This month, I found myself sitting with uncertainty about what to share in this space. Nothing felt quite right at first. As I reflected more deeply, and as I witnessed the ongoing shifts, challenges, and collective heaviness in the world, I realized I didn’t need to search for something complex or perfectly articulated. Instead, I felt called to offer something simple. Something grounding. What emerged is a gentle, guided meditation. One that reflects where I am in this mome

February 2026 marks the year of the Fire Horse  in the Lunar New Year tradition. The energy of the Fire Horse  is described as intense with a sense of passion, restlessness, and an unwillingness to be confined. It embodies movement, heat, and truth. Bessell van der Kolk reminds us that the body keeps score. Traumatic experiences, personal, ancestral, or collective, live in the body often as unfinished stories, boundaries that were never honored, or grief that never felt safe

Last month we reflected on Sankofa , the Akan word from Ghana, meaning “go back and get it.”  It is a reminder that returning to our roots, our stories, our wisdom, and our truths is not about moving backward, but about gathering what we need to move forward with intention. February, the shortest month of the year, is recognized as Black History Month  and includes what is commonly known as St. Valentine’s Day , which I have lovingly referred to for the past 20 years as “Love