Ok, friends. I need to be serious for a minute. I’ve seen nearly all the horror movies out there and visited several horrible places on earth—living conditions of neglected and abused people that were disturbing on multiple levels—but nothing prepared me for Auschwitz. At first, I thought I didn’t need to go there. I, Read More
Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson As we are all aware, flying on a plane isn’t the most eco-friendly activity. Neither is driving a car, which is hard to avoid unless you live in a city and, Read More
Until one has loved an animal a part of one’s soul remains unawakened. -Anatole France Awww, these animals really have my heart! Each one with a special story, the rescued animals at SoulSpace Farm Sanctuary are indeed special. Animal agriculture is a cruel industry that harms billions of animals every single year. All of these animals, Read More
So oftentimes, we go on and on about compassion for others, but in the process, we forget about ourselves. We tell ourselves negative things about how we aren’t good enough, we deprive ourselves of sleep, we deny ourselves radical self-love because, you know, we don’t have time for that. This has been a lifelong, Read More
In a land far, far away, surrounded by rivers and jungles, live one of the world’s most peaceful people. The forest people. We call them orangutans, which is translated literally as orang meaning “person” and hutan meaning “forest”. Native to the rain forests of Indonesia and Malaysia, these amazing beings share 97% of their DNA, Read More