Befriend Your True Self + Walk in Freedom, Health and Joy
Inside: Many midlife women wonder if boundaries are selfish. Boundaries are actually compassionate and in this post I share why. In conversations with midlife women, a common question that arises is “are boundaries selfish?” We’ve been taught that to be a good mom, a loving partner, or a compassionate person that we should be ‘self-less’. …
Inside: We need to declutter our lives frequently. This includes decluttering our relationships. The Circle of Impact exercise will help you practice. If you’re into simple living, minimalism or decluttering, you’ve probably heard tips around how futile it is organize stuff that you don’t even want/like/need. Professional Declutterer, Julianna Wilkes of The Simplicity Habit writes …
Inside: Befriending True Self is available to us all. No gatekeeper or shortcut can confer the deep wisdom received through years of healing and stripping away, saying yes to personal growth work, and lived experience that makes possible a meeting and befriending true self. The journey to meeting and befriending True Self is layered and …
Inside: What is hope? It’s not wishful thinking or fairy dust. It’s practical, action-oriented, and has a lot in common with resilience. In its simplest sense, hope is, I believe, the ability to envision a new joyful possibility. To hold a vision for where we’re heading or where we want to go, and then choosing …
Inside: Understand different types of spring seasons, common characteristics of spring seasons, and learn to thrive in the spring seasons of life. A practice of Seasonal Living teaches us that the natural world, biology, and human experience are patterned around cycles and seasons and change is constant. As one revolution comes to an end we …
Inside: An overview of a rich and powerful practice that allows us to glean from the wisdom of our four life seasons and embrace the season we’re in. I’ve included simple ways to start practicing along with Seasonal Living resource recommendations. I started cycle tracking at 34 years old, initially to help me regulate my …
Inside: Purposeful living – living on purpose rather than on autopilot – makes it possible to build a life that feels like home. I want a life that feels like home. I want to feel safe, at home, and joyful in my body and my life. The kind of purposeful life I want is aligned …
Inside: You may feel weary and a little beat up by life but you can map a new joyful vision for the next season of your life. Just being human can be hard work at times! But layer on grief, trauma, messy and vulnerable life transitions, a lifetime of pouring out for others while neglecting …
Inside: Mindfulness offers many incredible and far-reaching benefits: here are 5 simple ways to practice mindfulness (no meditation required). Mindfulness can make you happier. It is an essential part of learning to live with freedom, health, and joy. And it’s very possible that you already have a practice of mindfulness without realizing it! Mindfulness is, …
Inside: More and faster isn’t better. We can do less for more impact and joy. Here are 9 simple ways to get started! It’s incredibly easy to fill our lives to overflowing and end up burned out, sick, stuck, and unhappily living a life that we don’t really want. More and faster isn’t better. We …
Inside: Choosing simplicity in life will help you live on purpose in every season. Even the hardest of them. I’ve shared 10 great questions to ask yourself when life is messy! Building a right-sized life means one that is authentically aligned to your True Self, your wiring, needs, desires, life stage, values, and sense of …
Inside: Life is messy but we can show up afraid. Joy and pain coexist in a brave and beautiful life. As we stop waiting to feel ready or for life to feel neat and tidy, and learn to show up through fear, grief, or pain, our experience of life changes. Real-life is messy. A joyful, meaningful, brave …
