The past 18 months I’ve been grieving the loss of my mother.
Her journey to death’s door brought me to my knees and forced me to inhabit myself and my work in more profound and compelling ways.
We’re nearing the longest day of the year.
In scientific terms, the summer solstice occurs when the tilt of the Earth’s semi-axis is most inclined toward the sun, creating the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. After June 21st at 8:54 a.m. PT when solstice officially occurs, the sun will follow a lower and lower path through the sky each day in the Northern Hemisphere until it reaches the point where the length of daylight is about 12 hours. Winter solstice, which occurs somewhere between December 20th – 22nd, is the point in time when we are furthest away from the sun and experience the shortest daylight in the year. Read More
Confidence: a feeling you will act in a right, proper, or effective way. A feeling or consciousness of your powers. As a woman, how do you have more of this? You create it by telling yourself stories that cultivate this consciousness. Read More
Self Doubt: a lack of faith in oneself; a feeling of uncertainty in one’s thoughts, feelings, or actions. There isn’t a woman alive who hasn’t felt this way. Read More
If you’re feeling stuck in life and like nothing changes despite your best efforts, there’s something you should know:
There is no “stuck” in life. Feeling stuck is simply a sign that something needs to change. Read More
People talk about “flow state” a lot, especially in regards to work, but it’s an elusive state of being that’s touted for its benefits, less so for being easy to achieve. Read More
If there’s an area of your life where you’re stuck and desire a change, the easiest way to get movement from where you are to where you want to be is to join a group or community of practice. Read More
Is there an issue you keep struggling with again and again? A pattern that keeps repeating itself despite all your best efforts?
The cause may be an old story that’s stuck on replay in your consciousness, like a channel on a long flight that plays the same movie again and again. This is natural and human; we make sense of our lives through stories. We look for a beginning, middle, and end to events in our lives because nature is cyclical, and this is how we understand both our individual stories and the larger story of humanity. Read More
As women, we have big dreams. Desires so enormous and unthinkable, we scare ourselves with their power. We dismiss them or try to minimize them to make them more manageable. Read More
When your heart is broken do you hide within the protective cape of fear? Maybe your lover left you, your business failed, death took someone you cherished? You know, that thing that has broken your heart seemingly beyond repair. Are you dimming your creative light by dismissing the world as hostile, unfair, and something you must defend and protect against? Are you building walls against people, ideas, or even yourself? Read More
I’m writing to let you know that I’m currently accepting new clients into my private counseling and coaching practice. Read More
The borderlands is a place depth psychology defines as the space in between made visible by the borders of others. Read More
We’re headed into the penetrating heat and stillness of summer’s last rays. A time when the regenerative energies of the sun, soil, ripening of seeds, plants, and flowers has reached full bloom. It’s harvest time. Have you been able to replenish and restore?
Do you feel lost in the very real challenges of our country right now? The dismantling of white privilege, rape culture, and the ongoing gun violence threatening our schools and public spaces? Our individual worlds are bombarded by these realities every day.
The hunger for emotional and spiritual intelligence is on the rise as we create new culture and shape our future. Read More
How do we hear our higher consciousness in world filled with life coaches, self-help books, and advice at every corner?
An ancient practice called divination may be useful today in a new way. Read More
Whether you’re struggling with an addiction to over-eating, sugar, alcohol, drugs, or any other self-sabotaging, self-destructive behavior, there are a few ways to get clean and sober or stop a negative compulsive behavior. Read More
People tend to view relaxation the way they view happiness – an elusive state that will happen to them some day as if by magic. This couldn’t be further from the truth. Read More