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Be part of the Sacred Grove where we can uplift one another’s Souls through dream tending and deep imagination. Through comments and chats, we can connect our roots to share dreams, responses, and stories of reclaiming what we have lost to illness, age, and the mud of life.

In particular, I’ll be sharing what it means to live with a partner who has a debilitating neurodegenerative disease from service-connected head insults (repetitive exposure to low-level blasts and mild concussions). And, I’ll also post a weekly Dream in Attendance and how it connects to the World’s Dreaming. You can reflect on how it connects to you in a held/sacred space.

The Deep Dark Woods surround us, but in the Sacred Grove, we re-learn lost teachings from the World, from Nature, from the Divine. Here, we face uncertainty and push into the Wound to accept its Healing. Readers can participate in the comments section, and chats, or support this work with a subscription.

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