In a recent a discussion with a friend, I articulated that I feel most people in my life do not allow me to be vulnerable. When I tuck into an uncomfortable personal experience, I am often met with resistance and judgment. It looks like judgment of my choices, the...
This is an ongoing topic for me. When I ask if you have ever felt unseen, I don’t mean in the popularization of social media and the amount of ‘likes’ or postings we create to display our lives. I mean in the most intimate ways and with the people closest to us. Being...
We teach our kids tell the truth. We ask them to be honest with us and we teach them that when they are not truthful, there are consequences. So why is it that as we grow older it can be hard to speak our truth? In learning to speak my truth I have had to unpack...
If you are on a spiritual path, or a path of self-evolution, thank you. Thank you for showing up in your life. Thank you for doing the work, even when it’s difficult. Thank you for being curious and for choosing to be an explorer of your inner mapping. It is the...
Loving is traditionally thought of as an outward expression of feelings. It is rarely (from my perspective) thought of an inward action. The amount we can love someone else is truly dependant on the amount we are able to love ourselves. Sometimes our love for another...
If you are on a path of self growth, there will be a time – if you haven’t gotten there already – when you may believe you have reached the heights of your evolution. Where you feel like your work has been done. That eventually we may figure out this whole being human...
When I learned to set boundaries, I began to change my world. I was able to release some of the dramas that were littering my life. Since then, I have had interesting conversations around the word ‘boundaries’ and found that some folks do not understand what it means....
The fear that comes with having our heart broken is what holds us back from living a full life. Our fears can stop us from building connections and taking risks. They can make us cold, cynical and self-protective. Pain can be a weapon when we find ourselves making...
I believe we are all searching for bliss. We all want to more consistently feel happiness. Happiness being the desire to feel joy in the small things, to feel free from suffering and challenges, and to feel a lightness in our hearts on a more consistent basis. To me,...
For a long time, I was so invested in being known as a highly competent, reliable and hard working woman that I sacrificed living an inspired life. Or living a whole life. I wasn't following my heart; I was following an image I’d created for myself. I wanted be to be...