Who Can It Be Now?
Rebecca Garifo Rebecca Garifo

Who Can It Be Now?

You’re rowing the boat, but we are the current that carries you. Trust in this synergy and your experiences will be far richer than if you believe you are navigating the rivers and rowing them alone.

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Good Fruit
Rebecca Garifo Rebecca Garifo

Good Fruit

That same ache and desperate need to reach unreachable people before I could set myself free to sing rather than scream. I heard myself beginning to sound more and more like, brace yourself ladies- …my mother.

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Lucid Dreaming
Rebecca Garifo Rebecca Garifo

Lucid Dreaming

“Do you get it!? It happens in a vacuum! S’good right!?”

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Freyja Fly By
Rebecca Garifo Rebecca Garifo

Freyja Fly By

My mouth hung open as I took in the gigantic wingspan. She was so close we could have reached up and brushed her feathers. We glared at each other, coming back to our words.

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Let It In, Let It in
Rebecca Garifo Rebecca Garifo

Let It In, Let It in

More and more I feel like I’m pushing off the side of the pool and backstroking out into the twinkling abyss. When I’m in fear? I feel crazy. But when I’m in joy? I am in awe.

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I Hope I’m Not Traumatizing My Therapist
Rebecca Garifo Rebecca Garifo

I Hope I’m Not Traumatizing My Therapist

I just stood there staring, studying them. Motionless. Waiting to hear a scream or stutter from another customer or employee when they were no longer distracted and finally saw what I was seeing.

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Take Your Power Back
Rebecca Garifo Rebecca Garifo

Take Your Power Back

When did the word responsible become society’s new scarlet letter? As if taking responsibility means shaming ourselves, accepting blame, or giving up freedom.

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It’s the most wonderful time of the year
Rebecca Garifo Rebecca Garifo

It’s the most wonderful time of the year

Sometimes what's best for us in the moment looks like an unhealthy choice or a copout to others. I’m still learning to make peace with that and trust my gut anyways- opinions be damned!

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Why you gotta make me be mean to you?
Rebecca Garifo Rebecca Garifo

Why you gotta make me be mean to you?

Many of us are constantly striving for truth and joy no matter the cost, but just as many are striving to keep their comfort and security even if it costs them their truth and joy.

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TVMA
Rebecca Garifo Rebecca Garifo

TVMA

I've always been independent and caught myself so to speak, but that only took me half way.

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That’s some spooky shit
Rebecca Garifo Rebecca Garifo

That’s some spooky shit

"Am I just fucking nuts? Like I hear from spirits, see flashes and figures, smell things, hear songs, and random messages...All. Day. Every. Day. Maybe it's just in my head 'n I'm like...a high functioning nut job… Am I just a high functioning nut job? Just give it to me straight."

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