The ultimate value of women holding space for one another cannot be overstated. In a world where we're bombarded with the notion of performative existence daily, it so often feels like we're the only ones struggling, the only ones feeling how we do. In these spaces where we come together, we can experience a transcendent not-aloneness.

We carry the weight of all these birth experiences - of family, of friends, of strangers, of our own previous births - around with us, like millstones around our necks.

I’m officially giving you permission to put them down.

This year, I have had the absolute privilege of becoming surrounded by women, in a professional and personal capacity, whose power has inspired me, and whose wisdom has forever changed me.

When it comes to spirituality, different things connect with different people. I’ve always joked that books are my religion, and its not far from the truth. In January 2023, however, I finally found a deity that spoke to me in a way that no other ever had before: Allalae, the God of Small Comforts.