Dear One, The times we are living and working in are so disorienting… Many careers don’t make sense anymore during peak everything and tipping points. And yet, most of us need to “earn a living.” It’s exhausting to live these double binds. The fact that you are deeply concerned about the state of the world and wondering what to do about it means that you are an aware, and feeling human. And it’s normal to feel overwhelmed, and to crave accompaniment while figuring out who you are gonna be no...

Hello Reader, Today I'm writing to let you know of two opportunities to dive deeper into the questions around livelihoods that serve Life. The first is an invitation to provide input into a survey about pathways after folks take a permaculture design certificate course. If you've taken a PDC, please jump in and share your insights! I provide the links and more info from the research team below. If you prefer to not hear more about this survey (I'll send out a few more emails between now and...

Dear Ones, Many of you said my email from last week LANDED, especially where I spoke to these threshold times that we are living in: "We live in a f'd up economy when people are literally getting paid bonuses to build better bombs, obfuscate justice, forcibly abduct and disappear people, exploit workers more efficiently, and, and, and... (sadly, we could fill in the blanks here for days and not be finished)." Today I want to invite you to feel somatically into the metaphor around living and...