Mikaela de la Myco is an educator, mother, folk herbalist, community organizer and entheogen facilitator centering ancestral healing modalities, sacred earth medicine and sensual assault advocacy. As the founder of mushWOMB, she provides education for birthing people, queer folks and BIPOC in the sacred earth medicine space and full spectrum womb care space. In all […]
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Horoscope Week of February 27, 2025
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Octopuses have three hearts, each with a different function. Every one of their eight limbs contains a mini-brain, giving them nine in total. Is there any doubt, then, that they are the patron creature for you Pisceans? No other zodiac sign is more multifaceted than you. No other can operate with […]
The Medicine Cabinet Within: Hot Springs Healing
The experience of soaking in mineral-rich hot springs is one that not only inspires deep relaxation and a sense of internal unwinding, but in many ways also supports greater health and vitality. For millennia, Native Americans and other Indigenous and ancient peoples, including the early Greeks, Romans and Egyptians, have soaked in hot springs that […]
The Future Is Female
In the last 30 years, the number of computer scientists who were women dropped from 37% to 24% and a majority of that drop-off occurs between the ages of 13 and 17. Girls Who Code, a nationwide program, is on a mission to close the gender gap by 2030, aiming to prepare its members to […]
The Third Act: Heart Songs
Let’s hear it for conversation hearts, Valentine’s Day cards, bouquets or heart-shaped chocolates from unknown admirers! Sure, sure, but feeling and expressing heartfelt emotions is not a once-a-year thing. We don’t have to be “Damn Yankees” to know we gotta have heart every day, miles and miles of it, in order to get through life. […]
Read to Kids
Have you ever read a book to a 5-year-old? Their enthusiasm for choosing which book they want to read, their excitement at telling you that the stegosaurus has protective armor to save it from the meat eaters, or their giggle as they picture Pete the Cat stepping into a pile of blueberries in his new […]
Horoscope Week of February 20, 2025
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Have you been struggling to summon the motivation to start anew in some area of your life? I predict that sometime in the coming weeks, you will find all the motivation you need. Have you been wishing you could shed the weight of the past and glide into a fresh project […]
Heavy Hangs the Shield
I know it’s not cool to still like Marvel movies because they’re apparently the nadir of cinematic excellence, but I do… even when they keep letting me down. There are two specific reasons why I keep turning up at the theater on opening weekend for this forever franchise: 1) After 35 movies and 26 shows, I’m […]
Understanding Intimacy: Hopeful Husband on Valentine’s Day
Dear Dr. Jane, I love my wife. She’s amazing. Our love life is pretty good, but I’m really bad at showing her how much I love her on Valentine’s Day. The other day, I heard her talking to her best friend about it. She was putting me down a little bit. This Valentine’s Day, I […]
Horoscope Week of February 13, 2025
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Borrowing the words of Aquarian author Virginia Woolf, I’ve prepared a love note for you to use as your own. Feel free to give these words to the person whose destiny needs to be woven more closely together with yours. “You are the tide that sweeps through the corridors of my […]

