Steph Bryden

Lately I have been reflecting about my relationships and those with my family, especially my own Mom as we sit in Cancer season. I’ve been thinking about the lineage of women I come from and how I wished I knew my maternal great grandmother. Her name was Ruby. The name makes me smile like someone who found a gemstone laying in the grass. That name carries something special. It tickles me, in a mischievous way. It’s funny how we tend to look at our elders when we are younger, almost idolizing...

This is the topic of the moment for me. I’ve been following the threads of my stories back to their origins, or at least, I’ve been trying to. A personal story I’ve been telling myself since before I can remember is that I can’t write. Where did this belief even begin? Honestly, I couldn’t even tell you even after many long reflections. What I can tell you is that the belief feels real and it has lived within me as truth. My recent trip to Peru allowed me the time and space to really sit with...

We are in the heart of Taurus season and during this time I find myself deep in jungle of Peru.