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Hola my dear friend,
Happy New Moon in Cancer! This is my third attempt to send out this newsletter this month. Life has been a bit challenging after landing in Oaxaca at the end of May. I struggle with oversharing, and yet, my health crashes are the fallout from overwork due to dominator culture. So, let it be a cautionary tale for you.
My partner and the big dog were able to rush ahead of Hurricane Agatha thanks to a great driver with Mayan Gateway. After we moved into our new place with no furniture, my pancreas decided enough was enough. Apparently, the new altitude combined with unfamiliar surroundings and interpersonal stress was too much. I became hypoglycemic from autoimmune insulin (I’m Type 1.5 latent adult autoimmune diabetic).
There’s a period of time when the beta cells in the pancreas get attacked by autoimmune reactions until one day there are no more and then insulin dependence sets in. Many doctors, mine included, call it the honeymoon period, but those of us with LADA call it a slow pancreatic death. Many have anniversaries commemorating when the pancreas stops naturally making insulin.
It’s like a big surprise party, except you don’t know the date. Since I didn’t get a quinceañera, I guess this is something to look forward to? But bonus, I’ve gotten to manage my glucose with added carbs including daily apples and tacos with fresh, local corn tortillas. And thankfully we were able to get a bed and a sofa.
Facing mortality has created a sense of Time scarcity for me too. It has helped me focus more intently on getting this work of decolonizing Time further into the world. We are blessed to be present in this Time every day we wake up.
In making this work more accessible I am continuing to do guest appearances on podcasts. I recorded one yesterday with Luis Mojica for Holistic Life Navigation podcast. I’ll share the link when it’s live. And I’ll be recording another with a new-to-me podcast “Pause on the Play” (thank you Cher Hale of Ginko PR for the introduction!). I really enjoy guesting. Details henceforth when they are live.
To that end, I’m recording Wild Presence, a 5-episode private podcast free for subscribers of Dragon Letters, to be released mid-July (details below). Stay tuned, you’ll be receiving it automagically.
I’m grateful that I have access to a good doctor that can monitor my midwifing of my pancreas now. It seems to be finding an equilibrium as I feel more settled in this new land and home. Guiding folks in decolonizing and finding Flow is what keeps me going. Thank you for being a part of this.
Stay wild, love fiercely. Your presence is golden.
xo Ixchel
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Wild Presence Private Podcast dropping mid-July!
This private podcast is meant to go deeper into my framework and serve as an invitation to the Wild Presence Collective. My conviction is that decolonial work doesn’t get real until we do this work together in collective. Private coaching is useful, but still keeps us separate from re-learning collective care which is the heart of decolonizing. Creating collective capacity is vital for resilience.
This will be the only way to work with me from here onward. (It’s vital that I leverage my Time still here on Earth in the 1:Many formats.) Wild Presence is intimate, non-linear, and deeply supportive in helping you decolonize Time to liberate your creative Flow for dreaming in this new way of being together. There are a few spots left in this cohort. Reply if you have any questions.
Day 1: Protect your dopamine
Day 2: Create conditions for Flow
Day 3: Decolonize Time
Day 4: Dreaming in the Wild
Bonus Episode: Flow for Creatives and Movement Makers
Post-colonial Astrology from Alice Sparkly Kat
I met astrologer Leslie Tagorda at Feel Good Money Live in Austin this April. Megan Hale (who’s a business coach with a program called Flow, that I’m excited to be coaching for part-time) introduced us knowing we’d have lots to chat about.
Thank goodness we met. Leslie is hosting Star-powered Summer with celestial ceremonies led by some amazing people, including Asha Frost. The book club and Discord chat on Post-colonial Astrology is not to be missed. I’m so grateful this book has been written.
As someone that has been studying astrology since I was 8, and communing with the stars even before that, I’ve been craving this book as it dismantles western white supremacy narratives embedded in astrology. Join us for this month of exploration!
How we can work together (including an updated structure and pricing for Wild Presence Collective — formerly Nepantla Collective):
Wild Presence Collective: alchemical, non-linear, agile process to bring you back to re-membering how to live with Wild Presence. Your medicine for Time scarcity.
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I was raised and bore children on the traditional, unceded, and stolen lands of the Coast and Central Valley Miwok (colonized as Petaluma, CA) and Nisenan (colonized as Sacramento and Fair Oaks, CA), past, present, and future. I also write, work, and live in the highland forest of the traditional, unceded and stolen lands of the Totonac, Nahua, and Mexicah, past, present, and future, in what is known as Coatepec, Veracruz, Mexico.
P.P.S. I do not live or consent to the colonial impositions regarding the construct of Time. I also practice honoring rhythms of work, play, and rest so that I can serve you with embodied presence and with loving care. This means I may take several days to respond to your requests and questions. (h/t Eva Glamaris)
P.P.S. A mention is not necessarily an endorsement of someone. It’s an acknowledgment, a citation, of the origin of information in my process of understanding. (h/t Kelly Diels)
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