What is Love?
We’ve been waiting all winter for today, and it’s finally here!Spring has arrived, and as we’re aware that many of you are traveling for spring break, we’ve got a shortened blog today. Please enjoy this YouTube video on the nature of love. Is Love a Feeling? A Need? Did you enjoy this clip? If […]
How to Stand Up for Yourself with Love
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”]Healthy relationships are all about finding ways to be both empathic and boundaried, connected to ourselves and connected to others. It’s a fine balance. I don’t abandon myself by putting others on pedestals, nor do […]
The Predictable Backslide
Our personal growth doesn’t progress in a linear, predictable upwards fashion. It ebbs and flows. It meanders around corners and down alleyways. Some days it’s supercharged and we feel like we are on top of the world. Other days, we can’t seem to find the motivation just to get up to make a cup of […]
Have You Been Kind to Yourself Lately?
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.3″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”] As this year draws to a close, and the winter solstice is upon us here in the Northern Hemisphere, I find myself reflecting on what it’s like to welcome in the darkest day of the year. […]
A List of Delights
Our survival brains have a built-in negativity bias because – evolutionarily speaking – it’s much better to think that something is a snake, and to jump out of the way only to discover that it’s a vine on your path, than to assume it’s a vine, and be bitten by a snake. If we have […]
How to Give From Your Heart
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.19.0″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”] There is nothing more delightful than unexpected acts of kindness. Like when I woke up in the dead of winter after a snow storm, begrudgingly pulled myself out of bed to go and […]
What is Alive in You?
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Does your nervous-system sometimes get so flooded that it’s hard to stay present to yourself and others? Do you notice yourself habitually converting your feelings into thoughts, trying to classify and analyze them instead of just feeling them? Would you like to widen your window of tolerance for […]
Feeling Our Feelings
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″] I’ve been feeling the heaviness of world events these days – perhaps you have too? In times like these, – when life feels heavy, tight, or chaotic, it helps me to […]
How to Feel Your Feelings
I’ve come to appreciate the bittersweet relief and freedom that come from allowing emotional weather to pass through me, instead of getting stuck inside of me. This week, if you – also – find yourself avoiding emotions, I’m sharing a step-by-step guide to help you drop inward and feel your feelings too.
Why We Feel Lonely in a Crowd
Have you found yourself wondering if you’ll ever find “your people”? I’ve been hearing about this a lot recently … People feeling deeply lonely and isolated in their primary relationships. People wondering if “their people” are out there, and if they are, where to find them. People dating and just not finding the love they’re seeking.