“You use up everything you’ve got trying to give everyone what they want” Nina Simone When it comes to compliments, I find them easier to accept if I don’t make too much of them. I don’t need people to tell me that I’m amazing for me to continue doing something I...
Looking at myself in the mirror, wiping the sleep out of my eyes, I’m disgusted with my reflection. I’m thinking about how horrible I must be to have had people I loved and trusted treat me so poorly. I pick apart my character piece by piece, dismantling my freedom to...
“Don’t you find it odd, that when you’re a kid, everyone, all the world, encourages you to follow your dreams. But when you’re older, somehow they act offended if you even try”. Ethan Hawke I think we confuse ourselves when we try to fit in. Whether socially or with...
I wake up to grace every day the moment I realize I am still here. I am in control of this body of mine. I have choice in everything I do, and choice in how I respond to the world around me. Waking up to grace doesn't involve angels singing or me floating through...
If you are looking to make changes in your life, you will be scared. I’ve heard countless successful (in life, in business and in the sense of feeling whole) people say that they try to do something that scares them every day. For myself, I agree with this: almost...
What a privilege it is to share this world with you. Here’s to all the ways you effortlessly lift others up by just being you. By courageously following your dreams – as conventional or unconventional they are, you inspire others in your life to do the same. You may...
Why do we struggle? Because if it was easy, what would we learn in our lifetime? I don’t intend to simplify or discount the enormity of some of the challenges we will face in our lifetimes, but I fundamentally believe that if we don’t use this life as an opportunity...
Flow: the word pulls visions of ease, peace and the path of least resistance. I hear this phrase being used more and more. People seeking to live in the ‘flow’. I am unpacking this word in my own life, figuring out what it means to me and how can I actualize it in my...
I need to be honest: for a long time my life was desperately busy. The desperation set in after I started my business and had my daughter. I was desperate for so many things: sleep, support, more time, affection and understanding (at home and work) I was so...
From this moment forward, may we all find the absolute freedom to be ourselves. May we kneel with reverence to our own paths and find ways to allow us to be ourselves. It’s easy to get swept up in the idea that you are not enough, that what you want isn’t good enough,...