What Are We Missing?
On a recent call with Manari Ushigua, political and spiritual leader of the Sápara Nation in the Ecuadorian Amazon, he shared that the...
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Laurie Benson
- May 11
- 1 min
The Myth of Self Improvement
There is a million (billion ?) dollar industry created around the myth that we are broken or incomplete. The very phrases, self-help and...
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Laurie Benson
- Mar 28
- 2 min
Grieving
(A personal note: Sometimes it's hard to share my writings because they are deeply personal and feel vulnerable. When these feelings come...
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Laurie Benson
- Mar 20
- 2 min
Thoughts of Surrender on This Spring Equinox
How do you feel when you hear the word surrender? Does it feel passive, vulnerable, debilitating? Or does it feel freeing, gentle,...
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Laurie Benson
- Jan 13
- 1 min
Gentle Awareness
Sometimes the experiences we have feel made up or surreal. While, in actuality, they are available to us at all times, but we only notice...
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Laurie Benson
- Jan 3
- 1 min
Condor Rising
This is the space we are all occupying - the time of the condor rising, working to bring all of life back into balance. The resistance,...
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Laurie Benson
- Oct 9, 2020
- 2 min
"Until you all love each other..."
The other day I hiked into one of my favorite places around my home. It feels sacred. There is an old, gnarled cottonwood tree, sitting...
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Laurie Benson
- Sep 25, 2020
- 1 min
From the Border
As I write I'm sitting on a patio in Ajo, AZ. A small, artistic, desert town about 50 miles from the border. I don’t know if I can...
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Laurie Benson
- Jul 13, 2020
- 2 min
What Are We Learning?
Our Mother Earth started 2020 with a loud cry. She is shaking us harder than she ever has, asking us to pay attention - to remember. What...
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Laurie Benson
- Jun 22, 2020
- 1 min
Without a Net
I’m not entirely sure what I’ve been waiting for. A sign. A moment of complete clarity. A... I don’t know. What I do know is that the...
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Laurie Benson
- May 16, 2020
- 2 min
No Blanket Wisdom For This Time
There is no blanket wisdom or message to be learned right now. The invitation is to turn inward. Listen to our heart and the knowing...
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Laurie Benson
- Apr 15, 2020
- 2 min
Deep Collective Healing
This idea of collective healing so intriguing to me. How do we come together, free of the constraints of time and space for healing? I’ve...
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Laurie Benson
- Mar 30, 2020
- 2 min
Pay Attention and Be Kind
Mural from Ajo, AZ. Artist unknown What’s coming up for you right now? Most of us haven’t had this much down time in our entire lives....
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Laurie Benson
- Feb 15, 2020
- 2 min
From the Border...
A few days ago I had an experience that will stay with me for the rest of my life. I was at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. What is...
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Laurie Benson
- Jan 15, 2020
- 2 min
Shifting Paradigms
This new year is already packing a punch with powerful lessons and reminders. I’m a dreamer, a visionary - and I admit that I thrive...
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Laurie Benson
- Dec 27, 2019
- 2 min
The Opportunity of a New Decade
What an incredible opportunity and fresh start we have in front of us. A new decade feels like an invitation to truly ground in what...
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Laurie Benson
- Nov 25, 2019
- 2 min
We Are All Standing on a Precipice
I have this strong, beautiful image of humanity standing on the edge of a precipice together, in a long line, holding hands. Prophecy has...
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Laurie Benson
- Aug 17, 2019
- 1 min
Extraordinary
I had a conversation the other day with a woman who shared that she wanted to live an extraordinary life. (Side note here - she's an...
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Laurie Benson
- Aug 8, 2019
- 2 min
We Know How To Do This
I want to yell this from the mountain tops. We know how to do this. We know the solution to this bigger calling or urgency that is...
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Laurie Benson
- Aug 3, 2019
- 2 min
Ceremony, Ritual, and Mary Magdalene
I'm reading, Mary Magdalene Revealed: The First Apostle, Her Feminist Gospel & the Christianity We Haven't Tried Yet, by Meggan...
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