I was once "exorcised" of my anxiety in a darkened room in Lisbon. It didn't work. What did work, years later, was learning there's a difference between wanting relief and wanting exile, and that the addicted, anxious parts of us were never meant to be deported.

I'm pretty confident that you know exactly what I'm talking about and if you don't, well, perhaps you've taken all the rights steps in...

For a while I have intended to articulate my thoughts on the cultural appropriation of indigenous knowledge, practices and beliefs in the...