Listen: Or read: Most of us grow up without really learning how to be with uncomfortable feelings – whether that is our own or sitting with someone who is experiencing tough emotions. So it’s understandable that when someone is struggling, we often don’t know how to just be with them. In fact, you might be Read More
Wisdom
5 Ways to Love Yourself When It’s Hard
I know there are times that self-love feels like it’s unreachable. I’ve been there. I’ve just not felt lovable. And I probably had reasons and explanations why it wasn’t possible in the moment. Choosing love for myself just seemed, wrong. I bet you’ve felt it too. Maybe we feel like we made a mistake, we’re Read More
The Magic of Curiosity: How being open can shift your life in 4 ways…
Listen: Or read: Judgments. We all have them for very good reason. Judgment is meant to keep us safe. The problem is that we allow judgments to keep us from discomfort too. While that might seem ideal, discomfort is made to help us grow. “Discomfort is the price of admission to a meaningful life.” -Dr. Read More
Self-Compassion is the Birthplace of Resilience & Confidence
Listen: Or read: If you are one of those people who thinks being nice to themselves will end in a lack of motivation or over-indulgence, this is especially for you. When I say the words self-compassion in a room full of people, I can literally see the inner conflict happening among some. While we know Read More
Self-Love craves ritual: Here’s why
Listen: Or read: Ritual helps in all areas of life. When I was a little girl I actually liked going to church — and not Sunday school either… like sit in the pews, sing the songs, kneel, sit, stand, prayer and even sermon. Although organized religion isn’t something I practice, I learned in my 30s Read More
Choosing you: How we choose self-love
Listen: Or read: For a long time, I thought that if I had just accomplished enough, did things perfect enough, or looked right, I would get big, warm, fuzzy feelings of self-love. I just had to be proud enough of myself and sweep enough of my faults under the rug. In all my talking to Read More
What is self-love? {Short Video}
I know we want to believe that self-love is just a bunch of warm, fuzzy feelings… But it starts with choice. MY definition: Self-love is a practice of consistently choosing you. #whatisselflove What is self-love in less than 2 minutes…
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
Being Curious of the Unknown
The unknown is a scary thing. I talk a lot about this in Inviting Shift under Something Ain’t Right. There’s a lot of fear for those of us who like to know exactly what point B is, what it looks like, what it will feel like and so much more we imagine with a vision. 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