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Hitting the Pandemic Wall
“Deep within every crisis is the opportunity for something beautiful.” -Kate McGahan Have you heard the phrase “hitting the pandemic wall” floating around recently? I have. And I think I may have smacked straight into it myself. Honestly, I’ve felt pretty good most of the last year, but the past month has unexpectedly kicked me in the teeth. It’s not just that I’m tired of the isolation or tired of wearing a mask. It’s something deeper. I’m feeling uninspired, getting plenty of sleep yet still feeling exhausted, out of balance (not a good feeling for this Libra!), emotional… I told a friend the other day that if I had to narrow…
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10 Ways to Practice Self-Love
“How you love ourself is how you teach others to love you.” -Rupi Kaur According to the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation, self-love is “a state of appreciation for oneself that grows from actions that support your physical, psychological and spiritual growth. Self-love means having a high regard for your own well-being and happiness. Self-love means taking care of your own needs and not sacrificing your well-being to please others. Self-love means not settling for less than you deserve.” Self-love is an idea that’s bandied about a lot these days. It shows up in so many shallow, unfortunate, and wrong ways. In advertising, entitlement, selfishness, excuses…none of these things are…
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Choosing A Word Of The Year
“The words you speak become the house you live in.” -Hafiz Welcome to a new year! You made it! You survived! Or thrived! But most importantly, you’re here – still standing, and maybe even feeling some lightness and positivity stirring. Turning the page on another year is a natural time of reflection, celebration, and looking with optimism and hope to the year ahead. It’s perfect for thinking about how we want to show up in the world, who we want to be, and how we want to feel and be of service. Today I want to talk about something I’ve done the last few years that’s made a huge difference…
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Choosing Gratitude
“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.” -Melody Beattie As the days draw us nearer to Thanksgiving, a holiday ALL about giving thanks, I thought I would dive into the practice of gratitude in this month’s post. My guess is that most people consider themselves to be pretty grateful in general, but I wonder how many of us have ever had an intentional, consistent gratitude practice. I haven’t, and after digging into and…
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Shadow Work 101
“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” -Carl Jung Let’s Start With a Metaphor, Shall We? Have you ever done an embroidery project? If not, I’m sure most of us have at least seen one. On the front is a beautiful display of color and pattern. But if you turn the embroidery over, you’ll most likely find a big ol’ mess. Embroidery is the metaphor British writer and speaker, Alan Watts, used to describe the Jungian concept of the shadow self. We love to present all of our wonderful qualities to the world, while hiding our “mess” away conveniently in…
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Creating A Sacred Space
You must have a room, or a certain hour or so a day, where you don’t know what was in the newspapers that morning, you don’t know who your friends are, you don’t know what you owe anybody, you don’t know what anybody owes to you. This is a place where you can simply experience and bring forth what you are and what you might be. – Joseph Campbell As we creep ever closer to the beginning of fall here in the Northern Hemisphere, the crisp air and short days usher us onto a path of turning inward. These colder fall and winter months are perfect for slowing down, quiet…
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Less Hustle and More Flow
“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” ~Lao Tzu What if you could move through life with more ease? What if things didn’t always have to be so complicated? I know. It sounds laughable. Unbelievable even. Living with ease goes against everything modern society has told us about how life works. Stress, anxiety, striving, grasping, and struggle have all been glorified as the only ways to get ahead, be successful, and make a life for ourselves. We start to feel as if life is a constant battle and we’re all just swimming upstream. Every day we are each called upon to find our own sense of balance between doing too…
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Navigating Liminal Space
“Honor the space between no longer and not yet.” – Nancy Levin Ah, the liminal space. That place between where you’ve been and where you’re going. Where you’re not who you were, but you’re not yet who you’re becoming. Yeah. Super fun. Father Richard Rohr described liminal space perfectly in his newsletter recently: “Liminal space is an inner state and sometimes an outer situation where we can begin to think and act in new ways. It is where we are betwixt and between, having left one room or stage of life but not yet entered the next. We usually enter liminal space when our former way of being is challenged…
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We Can’t “Love & Light” Our Way Through This One
“The revolution will not be spiritually bypassed!!!” – Louiza Doran We’re just gonna get right down to it today because that’s all I know how to do right now. It feels uncomfortable and vulnerable to write this. My gremlins are shouting loudly for me to just stay in my lane and that I will get it all wrong. I undoubtedly will get a lot wrong. I’m always and forever listening and learning. But I cannot ignore all that is happening around us in this moment, and I need to be clear on where I stand as a human and as a coach in my business. So, saddle up – let’s…
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It’s Okay If Your Body Changes
I’m sure you’ve seen them. Memes about the “Quarantine 15,” the COVID 19,” “fattening the curve,” “Barbie to Carbie”…they’re everywhere. Even in a global pandemic, it seems that one of the scariest things that could happen for many people is gaining weight or getting fat. When so much is out of our control right now, it can be comforting and calming to claim some power over a few things, and regulating food, exercise, and weight are all familiar, well-established ways to do that. Posting a meme and sharing a good laugh can be a great release – especially in the extraordinary and distressing times we find ourselves in. Shoot, my…
