How to pack one bag for life — I hope the following list may help you pack for a nomadic existence, a long backpacking trip, or an extended stint abroad. At the very least, I hope it gives you a glimpse into the very practical side of long-term vagabonding, and makes you smile. I get all of the…

Lessons from Medusa on Sexuality, Power, & Subversion — “La subversión sumergida en belleza es revolución.” — Colectivo Las Tesis (Subversion, submerged in beauty, is revolution.”) Before she is turned into a fearsome snake-headed monster, Medusa was a beautiful maiden. Ovid describes her hair as the, “most wonderful of all her charms.” The ancient Greeks sure had a knack…

Lessons from a Goddess on the power of ugliness. — A former partner used to tell me that my anger — or more specifically, my bitch face — frightened him. It was thanks to him, thanks to the pyrotechnics of our conflicts, that I came to know my capacity for rage. Do you know what it feels like to embody…

Finding Stillness in Movement — I hope this short excerpt from my book will inspire you to seek stillness, peace, and joy in movement — in whatever form that takes for you right now! What is this thing that calls me to move and calms me through action? What is it about being in motion…

Dismantling toxic masculinity from the inside out. — It is 6 a.m., and I’m sipping coffee on my balcony watching the sky turn from gray to blue. A worn poncho keeps out the morning chill. …

(Hint: It’s Not You) — If I had a penny for every time someone told me I was difficult… I’d have at least a couple dollars, but that’s not the point. I won’t be getting rich off my hard-headedness anytime soon. Not directly, anyway. I’ll circle back to that. Many times, as a lover, friend…

Here’s how to do it — I am a woman, and I have solo hitchhiked at least 7,000 kilometers over several years of travel adventures. I have crossed France in a day, discussed philosophy with a Dutch man in Croatia, offered free career counseling to a woman in South Africa, crossed Costa Rica for a festival…

A Poem on Love, who Decided to Stay — Love lives here. We built a dwelling for her On a shaky foundation, But Love didn’t care. Love flipped her fire-engine hair over her shoulder And stepped right on in, Suitcase in hand — Paid the cab for just a one-way fare. And now there are cracks in the walls And the…

A Practice for Women, Travelers—& Everyone — “Practice listening to your intuition, your inner voice; ask questions; be curious; see what you see; hear what you hear; and then act upon what you know to be true. These intuitive powers were given to your soul at birth.” —Clarissa Pinkola Estés They say that our brains only consciously…