Jerilyn Brownstein lives within the complex layers of mother, writer, partner, therapist, daughter, friend, sister, grief, beauty, butterfly, wind, snail, firefly, oak tree, turtle, sand dollar, death, ocean, zinnia, lilacs and lavender. She is known for her ability to weave depth psychology, indigenous wisdom, and the mythopoetic perspective into a tapestry studded with teachings and teachers who reside within the other than human and more than human realm. Her synthesis lays, not the groundwork, but lays us all on the ground. Mother ground. Where we begin to listen, learn, and live differently. Her fidelity to mothering, the entity, and soul, the energy that ripens us, welcomes mamas, of all ages, into a body of work that aspires to grow us all the way up and down into robust adults able to seed living culture.