Why are you knocking at every other door? Go, knock at the door of your own heart. -- Rumi Hi Reader, Have you seen the colors out there? Today, not only did the autumn colors cast a mesmerizing spell on me, but also, I had the fortune of witnessing 5 deer run through our yard, two red tail hawks soar above me during my run, and a countless number of ducks bobbing along the rushing creek… and it dawned on me how easy it is to perceive these immersive sightings as a privilege—yes- they are…...
4 days ago • 2 min read
Hi love, This weekend, I felt everything ... the ache, the beauty, the weight of the world, and the wonder of being alive inside it. Driving to Cora’s soccer game in a suburban stretch outside Portland, I passed crowds gathered along the highway: people in costumes, waving signs, cheering, hugging, laughing, and dancing. I rolled my window down to join in, and I could not stop weeping. Witnessing them, participating even briefly, reflected something far beyond me, and yet so within me: the...
12 days ago • 2 min read
Hi Reader, There have been moments in my life—unforgettably bleak ones—when I’ve felt such a void, so divided within myself, that I could no longer deny the depth of what that division was revealing. Times when the ache for who I knew I was beneath all the noise could no longer be ignored. When something had to shift for me to do more than simply catch my breath. I needed to remember who I was beneath it all. I moved through a moment like this recently, and what I’ve been sitting with is the...
19 days ago • 3 min read
Dear Reader, I'm intentionally sending this email to you on a Friday afternoon (Pacific time, that is), even after just sending one a couple of days ago, with the trust that if this is meant for you- you deserve to feel it... and because the message has a potency that maybe just maybe will offer you an energy to give yourself permission to claim. An energy of just that, permission... to BE your permission. A reminder that you are creating your reality and when you notice something's off, it's...
21 days ago • 4 min read
Reader As I move through my days, make decisions, build my business, love my family, care for my body, listen to what wants to emerge next, I keep coming back to the same thing: What really matters here? What is truly mine to give my energy to? What am I doing because it's true for me—and what am I doing because somewhere along the way I decided I should? Where am I listening to my own voice? And where am I still negotiating with what I already know? These contemplations have been deeply...
23 days ago • 3 min read
When we have the courage to let go, we see most clearly what is there because it is so essentially a part of us, so deeply and intricately and undeniably connected. --Brianna Wiest Hi Reader, "ONLY WHAT MATTERS." I woke up hearing these words, thinking “This. Yes. I've needed this reminder.” And took a deep breath--soaking in the energy of this after weeks of waking to fear, anxiety, old stories I thought were well behind me... So as that deep breath met me this precious morning, I noticed it...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Reader There was a moment in a client session recently that I wanted to share with you, as I know many will relate. She came to me with a very real-life situation that was creating stir of mental noise. She was navigating a decision that revolved around money and work. Swimming in what to ask for, and what she was willing to accept. Beneath all of the logistics was something I see so often, especially with women: Am I asking for too much? What if they don’t think I’m worth it? What if I make...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Don’t look away. Look with softer eyes. Witnessing the suffering is an act of healing like sunlight on blight. This push-pull revelation. This reaching and falling. This free will of being gentle with self and others. –Danielle LaPorte Reader, Happy Equinox! Wow. It is here... and felt in my bones... With this turn, I find myself in a push pull, a stirring of energy like the leaves hanging on in between the firmness of their connection and the loosening, impending reality of letting go. I...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Hi love, I sat beside a powerhouse woman recently who was gripped by burnout. She was well beyond just being tired or needing a better morning routine or a softer calendar. Burnout started to wrap itself around her identity, as if she was being swallowed by it. It was how she led her life, what she talked about, the way she held herself. Gripped. Uneasy. So. Close to being DONE. If you know burnout, you know this feeling. And yet, beneath it all – the operating on fumes exhaustion, the...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read