Befriend Your True Self + Walk in Freedom, Health and Joy
Inside: The way to be okay is not for life to be all one thing and not the other, but to practice opening ourselves up to joy in the middle of the storm. Or the wildfire. I want to be clear about something right from the start: I prefer control, everything neat and tidy, my ducks …
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: 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: 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: 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: It’s never too late – whatever your experience or season of life, you can build a new pattern and learn how to overcome fear in life. Fear is nothing to be ashamed of. It’s a common human emotion designed to keep us safe. Our nervous system constantly scans our internal and external environment looking …
Adorn your life in color, or don’t, if that feels good. Dance in the streets, laugh loudly, heal loudly, hope loudly. Take up all the space you need, and dare to love the skin you’re in. Wear joy as resilience and resistance. But also wear joy because it feels good and pleasure is not a …
Inside: Simple rhythms anchor us through the seasons of our life. These are some of the ways I’ve used rhythm and ritual to support me through a season of grief, liminal space, and learning to live fully again. Sensitive content warning: child loss, grief We’re nearing three years since my oldest child died and I’ve …
