Which is higher? Your capacity for pain or for joy?

Many people, women in particular that I know, pride themselves on their ability to push through, to survive, to make it happen, to triumph over a struggle. Many of us from a young age were taught that strength meant gritting your teeth and getting through it, or being...

Is It Okay To Want To Change Your Body?

Now that summer is truly underway, there’s a lot of messaging and media out there telling you how to relate to your body. From the classic diet industry version of “get your summer body through x / y / z workout plan or detox” to the other side of...

How to Trust the Timing of Everything

Trust and truth – often talked about, often intellectually understood, but how often can you consistently say you trust yourself and trust in the timing of everything happening in your life? Whether you are working toward a dream, have been hit with something tough,...

The Secret to Creating Lasting Change

There is a fundamental step in healing, in personal growth, in shifting old habits and patterns, in reaching goals that often gets glossed over on the quest for ever more expansion, growth, and change. It’s such an essential piece of the equation that, without it,...

Tools For Embracing Change

Mmmm it’s that time of year in the Northern Hemisphere. Summer is still very much here and yet- there’s a promise of fall in the air. We’ve shifted from Leo season to Virgo season, and are only a few weeks away from the autumnal equinox. The smell of change is all...

Taking Care of Your Body During Tough Times

Heads up: This article is LONG. There is a lot of information in here, and the intention is for you to have it as a resource and framework to return to whenever you need. Feel free to read the whole thing, pick out bits and pieces, or bookmark it until it’s time to...

Permission to Enjoy Yourself

I used to hide in my bedroom with a jar of peanut butter, a bag of chocolate chips, a spoon, and my computer and headphones. I would run out into the kitchen when no one was around (I had 4 roommates), grab my supplies, then run into my room and lock the door. Once I...

How to Stop Judging Yourself

Mmmm judgement. Juicy topic, no? Whether it’s judgement of yourself, judgement of others, judgement from others… oftentimes judgement is the hidden (or not so hidden) reason why things aren’t changing in your life. I had five different calls today- three with clients,...

Is it Self-Care or Self-Sabotage?

Self-care is a topic I don’t think I’ll ever get tired talking about. Taking care of ourselves is the only way we can show up fully in the world. If you are perpetually running on empty, or even at half a tank, while you may be getting by and accomplishing quite a...

When Fear Has You In Its Grip

Let’s get real about fear. Fear has been on my mind and in my heart. All the ways in which we experience fear, are taught to deal with (or avoid) fear, false expectations around fearlessness, and so much more. I’ve been holding hands with fear a lot lately. Sometimes...