THE YEAR OF THE BEAR

Reflections on the daunting realities of 2008. 

RECLAIMING THE SOUL

"Wherever I am, the world comes after me. It offers me its busyness. It does not believe that I do not want it. Now I understand why the old poets of China went so far and high into the mountains, then crept into the pale mist."  The Old Poets of China, Mary Oliver

ENHANCING EMOTIONAL WELLNESS IN A COLLAPSING WORLD

Carolyn Baker Interviews Carla Royal, M.Ed. Monday, 29 October 2007
I recently had the extraordinary privilege of sitting down with therapist and mentor, Carla Royal, to talk about collapse and how we can enhance our emotional well being as we prepare for and navigate it. Carla's perspective is incisive and her work essential in the current milieu of climate chaos, energy depletion, and economic upheaval. [CB]

COMING OUT OF THE ECO-CLOSET

An invitation to my GLBT friends

Photograph by Carla Royal.  2007