Melanie Sheckels is a registered nurse and a death, grief and trauma educator/guide, helping hundreds of humans move from fear and freeze into possibility and ease. Melanie founded ‘Threshold Doula’ ...
I got very sick just before Christmas. Maybe you did too. Seems to be the vibe. The typical cold and flu season we’d come to expect pre-covid is a far-away ...
My husband leaves his shoes in terrible places. Strewn best describes their daily fate. Birkenstocks or old leather boots laying across the path to the bathroom like land mines. It ...
Imagine you’re walking down the street.No wait. Imagine you’re dragging your tired, covid fogged ass down the street, with a little is-this-what-it’s-like-getting-older-hip-pain, headed where you think you need to go ...
When I was in my early 20s, I found myself in an existential tension that I’d come to wear like a familiar sweater throughout my adult years. The tension feels ...
I hit a wall. It was awful. Unravelling ensued. It continues… It’s been a minute. Time flies when you’re exhausted af. Online business guru “best practices” say when you’ve ghosted ...
And taking my hijacked psyche with me. Pour a cuppa or light yourself a joint. Settle in. Because there’s more to say than will fit in 140 characters or an ...
I had just finished a series of long facilitation days with a lot of give. The kind that leaves me on empty hours before it’s time to turn in. I ...
I stopped. I hadn’t planned on stopping. I didn’t hum and haw over it, I didn’t make space or have a strategy around taking a creative hiatus. I just stopped. ...
There once was a Right Path. It was the step ahead, the reach, the breath. It was moments of oneness that bled into moments of separation. I am this. I ...
