In Bear's Den: Mythic Medicine for a World in Transition

Who sits beside us as a tender, present witness at every threshold? Deep within our ancient and living heritages, Bear returns again and again—in folklore, ritual, ceremony, and legend—as a living presence in moments of transformation. Whether she appears as lover, mother, child, healer, midwife, shaman, or guide, within the spell of the telling, Bear offers us her hallowed den—a breathing, fluid space where psyche and nature, creature and cosmos curl together as one. Here, in the enduring pulse of her wild presence, she wraps us in her warmth and fur holding us steady as change reshapes us.

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Fire Beneath the Frost: How a Little Bird Outsmarted Winter and Woke the World

Singebis is an ancient Ojibwe winter folktale about a beloved folk hero and wild grebe whose perseverance, courage, resilience, and loyalty in the face of Kabibona'kan, Winter Maker, shows us we can do the same in the face of adversity. This story asks us to reflect on what kinds of Kabibona'kans do we face in our lives today that threaten to divide us from others who might be our friends? This folktale reminds us we all have the capacity to tap into our inner Singebis, find our inner trickster, and remind ourselves that even a little wild bird can outsmart the Winter Maker!

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