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Phases of the Mom

My own mom frequently said she knew I was growing up when I stopped holding her hand and realized I had become a woman when I reached for her again.

Why I Practice Ethical Non-Monogamy

I felt so much guilt and shame while going through this typical development stage. I was naturally a seeker. My culture, my faith, and my generation felt very limited.

Separation & Impermanence

If I did not want to lose my passion for change — a casualty of my drive and intensity — I had to find another path.

This Life Rocks

When I was six, I started a kindness project called This Life Rocks. At the time, my dad was recovering from his first cancer, and I was struggling with selective mutism.

In Rural Minnesota, Kids Lack Mental Health Care

“If we could fill all of our positions, we could serve about 1,000 more children in Minnesota.”

Am I Afraid of Dying?

These experiences have taught me that death need not be dreaded or feared.

Lucina Kayee: The Stories of Foster Youth

No child should ever feel like they have to hide who they are.

Sue Purchase: Guerrilla Public Health Provider

Overdose deaths in the U.S. rose to over 93,000 in 2020 — up from 70,630 in 2019 — which was the largest amount ever recorded in a 12-month period.

A Place to Be Seen

You own your body. You own your mind. You are life.

Weeds, Words & Wisdom: An Intergenerational Conversation

We put three of our favorite environmental activists and policy advocates in the same virtual room together for a conversation. Here is what former Rep. Karen Clark, Women's Environmental Institute co-founder Jacqueline Zita, and sustainable agriculture student and activist Priscilla Trinh talked about in June 2021.

What I Do and Do Not Know

I don’t know what I am doing and that’s okay.

Storying the Mississippi

Ramona Kitto Stately is one of the women celebrated in the Women…