Coping With a Parent's New Marriage
First and foremost, I love my parents. Nothing will ever change or replace that. I am thrilled for their new relationships, partner(s),...

Realms of Existence
The Celestial Realm: This realm consists of the "heavenly" goddesses, gods, landlords, and immortal beings. These refer to entities like...


It's Okay To Just Get By
In this part in my life, it just felt like everyone I cared and loved for was going their own way. I remember a few nights after moving...
Past Life
Our souls have undergone many lives. In these lives we have relationships with people or animals. We have children, friendships, and...
Remaining Unbiased in Hmong Shaman Practice
In my years of being a young, Hmong American, a once "child of God," and a gay shaman, I've had to force myself, whether I wanted to or...


FAQs Hmong Shamanism
How does someone become a shaman? A person must experience mob neeb or shaman sickness. Shaman sickness is categorized into two. The...


Becoming a Shaman Changed My Life
I feel I have been given clarity and given a second chance at life. I walk the path of a healer, of an empath, of someone who is given...


Hmong Vampires (Dab Nqus Ntshav)
Over the last few years, Hmong vampire folklore have not had a return in our stories in recent times. In the very early 2000s, the...


Ua Neeb Tso Qhua (Releasing the Shaman Spirits)
Every year during the months of October - December, Hmong shamans around the world perform a ritual known as "Ua Neeb Tso Qhua" or...
Advice For Emerging Hmong Shamans
I've received a lot of submissions from new and emerging shamans about how their journey and how their process has been like. Strangely...