Artwork by Yukai Du, for my new offering, KILN: Chrysalis Edition. Hi Friends- As you may have noticed, I’ve been on a deep journey of undoing these past many months— preparing to step back into the world and to be in community with you, in new ways. In the process, I have spent a lot of time alone, and I have spent a lot of time searching for clarity about my next steps — or my next incarnation, if you will. And after all this time, and all this travel, and all this sitting in meditation,...
10 days ago • 6 min read
Hi Friends- After a long period of retreat and introspection, I am re-animating! Today, I was picturing myself as both the mad scientist hunched over their creation and the reconstituted body being awakened to new life. It me! 🧟 After spending an unholy amount of time hanging out with me, myself, and I... I am truly enlivened by the prospect of anchoring back into hosting gatherings, holding community, and coming back into my energy work practice. Over the next few newsletters, I’ll be...
21 days ago • 7 min read
Artwork by Jason Hateart. Hi Friends- I am currently: feeling immense gratitude for the bounty of blessings in my life — a home, a wonderful community, so much love, my dog guru Pablo, a warm hearth, running water, sunshine, and so much more... ramping up to share some new offerings with you and looking forward to diving back into my work after an extended period of deep undoing and integration reading a book that puts forth a clear-eyed (and fairly disturbing) vision of how climate change...
about 1 month ago • 7 min read
Artwork by Tom Leighton. Hi Friends- I hope you're continuing to surf the waves of change with as much grit and grace as you can manage — or just deciding to inflate your life preserver and take a break, as needed. This morning I decided to fully embrace uncertainty. Or let's be real — to try to fully embrace it. It's taken at least a year and change of resistance, but I am beginning to see that there is just no escaping this liminal state I'm in. (And, dare I say, that we're in? 🙃) So I am...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
Artwork by Rohan Dahotre Hi Friends- I hope you are staying sane amidst these chaotic winds of change. The pace of flux is making me realize just how much the ritual of writing grounds and anchors me. The energies of late have felt very “two steps forward, one step back” to me. I make a plan, and then it dissolves in my hands. Are you feeling this, too? As Bayo Akomolafe says, “These times are urgent, let us slow down.” I would prefer to have more clarity, more quickly — but circumstances...
3 months ago • 6 min read
Artwork by Yukai Du. Hi Friends- My long season of “undoing” continues, but I am looking forward to returning in radiant new form with the podcast and a big new project in the Spring. More on that soon… In honor of Valentine’s day, I wrote you an essay about love, imagination, and joy. Sending warmth,Jocelyn Artwork by Yukai Du. Let's Make Love Cool Again—Wherein I talk about why love needs a rebrand, how imagining bad futures creates bad futures, inspiring words from AOC, and the true source...
4 months ago • 4 min read
Hi Friends- There is a lot going on. In every direction direction I look — at what is unfolding on a socio-political level and the fear and uncertainty that is being deliberately incited at what is unfolding within the lives of those close to me & the very real daily struggles that they are working with at what is unfolding within my own psyche and my own heart — there is a lot going on. And for better or worse, I think that’s going to be the mood of 2025 — a lot of alot-ness. So I was...
4 months ago • 8 min read
Wise Trees series: Mesquite. Hi Friends- As with so many of us, my thoughts and prayers have been with the inhabitants of Los Angeles these past few weeks. As I watch the heartbreaking destruction that continues to unfold, I’ve been thinking about a podcast conversation between Pat McCabe and Francis Weller (that I shared in the last issue), where he talks about the importance of “keeping current with our grief” as a vital practice. In my understanding, keeping current with our grief is both...
4 months ago • 9 min read
Scout Cave, near Hurricane, Utah. Hi Friends- It’s good to be back with you! When I originally typed that first line, I accidentally wrote: It’s good to be back with me! Which is funny because this week’s essay is all about remembering who you are. This Fall, I spent two months on the road in the Southwest with my dog, stripping down to the basics and camping out of my Jeep. It was a transformative journey, and a month on from returning, I am only just beginning to come into awareness of all...
5 months ago • 7 min read