by Susanna Calvert, MAPP, PhD and Victoria Ronnau, JD | Oct 23, 2020 | Blog, Reconnect With Earth
By Susanna Calvert, MAPP, PhD and Victoria Ronnau, JD Good relationships are central to our wellbeing but can be so hard to create. Few of us are taught how to create healthy and rewarding relationships. A lucky few have had good role models. The rest of us have...
by Susanna Wu-Pong Calvert | Oct 9, 2020 | Blog, Reconnect With Earth
“Ogres are like onions…Ogres have layers. Onions have layers.” – Shrek Disagreements, the kind where we’re digging our heels in for the long haul, often to have an element of disbelief where we wonder how the other person can think that. But I know that if we dig...
by Susanna Wu-Pong Calvert | Sep 29, 2020 | Blog, Family and Community Healing, Reconnect With Earth, Voices of Nature
This week’s blog post is in collaboration with Victoria Ronnau, of Virginia Network for Democracy and Environmental Rights, VNDER.org. The idea of Earth as an integrated whole, a living being, is not new to this blog. Versions of this concept are practiced by...
by Susanna Wu-Pong Calvert | Sep 16, 2020 | Blog, Family and Community Healing, Voices of Nature
By Her Sickbed She’s resting quietly now. She’s too tired to speak, and she naps frequently. I don’t want to disturb her. I want her to rest and become stronger, and I also don’t want to leave her side. She doesn’t have to speak for me for me to know what’s going...
by Susanna Wu-Pong Calvert | Aug 30, 2020 | Blog, Family and Community Healing, Voices of Nature
Dear Mother Earth, I’m writing this letter because this is really, really hard to say and I wanted to make sure I’m telling you everything I need to express. I screwed up, beloved Mother, and I’m really, really sorry. I don’t want this letter to become about me and...
by Susanna Wu-Pong Calvert | Aug 21, 2020 | Blog, Family and Community Healing, Voices of Nature
“The myth of the separate self underlies our entire civilization, says philosopher and author Charles Eisenstein. This dualistic view of the world pits people against each other and turns nature into something we want to control. But we can choose another story — one...
