I was reading a book on the plane— The Denial of Death , when a sentence caught me: “And there is Eros, the urge to the unification of experience, to form, to greater meaningfulness.” I paused. Reread. Let it settle. That word Eros, landed differently this time. Not just as passion or romantic desire, but something deeper. Something creative. Life-giving. Integrative. That sentence made me think of BodyBright, both individually and collectively. This space where we gather to

It’s loud out there! Especially when it comes to our healthcare. Everywhere I turn, someone’s offering a solution. A pill. A cleanse. A plan. A product. A panel. A supplement. A protocol that promises to finally fix the fatigue, the hormones, the anxiety, the pain. And I get it. I’ve been inside the system and outside of it. I’ve waited on hold with insurance companies, cried in the parking lot after appointments and tried to stay hopeful when nothing was changing. I’ve also

I asked a question recently on social media: Health is _______? And then I waited. But not passively. I waited with curiosity, a listening heart, and a little notebook close by. Because I’ve learned something over the years... when you ask a real question and give people space to answer, you don’t just get replies. You get real insight and inspiration. I asked not what the world says health should be, but what it really is, actively...for you. In your body. In your mind. In y

“God will only give you what you can handle.” I’ve heard it my whole life. I may have even said it. It sounds faithful. Strong. Steady. Like something you offer when you don’t know what else to say. But yesterday, after losing my girl of fourteen and a half years, those words landed differently. If God only gives me what I can handle, then why does this feel like too much? Why does the silence in the house feel louder than any noise? Why does my chest ache in that deep, famil

I asked the photographer a question as we were starting the photo shoot. “What is it about taking pictures that makes me feel so… uncomfortable?” She paused and smiled with the knowing of someone who has seen this a thousand times. “I’ve been taking pictures for decades,” she said. “And almost every person feels exactly how you feel.” Exactly how I feel. That sentence stayed with me. Exactly how I feel? The flutter in my chest, the shift in my breath, the sudden need to hide.