Emotional Intelligence

Owning our feelings begins with recognizing them. Explore how meditation, self-awareness, and emotional intelligence can help us understand and harmonize the emotions moving through our lives.

Who do you trust enough to share the journey? Explore intimacy, emotional baggage, trust, vulnerability, and what makes someone a worthy cabin mate—in travel, relationships, and life.

Months ago, I predicted that Mythic Alchemy wanted to be published on Ganesha Chaturthi. On September 14, 2026, that prediction became reality. My seventh book carries teachings reaching back to my holistic health curriculum of the 1990s, woven with mythology, Navarasa, yoga philosophy, Ayurveda, meditation, embodied practice, and decades of discovery—with Ganesha as my guide throughout.

What will it take to dismantle the false belief systems that keep us skimming the surface of who we are? Shattering the surface is the first act of courage—a willingness to loosen our grip on conditioning, move beyond appearances, and begin exploring the juicy depths of our inner beings.

Twelve has been in my thoughts. It is a fascinating number, especially considering the base-ten system we use for counting on our fingers and toes. In metaphysical and esoteric arts, twelve represents dream-realm mysteries. When I teach astrology to first-time students, I ask them to go on a kind of treasure hunt, gathering all the iconic groupings they can find that form a dozen. They can easily identify the twelve months in a year, but the deeper level of this number in the

Nannie Fannie on the left. Mama Roz on the right. A little girl in the middle who had no idea what she would one day become. Through a treasured family photograph, Ambika Devi reflects on ancestry, liminality, mythology, and the women whose love, courage, and guidance helped shape her understanding of what it means to be human.

What happens when science studies the sacred? A Johns Hopkins study of religious leaders and psilocybin opens the door to deeper questions about consciousness, spirituality, Meditation, and the nature of the Mind.