You know that moment when someone’s disappointed you — your heart drops, and the disbelief feels almost suffocating? Depending on our life experiences, some of us may feel this when someone cancels a coffee date. Others may feel it when they find out they’ve been...
In 2006 I led a three-month expedition in the Yukon and Alaska. It was a truly epic trip (and I don’t use the word ‘epic’ freely). We backpacked for the first month in the mountains, and were later met with a float plane and switched gear for a month of...
A friend and I were speaking about life changing lessons we’d received. Her story was so poignant and sparked such reverence for me that I asked her if I could share it, she agreed. She was working In Laos at the time. For years she had been travelling for work,...
Last week a woman published a video on social media mocking a bad date with a man that had ghosted her, and then she shared his name and his workplace. It went viral, and other young woman jumped in on shaming this guy. In a single day his whole life got blown up...
How many times have you said, “I have to do what’s right for me”? Over the last two years, as a business owner, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve sat absolutely dumbfounded, either head in my hands or staring at the wall, because I couldn’t figure out my next step....
In an ideal human experience, we’re supposed to work on ourselves, evolve through time and grow through our challenging personality traits with compassion. Through doing self-work for nearly three decades, I’ve learned that it's a messy business. It’s neither simple...
I was sitting in my therapist’s office describing my absolute terror of attending a friend’s party. My social anxiety had reached an all time high, and every time I thought about going to the party my whole body tightened up and fear ravaged clear thinking. This was...
How you walk into a room sets the tone for how others see you. I look back at my life and think of all the different ways I’ve walked into rooms. The times I was feeling insecure or uncomfortable made my experience disconnected and fear based; I was worried about what...
You know when someone brings up something that’s emotional, a personal experience that makes you feel weird or uncomfortable, and all you want to do is silence them by either dismissing the experience or emotion or projecting positivity on the situation? I want to...
Perfection is a myth when we expect it of others and of ourselves. May we find the courage to be imperfect, to be less than someone else, to be OK being flawed and to allow those feelings as much authority as those that feel good. Those feelings help remind us that we...