I’ve had a blissful day, I experienced so much productivity at work, I had meetings that felt fluid and connected and I taught a yoga class that was immensely nourishing for myself. I felt richly connected to my heart by the end of the day. But when I walked into my...
The Wisdom of Anger: A Teacher of the Soul
I no longer remember when I first met my anger, it’s become so much a part of who I am that its arrival alludes me. For so long I had a tumultuous relationship with her, she felt like shame that boiled in me, my failure as a woman for not always being perky or...
Exploring Arrogance in Modern Culture
I’ve taken a pause from writing lately, for three reasons: One, I’ve been busy and didn’t want the pressure, although pressure has been my driving force in the past — I love pressure. Two, I’m digesting and decomposing life and information as it’s moved through me...
Making your life Sacred
‘Sacred’ is a vastly different word than ‘special.’ Special implies unique and singular and treads carefully close to perfectionism. Sacred is the removal of the veil, a place that tends to heal and release our egoic mind. It allows us to access the richness of our...
What happens when the unexpected occurs?
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,...
Rewrite for humans
I’m borrowing this heading from Seth Godin and one of his recent blog posts, he delivered the message below, but I’m taking some liberties with my interpretation of his heading and expanding on his thoughts. He wrote: “My building had an elevator problem. The...
Every thought has this power…
Every thought is either pulling us towards or away from love. The thoughts we think when we wake in the morning directly impact our day. The thoughts we think about our partners determine what kind of relationship we’re going to have. If we minimize our partners in...
What happens when we live complicated lives?
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...
Learn to tame the fear of the unknown
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...
Hurt
Recently I received an emotional blow, unexpected and surprising. For a few days (weeks) I was challenged to move through without the emotional bombardment of deep sadness and self ridicule. I opened myself up to someone in a way I haven’t in a long time, and in the...