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Devoted to Holding Space
A tub so hot you can hardly sink in, surrounded by candles and steeped in healing oil. Towels fluffed, robe laid out, slippers at wait. A cleansing ritual to begin your stay. A fire flickering...
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Devoted to Mystery
When I was a little girl, church was a place of mystery. The sanctuary, hushed and dim, held dark-wood pews which waited for us in silence. The choir sang spells in Latin–words to which I knew no...
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Devoted to Knowing
Listen to an audio reading for this week’s card, then read on to hear more about how this former evangelical minister fell in love with card reading…....
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Devoted to Doable Selfcare
In the world of To-Do Lists, I should not be writing this right now. I should be recording tarot readings, or making a video lesson for my Flock. I should be folding the four baskets of laundry that...
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How Frida Kahlo’s Boots Became a Religish Icon
photo source: the gaurdian, what frida kahlo wore This is the story of how Frida Kahlo’s shoes led me to write a book. More than a decade ago I left church. I still had the values I’d learned in...
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Music as Soulcare Practice with Rachael Maddox
Whether we happen upon them, or create them with intention, we all need practices that keep us connected with the things we value most. Habits that let us live compassion daily. Routines that connect...
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Are You Religish? How to Build Bridges with Your Religious Family.
photo credit: earth altar, on retreat with Jen Lemen I know you love your religish life –with all it’s tiny altars, and mala beads, and humming old hymns under your breath while you’re in Exalted...
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The Post-Creative Lull
In 7 days I will mildly lose my shit. It’s inevitable. I will cry at Pamper’s commercials, or that damn car commercial where the dad drops his daughter off at the airport to go to college. I’ll have...
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Standing as Women and Artists
“I am an endangered species, but I sing no victim song. I am a woman, I am an artist. and I know where my voice belongs.” When you work on the edge of an emerging field, you are an endangered species....
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Priestesses Rising
Last winter I went to a lecture by one of my favorite artists, Ann Hamilton. She is one of the best known large-scale installation artists of our lifetime. Her work is mammoth — filling whole museums,...
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Priestesses Rising: The New Pulpit
As you may have noticed, being a priestess is my jam. It always has been — though up until now this collection of skills has had different titles. Like “pastor,” for instance. I still do a lot of...
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Soulcare for the Summer-to-Fall Transition
It’s getting dark just a little bit earlier. There’s a tiny tinge in the air after nightfall. The squash are starting to ripen as the last of the blackberries fade. Yes, it’s nearing the end of summer,...
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Tarot Together: Full Moon Flash Sale
I am a city girl, born and bred. But my family heritage is natural too — sand and sea, mountain and moon. This year, as I look towards what’s next for my soulcare practice and for our community,...
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Time to Harvest: New rites and rituals with Flock.
land art and image by jen lemen I believe in the city. I believe in density, and building UP, and not paving over all of paradise so everyone can have a lawn. I believe in living so close together you...
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What the Body Knows.
Every day in my online community, Flock, we have some sort of soulcare/selfcare check in on our private Facebook page. On Wednesdays we check in with our bodies for #bodycompassion. This week, in midst...
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