Befriend Your True Self + Walk in Freedom, Health and Joy
My 17 year old made this for me last year. My handwriting sits at the top, followed by my mom’s, followed by her mom’s. My girls are growing up. They haven’t had a grandma around to love and spoil them. To tell them stories of who I was as a little girl or to speak …
Inside: We think life is all or nothing. Straight up happiness or abject misery. The truth falls somewhere messy in-between. Hope is the thing with feathers. The day was bright and clear. I sat in my little living room, chair pulled up close to the big picture window shaded by the Mountain Ash tree, heavy …
It’s easy to look around and tell ourselves the story that everyone else is happy, thriving, confident. But no matter our age or stage in life, we carry insecurities and walk through seasons of pain. We learn as we go. We come up to crossroads where we must make the decision to live again. Or …
Inside: Finding space for my soul to rest allows me to show up joyfully and effectively to do the work I am called to do. It reminds me that my worth is not tangled up in productivity. And it is one non-negotiable way of honouring my wiring and treating myself with respect and dignity. This …
Inside: Don’t allow fear to hold you captive. You don’t have to believe every thought that drops into your mind. You can learn to challenge fear. I have allowed fear to shackle me in many ways over my 45 years. But I am grateful for this stubbornness within me, a fire passed along from my mama I think, that …
Inside: This free Mind-Body Nourished eBook gathers self-care tips from diverse women and will help you care for yourself well. In my work as a Holistic Coach + Joyful Living Educator, I focus primarily on mind-body health. I hold a vision of offering a safe space – a Safe House – for women of all …
I aim for a slow and simple life. With time to ponder and putter. I love to feed my family simple, real food and spend time hanging out with them; it nourishes me deeply to do work that feels meaningful to me – to build my small community and encourage the women in my circle of impact. …
Inside: Wise Women is a guest post in a series called “Your Life in Progress.” In this series we hear from other women like you and I – women who are learning to love and care for themselves well. Right after I graduated from college, I lived in a college town in Colorado with my boyfriend in …
Inside: The Four Tendencies is a model that helps us understand how we respond to both inner and outer expectations. This post includes referral links and a link to the free four tendencies quiz. I think it was the moment when she was three years old and she crossed her arms, widened her stance, and …
Inside: Everything changes when we practice living eyes and heart wide open. We shift from fear to curiosity, from wanting everything to work out just right into joyful possibility. What might change in your life if you began living eyes and heart wide open? Just as my leg began to feel somewhat better after a …
Inside: If you’re tired of struggling, if you see all your imperfection and life feels hard, you might need a reminder that you’re not alone. All of the women in this post have their own struggles and sometimes have trouble seeing all the amazing ways they shine. Be gentle with yourself today. You are tired of …
Inside: If you’re tired of going with the flow of this burned-out culture we live in, learn to come aside and rest a while. I am still learning how to rest. From trying to be “good enough” or the need to somehow be better or different from who I am. I’m still learning to quiet the noise …
