Lisa Marie Basile

"In sleep, I become a garden of roses blooming in the dark." Read...

The Magical Writing Grimoire is a book of inclusive and accessible rituals and writing prompts for anyone who feels called to using words as a source of healing, empowerment, joy, generativity, and self-exploration. Read...

When you hear about a person with a chronic illness working or not working or considering quitting a job, these decisions were not made lightly.

Read...

No addiction or recovery story is the same. You don’t always kick the habit and you don’t always find the forgiveness which you seek. Around 60% of addicts relapse, according to the U.S. government. Others die. Others end up prison. Others lose their kids. Some make a full recovery.

Read...

Like a lot of people with chronic illness or autoimmune/autoinflammatory disorders, I went through a dead-end labyrinth to get my diagnosis.

Read...

The sum of a city isn’t always made up of its parts.

Read...

Loss was a language I’d learned early but had no way to speak it out of me. Read...

In this column, I talk about things other people think or say, but not out loud, and certainly not in public. No one wants to say, “People either love me or hate me” because it sounds ridiculous and arrogant and icky.

Read...

Please know that us flakes usually are dealing with something more than being lazy or disinterested. Flakes are usually ashamed and angry at themselves for not being able to speak out or address things “properly,” so a little love can go a long way.

Read...

For the longest time, I've turned to tarot cards — usually read by someone else for me — to seek wisdom. Read...