This is a Thanksgiving unlike any most of us have ever experienced. It has been a challenging year because of the pandemic, quarantines,...

In indigenous cultures, and in today’s world people choose to find their vision. How do you do this when in quarantine?

Welcome, friends. You are about to read a guest post from Jennifer Patten, a good friend and co-author of "Journey with the Wheel." I...

I never expected to top off a celebratory birthday dinner with a visit to the Emergency Room (E.R.), a visit I had avoided for almost...

I am borrowing the title of this blog from one of my favorite children’s books, Mama Do You Love Me? written by Barbara M. Joosse and...

I always wondered why so many religions celebrated a festival of light around this time of year. Then I met Sun Bear, moved west and was...

One of my dear teachers, a Cherokee Bird Clan mother, taught me this vision seed. And it is such an important one. Before I start to...

Sun Bear loved feast days, and, through him and my time with the Bear Tribe, I learned to love them too. He was born just before the...

Last month I was excited to share with all of you the launch of my brand new online store, which allows you to purchase Journey with the...

Remember the last vision seed that I posted: Everyone is born with a vision to guide his or her life. Our mission is to find and follow...

Greetings Dear Friends! I am a keeper of the legacy of knowledge shared with me by Sun Bear, Evelyn Eaton and the other incredible...

Everyone is born with a vision to guide his or her life. Our mission is to find and follow it. What do I mean by vision? Eyesight? A...

Only a strong heart knows the power of surrender. Guilt, now surrender. I sure know how to pick out really big topics to put into short...

If your philosophy can’t grow corn, you need a new philosophy! I learned this from Sun Bear, my teacher, co-author and spiritual partner....

Beauty is all around us. Each day before you go to sleep think about what you experienced that was beautiful. I learned this philosophy...

Over the next few months, my blog will take on a new direction. Here I am going to share eleven (a master number) maxims based upon what...

I greatly admire Meredith Little and the work she has done to introduce the Vision Quest to modern people. She and her late husband...

“I have been privileged in my life to take (what Joseph Campbell calls) a true ‘hero(ine)’s journey’. I have been allowed to step out of...

Have you ever wondered how to explain the medicine wheel to someone who has never heard of it? Or maybe you’ve never heard of it until...

Shortly after Sun Bear had his vision of the medicine wheel, we decided to build a physical representation of this vision. We were living...