Category: Hearth


  • Why Goal Setting Often Fails Before It Starts

    A few years ago, I asked my Guru for help with goal setting. We met at a coffee shop, laptops open, and He began teaching. I remember sitting there with a bewildered look on my face, watching His mouth move as words poured out, words that were supposed to mean something, supposed to stick. But…

  • What measures of safety do you need in place so you can speak up? Is speaking up easy for you? Today, I did. I used my confident, outside voice, and clearly said: “Gentlemen, the word faggot is hate speech, just like the N-word. This is an inclusive space.” Guru and I were in a small-town…

  • I create work that lives at the crossroads of sacred sexuality, devotion, and primal embodiment. My writings explore Power Exchange through worship, surrender, and the deep spiritual intimacy that can only come from trust and ritual. I write about the pathways of sacred-sexual practice;  how we heal, open, and rise through conscious connection. Alongside my…

  • Appropriate Action

    Ending a friendship of 36 years, at the age of 50, didn’t require a tough decision at all. I had already begun the mourning process of this loss of friendship a few years ago as my friend grew silent, distant. Reaching out time and again, trying to connect, to fix, to rekindle our spark of…