LYNN TROTTA
  • Home
  • ✨ Work with me
  • About
  • Blog
  • Contact

The Blog

You have the power

4/16/2020

 
Picture
“The pen is mightier than the sword.”  - Edward Bulwer-Lytton

The first time I heard it I was like, “Oh daumm, so true!” 
Words have the power to heal, incite wars, make people fall in love. And, most unfortunately, to exert power and enforce the dominance of few while suppressing many. 
Language that uses phrases like “it” or “thing” or “resource” when it comes to the natural world, automatically strips the title of “being” away from the plants, animals, water, etc. 

Because viewing these intelligences as “beings” would require that they have rights. And when beings have rights, they can’t be exploited. 

 One way we can support our home is to shift the language we choose when referring to the natural world. Over time, those shifts will take root in others’ minds and get passed on like seeds, eventually replanting our entire culture. 

Language has the ability to lift up and equalize power again--helping all to see that the planet and all her beings are alive and worthy of respect. Not for what they can give us, but by simply being. 

Start to do this by using names, either generally accepted ones like sugar maple or a personal name like Grandmother Maple. Use pronouns like she, him, they, or kin instead of “it.” 

 Notice as you do, these “things” you share your life with become family members. Family members worthy of love and protection.

It is our gift as humans to speak for the land because the land has no tongue; let us use this gift! (Yes, I stole this from Dr. Seuss, The Lorax)

    RSS Feed

    Picture

    LYNN TROTTA

    I'm a nature-based mentor and coach helping sensitive, empathic souls out of anxiety and overwhelm and into a healing relationship with nature.

    ​When we root in a meaningful relationship with the Earth, we find a sense of belonging more beautiful than we ever imagined.  

    RSS Feed

    Archives

    March 2022
    October 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    May 2021
    March 2021
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    September 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019

    Categories

    All
    Ancestors
    Ceremony & Rituals

When the constant pursuit to do more leads to overwhelm and anxiety, it’s easy to find yourself feeling disconnected, exhausted, and missing the juiciest parts of life. For over 17 years, Lynn has been guiding people to reconnect with nature and ceremony, allowing them to reclaim a sense of purpose and embrace peace.

Home

Work W/ Me

About

Contact

Blog

Terms, Conditions, & other crap no one reads

I acknowledge that I'm living and working on stolen land. The original peoples of what's now called New York, as well as the rest of this continent, were wrongfully & forcibly removed from their lands, suffered death, physical, and emotional trauma, and their culture intentionally fractured. I understand that Native Americans are still here; strong and thriving. I offer my condolences those the past, present, and future indigenous peoples who experienced harm, at the hands of colonizers, the colonial system, and systemic racism. I promise to do my best to be an ally, abolitionist, and accomplice. To support reparations and healing, in not just words, but in action. I understand that this statement is imperfect and only the first step. 
Copyright © 2022 / Lynn Trotta / All Rights Reserved
  • Home
  • ✨ Work with me
  • About
  • Blog
  • Contact