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You must simply love – the practice of sending and taking
[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] "There were times in the tree when I was sobbing – like when fellow activist David “Gypsy” Chain was killed – and I felt like giving up. And in one of those times, when I was praying, the tree answered with the message:...
The heart of Courage
[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] "People ask me, oh you're so courageous, aren't you ever afraid? I say, I'm afraid all the time – that's why you think I'm courageous. Courage doesn't happen in a space of no fear. Courage can only happen when you're...
embracing the breakdown
[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] "One thing I learned through my own sensitivity to the pain and suffering all around me, it is through our breakdown that our true power can come. To get muscle, you have to break it down first – that's how you build...
A conscious “NO” is a “YES” to something else
[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] "I got to this place where I recognized this powerful lesson – for us in our everyday lives, but also for those of us who are wishing to step up our commitment to our world: a clear and conscious and powerful “NO” to one...
On the Power of Humor
[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] "Something I learned in the tree is that humor is a really, really powerful thing... Now, think about it: I lived in a tree, by myself, for two years and eight days – that's pretty damn funny. And I've been made fun of...
I’m just a regular human being
[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] "There's something powerful when we share the authenticity of our stories and share the authenticity of ourselves. I don't think we have enough of that today – it's so much about the surface of things; it's so much about...






