Listen: Or read: Co-dependent behaviors are part of relationships. We all have them unless we are a true socio-path because we care for other people and it feels good to do good things for people we care for. So as I speak about them, what I want us to consider is the negative impacts on Read More
Category: archetypes
Tapping into your Intuitive Knowing
You have intuition. Life may have beaten you out of using it, and it still lives there in your gut. We are born with wisdom in our DNA. It’s generations of wisdom built into our cells with the power of our spirit part of us. You know, even when you don’t know. At the center Read More
Courage & The Warrior
Courage. It’s the choice we make when we know it’s right, even though it may be the hard. Sometimes when women come to me for coaching, they think I’m going to be able to see them through the feelings to the point where it will feel easy. My program is simple steps, and that doesn’t Read More
Ask Your Wounded Child What She Needs
Listen: Or read: Our Inner Child often shows up when she’s wounded. Let me explain. When we feel powerless, she shows up – probably by default. We know the Wounded Child energy: We sob. We feel out of control. We have a hard time thinking clearly. And the Suffering Spiral of I’m-not enough thoughts. Of Read More
What happens when you see yourself through eyes that love you…
Have you ever asked someone you love, or one of your co-workers or clients how they see you and what you do in the world? It can feel uncomfortable to ask about yourself, but I think it’s almost always worth it if you are open and curious about their perspective. It’s even an act of Read More
How to Soften into the Heart-Center
Listen: Or read: One of the hardest things for me being a working mom was traveling home and doing my best to get into a heart-centered, loving space without bringing the work-warrior (and worrier) with me. I admittedly failed often (and still sometimes do since my transition is a matter of steps now). Some of Read More
Celebrating the Crone with a Croning Ceremony
The Crone Archetype is often one that women struggle to connect as easily to as the lovely Maiden or the nurturing Mother. Not a lot of us want to claim the ‘ugly old hag’, however, I want to share with you the original beauty of this word. Crone came from ‘crown’. It is a crowning. Read More
The Wisdom and Gifts of our Crone Archetype
Crone. I say this word and women cringe. Definition: old hag, usually thin and ugly Interestingly enough, when it comes to archetypes, the closest archetype many psychologists relate to the crone in men is the wizard. Wizard sounds a lot more powerful, doesn’t it? No negative connotation, just magical power. I want to change your Read More
The Message Of Inner Conflict
Listen: Or read: Over the weekend, a friend of mine was making a big decision and she seemed, well, distraught. She said she feels as though no choice was going to be right because every answer seemed to come with a prong of pain or dissatisfaction – to the point where she was in paralyzing Read More