Ahhtherapy
Each email moves with the rhythm of the natural world — the moon's waxing and waning, the turning seasons, the quiet thresholds between one chapter and the next. You'll receive seasonal wisdom rooted in the Wheel of the Year, connecting outer shifts in nature to the inner shifts happening within you: what to release as the leaves fall, what to plant as the light returns. Alongside that, we'll go deep into intuition — recognizing your inner knowing beneath the noise, and trusting the subtle nudges your body and spirit are always giving you. Expect guided meditations timed to lunar and seasonal energy, rituals for release and renewal, and reflections on ancestral wisdom, mythology, and astrology as mirrors for your own becoming. You'll also be first to know about moon circles, seasonal gatherings, and workshops. Above all, these emails invite you to slow down, listen inward, and remember: you already carry the wisdom you're seeking — the seasons and your intuition are simply here to help you remember it.
Samhain vs Halloween: Before the Decorations, There Was the Season
ahhtherapy ~newsletter ~october 2026 Living Better. Living well. It begins with the exhale ~"Ahh" “A time for both reflection and revelation, Samhain delineates a moment as thickly fleeting as fog and as subtle as the edge of a knife.” ~ Asia Suler Part 1: Replacing Fear with Wonder Hey there friend.... I've always had a love-hate relationship with Halloween. As a child, it was definitely not my favorite holiday. And if you grew up in the '80s like me, you might understand why. The big kids...
Why Does Standing at a Cross Roads Feel So Full Of Magic, and Yet So Uncertainty?
ahhtherapy ~newsletter ~october 2026 Living Better. Living well. It begins with the exhale ~"Ahh" “The crossroads is an important place in the training of a warrior. It’s where our solid views begin to dissolve.” ~ Pema Chödrön The Mystery of Crossroads Hey there, I’ve always been fascinated by crossroads. Not the kind that trap us at red lights when we’re already running late, but the mystical old kind, the dreamy and imagined ones that somewhere still exist. The kinds where dirt paths cross...
Can the Sorrow and the Soaring Belong to the Same Story?
ahhtherapy ~newsletter ~october 2026 Living Better. Living well. It begins with the exhale ~"Ahh" “So, if we’re paying attention, there is grief, but there is also so much beauty that remains.” ~ Terry Tempest Williams, The Hawks Keep Appearing Have you ever had a week where the universe keeps tapping you on the shoulder? This week, for me, it's been hawks. Four so far, to be exact. Hawks aren't usually the birds who show up for me. I tend to get other messengers, so seeing this many, one...
Everybody Plays The Fool ..Sometimes
ahhtherapy ~newsletter ~october 2026 Living Better. Living well. It begins with the exhale ~"Ahh" “The Fool teaches us that life is simply a continuous dance of experience.” ~ Rachel Pollack, "Everybody plays the fool, sometimes, no exceptions to the rule." The Main Ingredient And don't we, though? We may feel a bit embarrassed or too proud to admit it, but even the best of us has played the fool at one point. But what is a fool, really? Usually just a really naive person who generally has a...
The Storm, the Moon, & the Cards...
ahhtherapy ~newsletter ~september 2026 Living Better. Living well. It begins with the exhale ~"Ahh" The Questions with No Easy Answers "A state of equanimity is not one of passivity or indifference, but of space and stillness, as well connection and compassion.” ~ Sharon Salzberg Hi love, The Northeast got walloped this weekend. Saturday, Sunday, and today isn’t much better. I can’t speak for every storm across the country, but I can tell you what it was like from here. When a storm keeps us...
I'm Letting Comfort Lead This Season...
ahhtherapy ~newsletter ~september 2026 Living Better. Living well. It begins with the exhale ~"Ahh" Hello, Autumn Soul 🍂 The fiery summer burned itself away,And from the hills, the golden autumn timeLooks down and smiles. The fields are tinged with brown—The birds are talking of another clime.The forest trees are dyed in gorgeous hues," from An Autumn Reverie by Ella Wheeler Wilcox The wheel has turned… There’s a little magic in these first days of fall ~ the softer light, the cooler...
A Place Where You Don’t Have to Hold Everything Together
ahhtherapy ~newsletter ~September 2026 Living Better. Living well. It begins with the exhale ~"Ahh" “Time to go into the dark where the night has eyes to recognize its own. There you can be sure you are not beyond love.” ~ David Whyte Tomorrow, at exactly 8:04 p.m. EST, somewhere above all of us, day and night will stand as equals. Not for long. Just for a breath, before the Wheel tips us gently, irreversibly, toward the longer nights ahead. I’ve been writing to you all week about this...
What To Take, What To Leave, And When Enough Is Enough
ahhtherapy ~newsletter ~September 2026 Living Better. Living well. It begins with the exhale ~"Ahh" “I think of the trees and how simply they let go, let fall the riches of a season… Learn to lose in order to recover.” ~ May Sarton The Last Row In old harvest traditions, farmers left the very last row of the field unpicked. On purpose. Not because they forgot it, but because some of the harvest was never meant to be taken. It was intentionally left behind as an offering to Mother Earth, and...
You Don't Need Balance. You Need Honesty.
ahhtherapy ~newsletter ~September 2026 Living Better. Living well. It begins with the exhale ~"Ahh" “Most of us value honesty yet are not aware of how regularly we avoid facing what’s difficult inside us…” ~Tara Brach I don't think we actually want perfect balance All week, one thought has kept coming back to me. It's this: we don't really crave perfect balance, not the way we think we do. I know that sounds strange coming from someone who's all about creating balance in my own life and in...
I'll Make It Worth Your While ~ An Invitation To Pause
ahhtherapy ~newsletter ~September 2026 Living Better. Living well. It begins with the exhale ~"Ahh" “Autumn is on the threshold… A still center before the wheel turns.” ~ May Sarton Hey there…. So... maybe you’ve never heard the word Mabon before. Or maybe you celebrate it every year…. Or, probably more accurately, maybe you’ve simply noticed the change: the light becoming softer, the evenings arriving a little earlier, the first leaves beginning to turn, that almost imperceptible shift in...