I’ve been trying to find the words for this since September. Every time I began, I became overcome with emotion, overwhelmed by the gravity, and I found myself needing to step away. There’s so much to say, so many feelings involved, and yet I know there is no way I could ever fully convey it […]
“It’s one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody.” ~ Maya Angelou The definition of forgiveness is “the action or process of forgiving or being forgiven”. Did you catch that? Forgiveness is an action. I think a lot of people say the words, but fail to take the necessary action. […]
When’s the last time you took a risk? When’s the last time you did something wildly outside your comfort zone? When’s the last time you played “worst-case scenario“? In 2015, I received an offer to move to Los Angeles to build the training organization for Quest Nutrition. If you don’t know my story, let me […]
Breaking free from societal conditioning is a courageous journey of self-discovery and authenticity in a world that often dictates the norms we should follow. It’s about questioning the status quo, challenging ingrained beliefs, and discovering the power to live life on our own terms. Breaking societal conditioning is a liberating and ongoing process. It’s about […]
When you’re about to become a grandparent…everything changes. I feel like my physical being, my perspective, my intuition, my nature, all of it is evolving. Ever since my daughter announced her pregnancy, something deep inside me began shifting. I feel more at peace and relaxed while simultaneously feeling the significance of an extra layer of […]
Vulnerability…what does that mean? In my early years, I equated it with weakness and opening yourself up to harm. I thought being vulnerable opens you up to judgment, which opens the door to shame, neither of which is my idea of a good time. One of my favorite teachers on this subject is Brené Brown. […]
Like most people, I felt I wasn’t enough for the majority of my life. When I hit rock bottom in 2012, I was also at my highest weight ever, unhappy & depressed, and felt like a complete failure in all aspects of my life. Let me tell you, that’s a hard place to come back […]
One of the most valuable life lessons I’ve learned during this last decade of healing work is that healing is never linear. You don’t work through your shit and check it off some imaginary “list of traumas” that will never come up again. Healing is an evolution. In my humble opinion, healing is meeting your […]
