Kate Madden Yee
Kate Madden Yee is a Bay Area-based freelancer, co-housing aficionado, and astonished mother of two college-age sons. She loves to write about women using their power and creativity to change the world.
Anxious? Try Float Therapy
If you’ve been struggling with an overstimulated nervous system and are seeking …
Book Review: The Book of Druidry
Hear the word Druid and what comes to mind? Albus Dumbledore, his craggy face fr…
On Psychedelic Buddhism With Lama Mike Crowley
Buddhism has deeply-rooted, and perhaps surprising, connections to psychedelic m…
Book Review: Psychedelic Buddhism
Even those of us who consider ourselves square may be intrigued by a growing ren…
Book Review: Gentle Power
For many of us, the word “power” evokes images of executives around a conference…
re/VIEW: Byron Katie
“Self-realization is the sweetest thing. It shows us how we are fully responsibl…
re/VIEW: Julia Cameron
“Cameron has not only nurtured her own creative life over decades, but she’s als…
New Home, Old Traditions
Kate Madden Yee describes her spiritual journey, which took her back to a home t…
Book Review: The Grieving Brain
WHEN WE’RE GRIEVING, it can be hard to make it through the day, much less apprec…
Shelly Tygielski on Radical Self-Care to Promote Social Change
Pandemic of Love founder and author Shelly Tygielski outlines how radical self-c…
Book Review: Sit Down to Rise Up
WHAT’S THE SECRET OF LIFE? The simple, but not necessarily easy, action of showi…
4 Steps to Embodied Spirituality With Susan Aposhyan
Psychotherapist Susan Aposhyan has taught meditation for more than four decades,…
Book Review: Heart Open, Body Awake
“Embodied” is a buzzword these days, flung around in an attempt to describe the…
Rooted: Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature, and Spirit
Lyanda Lynn Haupt explores where science, poetry, mysticism, and the traditions …
Book Review: Rooted
Lyanda Lynn Haupt loved being raised Catholic. The mysterious, untamed nature of…
Examen Practice: Following the Thread
An examen practice can assist in finding and interpreting the thread of spiritua…
What Is Spiritual Direction?
The ancient practice of examen is one tool a spiritual director can use. The rol…
Sarah Wilson on This One Wild and Precious Life
Sarah Wilson asks readers to “take an active role in fighting for what we love.”…
Book Review: This One Wild and Precious Life
This One Wild and Precious Life: The Path Back to Connection in a Fractured Worl…
Wiser: A Neuropsychiatrist on Consciously Increasing Wisdom
Dilip Jeste, MD, offers ideas for increasing wisdom through empathy, compassion,…
Book Review: Wiser The Scientific Roots of Wisdom, Compassion, and What Makes Us Good
ASK ANYONE how to become wise, and they will prob- ably say that the task requi…
Community Champion: Tia Richardson, Milwaukee Muralist Transforming a Community
Milwaukee muralist Tia Richardson has seen firsthand the ways that art can trans…
Tara: The Liberating Power of the Female Buddha
A conversation with Jungian analyst and psychologist Rachael Wooten on the power…