What Does it Mean to Do Your Inner Work?

Have you ever noticed how we’ll sometimes do anything, no matter how absurd or self-destructive, to avoid doing our inner work? Almost as if a part of ourselves is longing to wake up, heal and be free … while another part actively tries to protect us from...

When You Get Emotional In Public

Last week, I was casually telling some people about a time when a perspective shifted in my life and suddenly found myself choked up with tears and pain. My first thoughts: Damn. Not here. Not now.I was with a group of relative strangers, doing task-related,...

Not This

You know those times you are grappling with a problem, looking for a solution to it, and think of an idea, but then say something like: “Yes, but I don’t want people to think I am … [selfish, lazy, unkind, mean, controlling etc.]” You know that moment?Notice it.Then,...