• 2019 Was [Good As] Hell

    Sometimes, Love breaks your heart wide open to clear away what no longer serves you and to open the door to new possibilities.


  • Glory, Hallelujah and the Universal Manager

    Glory, Hallelujah and the Universal Manager Helen Rose September 27, 2019 Gosh, what was the last time I wrote a blog post? It’s been a hot minute, and I’m so glad to be back. You might notice the blog looks quite a bit different. As I prepared to enter my new job, I took down…


  • A Ritual for Honoring Pain

    I’ve been at kind of a loss as to how I should proceed with my blog. I love writing and I love sharing my journey – and I also feel like what I’ve been posting lately (when it isn’t poetry) has been really preachy and leans toward oversharing rather than actual vulnerability. (Thanks to Brené Brown…


  • On Alcohol, Awakening, and Rising

    On Alcohol, Awakening, and Rising Helen Rose March 24, 2019 I will be two years sober this July. The last two years have been transformative in ways I never could have imagined, and the first gift of Divine love that I gave myself on this leg of my journey was recovery. Recovery allowed me to…


  • The Light of Godde

    The Light of Godde Helen Rose Written in November 2018 Revised and electronically published in March 2019 Once upon a time, a teacher told me to imagine a door in my mind’s eye, and to walk through it when I was ready. First to mind was the red door of the Catholic Church where I…


  • On Anxiety, Forgiveness, and Godde

    In every atom, every cell, and all the space between, there is nothing but Godde – and Godde is not what we’ve been told. Magic is not what we’ve been told. Godde is simply truth – and one piece of that truth that I’ve found for myself is that there is no perfection and there…


  • On Divine Love and Affirmation

    That is the story of how I came out as gay in a minister’s office in the Bible Belt and was met with nothing but love and congratulations. Absolutely everyone should be able to have such a positive, uplifting coming out experience. Absolutely everyone should have access to an affirming and loving spiritual home where…