Befriend Your True Self + Walk in Freedom, Health and Joy
Inside: Season 2, episode 1 of the Rebranding Middle Age Podcast. What do you want to be so filled up with that you spill it over into your circle of impact? What might you already be leaking into your circle? SUBSCRIBE TO THE ALIP PODCAST show notes I want to feel safe, at home, and …
Inside: Episode seven of The ALIP Podcast: Rebranding Middle Age. After my son died, I was thrown head-first into a deep and dark winter season. The years that followed were incredibly painful and I longed for spring or light to come again. One day I heard in my spirit, “you have to live the end …
Inside: Episode six of The ALIP Podcast: Rebranding Middle Age. When I’m driving on the highway and someone zooms past me at high speed or weaves in and out of traffic to ‘get ahead’ I always wonder, “where are you rushing to?” And is putting your life and mine at risk worth shaving a few …
Inside: You are not bad, wrong, or broken, or a problem to be fixed. All of you is welcome here. Episode one of the ALIP Podcast: Rebranding Middle Age. All of you is welcome here. Your strength and struggle, your grief and pain, your creativity and joy. You are not bad, wrong, or broken but …
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: 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: 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 …
Inside: A full, meaningful, beautiful life will also be a messy life. Ask yourself these 8 meaningful questions and then practice imperfect action to bravely bring your vision your life. Your joy is not dependent upon perfect circumstances. Your worth is not dependent on looking, sounding, or showing up like anyone else. And a brave …
Inside: Diversity is beautiful and needed. When each of us honours our wiring and operates in our strengths we form a beautiful whole. Have fun with this short quiz and identify which of these 5 plants or fungi most feel like you! I like messy people. Colourful, honest, owning the truth of who they are …
Inside: What it means to hold space, how to know if you’re the right person to hold space for another, and 5 ways to hold space without losing yourself in the process. I include details about holding space for my son as he fought for life. This post includes referral links. As I advocated for …
Inside: If you’ve ever felt stuck in fear or pain, if you’ve spent time hiding or procrastinating on what matters most to you, if you’ve felt despondent about the state of your life or the world, learning how to practice fierce self-compassion will help. This post includes referral links. Fierce self-compassion is what helped me …
