Self-Compassion is one of the keys to self-love. We don’t get to self-love by being hard on ourselves and yet almost every woman I know will tell you they are often hard on themselves. They feel without shaming themselves, they may never get anything done. I’m here to tell you that shaming yourself only makes Read More
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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
Sit with the Feelings, Not the Stories
Listen: Or read: Life. it’s beautiful AND it’s hard. Ever notice that some of the greatest things are some of the hardest things? Graduations mean an achievement (ending) and also the beginning of the unknown for many of us. It’s exciting and scary. Having a baby is the end of one stage of life and 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
Core Beliefs can be changed. Start with Compassion..
Last week we talked about perception and the trickiness around interpreting how we see what we see. Someone emailed me and asked, “how do I see my perception? It’s not like I can take off my glasses and see what shade I am wearing.” That is so true. As unfortunate as it is that we Read More
Are you seeing clearly?
We think we see clearly. In fact, we do SEE clearly. It’s the interpretation and recall that are our biggest issues. Our brains make up details from old thoughts and experiences to cover gaps in our memory. It goes for criminal investigations and it goes for personal growth. Let me explain. If you are a Read More
Connecting With Gratitude
Gratitude practices are a lot more than listing out things you are grateful for. While that’s definitely a start, the gratitude practices that scientists measure are often a little more detailed than that. So if you haven’t been getting the results or it feels like they have become apathetic, here’s why. First the example with Read More