5 Ways to Find Energy in Stressful Times
Many of you have been telling me lately that you’re feeling exhausted by the pandemic and volatile global events. In times like these, I often find myself drawing on these five key practices that help me find my way through what sometimes feels like a dense darkness.
What Does It Mean to Be “Self-Resourced”?
I often ask people to assess how resourced they believe they are to have a particular conversation, and this often leads to a tilted head and raised eyebrows. Here I cover what it means to be “resourced” and offer 4 questions you can ask yourself when you’re trying to figure out how resourced you are.
Grow Up Your Inner Child
When we get triggered and reactive, let’s practice loving up our inner child. Let’s see our reactivity as a childhood fear of punishment and then work compassionately with that. In loving ourselves up, we help ourselves mature into more empowered ways of being, and we finally help those little selves grow up just a little bit more.
The Messy Side of Healing
I am all about the self-healing and self-loving journey… What I didn’t know when I began this journey, however, was how messy it really is. I heard someone recently say, “When it comes to healing, we glorify the glow-up.” I can relate.
What to Do When You’re Triggered
One of the biggest threats to conscious, compassionate connection is when our old-brain defensive mechanisms kick in. Here are 8 things you can do when it comes to working with those very human parts of ourselves.
How to Navigate New Beginnings
Join me in exploring the ways that we’re individually and collectively going through an intensive — and necessary — period of letting go old forms so that new structures can emerge. This article includes a video of a talk at Lake Harriet Spiritual Community.
4 Ways You’re Doing Better Than You Think
If you’ve been feeling discouraged lately, here are some reasons why you may be doing better than you think.
Life in 2020: Growing in Rocky Soil
We all have a part to play, but we cannot be everything to everyone. Are you clear on your particular role or are you getting distracted by all you think you “should” be doing?
How to Heal a Hurting World
The sacred feedback loop of balanced polarities will move us forward, if we’re willing to embrace the inner and outer work ahead of us.
Who Do You Think You Are?
Is your self-container too thick or too thin? Reflections on what it means to have a healthy sense of self.