THERE’S NOTHING WRONG WITH YOU IF YOU DON’T FEEL EXCEPTIONALLY GRATEFUL TODAY
:: there’s nothing wrong with you if you don’t feel exceptionally grateful today :: However you feel about Thanksgiving, there’s no getting around the fact that there’s gonna be a whole lotta thankin’ goin’ on today. Not that that’s a bad thing. Obviously, gratitude is great :) But shaming people who aren’t feeling it is […]
How To Connect With The Divine While Doing The Dishes
How To Connect With The Divine While Doing The Dishes: Cultivating Peace Through Integrated, Intentional Presence In The Minutiae Of Your Days I know, I know. Nobody really does dishes anymore. Dishwashers are a thing, and most folks use one. Not me, though. It’s not that I’m anti-dishwasher, I just don’t happen to have one. […]
EVERYTHING DOES NOT HAPPEN FOR A REASON, AND INSISTING OTHERWISE MAY DO HARM (AN EVOLUTION OF BELIEF)
EVERYTHING DOES NOT HAPPEN FOR A REASON, AND INSISTING OTHERWISE MAY DO HARM (AN EVOLUTION OF BELIEF) I know. You’re coming for me. People LOVE everything happens for a reason for the peace it brings them in the midst of tough times. I’ve said it before myself. In the very tough times it can be […]
Comparison Doesn’t Have To Be A Trap (Don’t Hate The Player OR The Game)
COMPARISON DOESN’T HAVE TO BE A TRAP (DON’T HATE THE PLAYER OR THE GAME) Like all popular technologies, comparison gets a bad rap. But I contend that its faults lie in how we use and abuse it and NOT in the fact that it exists at all. I’ve spoken plenty of times about the value I […]
Finding My Way Through Grief: How I Became A Routine Person
Finding My Way Through Grief: How I Became A Routine Person I’ve had something of a love-hate relationship with routine and ritual over the years. I used to be the one who thought routine was boring, restrictive and constrictive. That there was no humanity in doing the same thing every day, that that’s how lives […]
Don’t Just HAVE the Oils, USE THEM! (what our practices are there for)
DON’T JUST HAVE THE OILS, USE THEM! (what our practices are there for) Today I’m jamming on routines and practices and how returning back to the ones that work for you can really help you through some tough stuff, so you don’t fall prey to stagnation. I may or may not be speaking from experience… *wink wink* I’ve […]
A Confession and A Lesson: Struggle, Showing Up, and Grace
A Confession and A Lesson: Struggle, Showing Up, and Grace I need to share something with you that’s been rocking my world and bringing me to tears as its truth keeps revealing itself more deeply. I’ve known it, but in shades and echoes. Not really seeing the full spectrum of what it’s meant or hearing […]
Keeping Score, Building Better Boundaries, and the Revolutionary Act of Knowing What You Want
KEEPING SCORE, BUILDING BETTER BOUNDARIES, AND THE REVOLUTIONARY ACT OF KNOWING WHAT YOU WANT Have you ever replayed a pivotal conversation in your head, substituting all the awesome things you COULD have said but didn’t, making the most profound of points with the succinct and striking ease that annoyingly escaped you in the proverbial […]
Make Change That Makes Sense: Intentional Action for Inner Peace
Make Change That Makes Sense: Intentional Action for Inner Peace I led a workshop the other day around mindset-shifting practices for change. Afterwards, one of the participants shared a little of the back story around one of the shifts she experienced through our work together. She said that she came to our session really frustrated […]
On Creating Positive Habits (What’s Pain Got To Do With It?)
On Creating Positive Habits (What’s Pain Got To Do With It?) Here’s the thing about creating positive habits. As with pretty much everything else that counts, if you don’t get connected to why, very specifically, you want to change or create a certain habit, you’ll end up looking at lists of steps and recs that […]