Jocelyn Edelstein, Author at Rebelle Society

To the Writers Who Make Me Cry.

Do you write to remember -- or forget? Do you write to heal -- or hurt? Do you write to teach -- or learn? Do you write to inspire -- or destroy? Do you write for you -- or me? Because you make me cry. Every damn time. But you must have cried too. I know those words have that effect on me only ...

wisdom

A Visit with Vulnerability.

Speaking from my own experience, and more specifically, my experience on this unusual day, I am beginning to recognize that there has been an all-out war going on inside me from an early age. This silent battle was waged by my ego against the deep wisdom embedded in my core, which knows ...

art

The Discord of Dancing with Not-Enoughness.

Moving with wind, swaying with breeze, I gazed up at skies and trees. I danced. I danced my feet into the earth. My base claimed my space. My hips held me as I freed my heart and danced in the art of my garden. Birds’ songs danced along with my song as I whistled and worked in my garden. I ...

poetry

I Remember Warmth. {poetry}

I don’t really understand poetry, no Unless there’s entirety, circularity, and illumination An off beat Unless I can hear the voice, Unless there’s some sweetness to which I can attribute a human spirit Unless there’s cradled attention, consistent and voluntary unless I can feel the softness

world

5 Ways to Practice Mindfulness in a Harsh Political Climate.

In the United States, political parties encourage citizens to take a side, and taking a side too often entails becoming irrationally defensive over that side, while ruthlessly bashing the other. This aggression has ultimately resulted in a range of violence, from citizens being assaulted at ...

wisdom

Goddess, Dismount Your High Horse and Listen: The Sacred Masculine Is Calling.

You say you want a Shiva to your Shakti. Then bring him into you. He is yearning for you, he profoundly aches for you, just as rawly and wildly as you ache for him -- with a staggering ardor and devotion that knows no bounds. He wants nothing more than to give you his everything. Universes he ...

you & me

La Famiglia: A Love Story.

Here’s to brothers who give you and your husband the best date nights in town, who bring pasta home from Italy in their backpacks, who are happy when they look at their kitchen sinks, and who will always have enough American bread and peanut butter and jelly on hand, just in case they get stuck ...

you & me

The Art of Trusting Your Journey.

Life is asking you to keep seeing the signs that have brought you here, to keep hearing your heart, your calling. Yes, synchronicities are harder to find, but they are still there, for sure. You see less of them -- only because fear and anxiety have gotten closer to your skin. Of course, it ...

you & me

Perception, Conception and Loss: When Does Motherhood Begin?

So you carried a child in your womb for 19 weeks and felt it kick and had an adorable baby bump? Your glob of cells had a fast, strong heartbeat for over a month and fully developed genitals and fingernails and measured the length of your hand? Is that life enough to be considered past the ...

you & me

Please Don’t Call Me When You’re Lonely.

Birds are smarter than they look, you know. They used to say that about me. So you know that dream, the one you’ve been telling me about for years? Please fly away and go do it already. Because nobody else will ask you to, and the only person waiting is yourself. And when you do it, I hope it ...

Jocelyn Edelstein

Instagram