For many, if not all, having purpose sustains emotional stability. Losing purpose is often a catalyst for feeling lost or depressed and lacking vision in life. For those who’ve felt a lack of purpose, you know intimately the hollowness that it can bring to your...
Is anyone else noticing the shifts happening around us? Is anyone feeling that there’s something altering the entire ecosystem? The ethos of all the cultures on this planet are shifting, old models are no longer serving this new world and things are changing from...
There was a time when unhealthy relational dynamics were commonplace in my life. I spent years in a relationship with unhealthy dynamics, I danced in this struggle, trying to sort myself and the relationship out. Thinking that perhaps one day I would be able to figure...
Growth manifests in various forms, and as I've discovered in my own journey, much of it stems from the challenges we encounter in life. The most apparent signs of growth emerge once we've navigated past challenging experiences, allowing time for peace and perspective,...
Lately I’ve been contemplating my dissatisfactions, judgements, critiques, and expectations of others. I’ve watched myself get swept up in the storms of my thoughts, convinced that my ideas are superior and my judgements are justified. Watching my arrogance and...
When my daughter is agitated and frustrated, she can be impatient and snappy with me. I’ve had to learn not to shame her for that or make her ‘show me respect.’ Her frustration is an emotion that I want her to feel, I want her to feel the complex emotionality of being...
I lived in a constant state of anxiety — I would wake up and feel it gripping my heart. My jaw was in a permanently clenched position, and I think I even slept like that. I couldn’t slow down, and I constantly felt like I was drowning. I felt alone and desperate. It...
Dear one, the journey of life is a consistent offering of emotions, this is happening because you’re meant to feel all the things – our emotions help us connect to our aliveness. The universe, God, the divine, or whatever you connect to in order to know you’re not...
We’re living in an amazing time, there’s so much information traveling through our individual and collective spheres. Ten years ago the phrase ‘setting boundaries’ was rarely heard. I recall using it with a colleague and was told I was too firm by being clear around...
It’s taken a long time for me to recognize that the challenging things that have happened (and continue to happen) in my life are designed for my benefit. For most of my life I could not see them as such, and only in this past decade have I been able to remember this...