Ahisma: Is Violence Ever Justified?
A wasp followed me out of the chicken coop and stung me through my t-shirt on my shoulder blade. It hurt, but it’s also not summer if I don’t get stung at least once. I thought nothing about it until last night when I was stung again closing the coop door. Okay, twice...
What does Disability Pride Mean To Me
July is Disability Pride Month. It began in 1990 with celebrating the day the Americans With Disabilities Act was signed into law and has expanded to encompass the entire month. While I’ve been very vocal about how the ADA is in many cases a toothless law (it...
The Stories We Tell Ourselves Are Key To Liberation
Our minds get stuck in a feedback loop. When things go wrong, they often go really wrong, and our brains can grab onto that and really send us into a spiral with our self-talk. It’s important to recognize this, to understand that when we start to catastrophize...
Book Review: How To Keep House While Drowning
I’m always a bit skeptical when someone writes a self-help book that’s supposedly for me. You see, I’ve been drowning for such a long time it’s become what I expect, and I am aware that most people writing these books have a much larger support...
Episode 24: Spirituality and Neurodivergent Burnout
How does spirituality help keep burnout, especially neurodivergent burnout, in remission? And what are the three D’s of burnout and how can spirituality help them? Learn how dissonance, demands, and disconnection lead to burnout and the ways in which...
Procrastinated Projects and Neurodivergent Shame
I’m going to share a very raw, very personal story about me, our homestead, and shame. Why? Because I think a lot of us deal with this kind of shame and it’s the kind of insidious emotion that eats away at our self-talk and our self-esteem. I hope by...
Exploring Jivanmukta Part 1: Introduction and Applications in Neurodivergent Mental Health
(Author’s note: Coop Dharma is a twice monthly subscription based newsletter. It is established on a sliding scale with a minimum donation of $3/month and a suggested donation of $7/month. Subscribe through our website.) Most first year psychology students and those...
Liberation Changes Our Perspective on Healing
You are whole. I know it may not seem like it. No matter what you’re dealing with, you always wonder if things can be better, can get better. And they can, but the fact that things can get better doesn’t mean that you’re broken. And yet, when we talk...
Episode 23: Similarities Between Neurodivergent Burnout and a Dark Night of the Soul
This week’s episode follows up on last week’s when I talked about what a dark night of the soul was and how it specifically applied to neurodivergent individuals. After a quick recap of what I mean when I talk about neurodivergence, and an explanation of...
Episode 22: An Overview of the Dark Night of the Soul and Neurodivergence
Welcome to season 2 of the podcast. I am proud to announce we’re now distributed by the MuseCharmer Network. I believe we’ll be appearing other places soon as well, so stay tuned! CW: This week’s episode begins our discussion of the Dark Night of the...
About Me
I am a trans, fat, disabled, late diagnosed AuDHDer (that’s Autism & ADHD), farmer yogi and spiritual mentor who knows how hard it is to liberate and love your authentic self. I also know quite a bit about religious trauma. I’m a graduate student in Religious Studies because I am fascinated by and love all things spiritual, and it’s my goal to help you reconnect with your spiritual soul too. Want to learn more? Visit my ABOUT page.
Special interests: yoga philosophy & spirituality, spirituality in general, horses, clarinet, chickens, and writing/publishing.
Currently a graduate student in Religious Studies. 