workforce systems. These three systems alone go hand in hand, but they also are interwoven with the healthcare system and the energy system. Mr. Rockefeller was heavily involved in the educational system by founding the General […]
A Day in the Life
A day in the life of an inmate isn’t too sensational. Many people are curious about what it’s like so let’s dive into some of the day to day basics. Travis originally started out assigned to a bunk in an open dorm-style housing area which housed 60 people. During his time in this space it […]
The First Call
It was Thursday. My first full day as a wife of an incarcerated prisoner. As I walked through the dining room to the kitchen for a cup of coffee that morning, I saw Trav’s phone and wallet. I picked the wallet up and held it close to my chest and took pause. For a brief […]
The Drop Off
How do you prepare yourself to drop your loved one off at prison? How do you spend your last few days together? What do you say, or how can you offer them encouragement? I knew the emotions I was feeling, but I couldn’t imagine the emotions he was feeling. In the days leading up to […]