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When They Don’t Get You: Part 3 of 3

When They Don’t Get You: Part 3 of 3

Honoring Their Process While Staying True to You In Part 1, we talked about the ache of feeling unseen or misunderstood. In Part 2, I shared three practices that help me hold firm in my truth without arguing or disappearing. Now, in this final part of the series, I...

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When They Don’t Get You: Part 2 of 3

When They Don’t Get You: Part 2 of 3

How to hold firm in your beliefs, without needing to prove them In Part 1 of this series, I shared how isolating it can feel when the people closest to you don’t understand—or even dismiss—the way you see the world. Some of us react by debating harder, gathering...

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When They Don’t Get You: Part 1 of 3

When They Don’t Get You: Part 1 of 3

Do You Ever Feel Alone in Your Human Experience? It’s been a long time since I’ve written a blog. For years, I stayed quiet—shrinking back, holding so much of my truth inside. Part of me was afraid to be seen, and part of me told myself it was easier to stay...

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How to get out of your head and into your heart.

How to get out of your head and into your heart.

  3 Steps to Get Out of Your Head and Into Your Heart Step 1. Breathe and Let Go - Take a deep breath, close your eyes, and release all the tension within you. Let go of any worries, doubts, or negative thoughts. Allow yourself to be fully present in this moment....

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WILL YOU ANSWER THE CALL?

WILL YOU ANSWER THE CALL?

It’s been a crazy 10 days. A week of practicum, getting deep down into the truth of who I really am, followed up by my long awaited graduation and the chaos of coordinating family to share in my celebration. I’m feeling sick. I wonder – is it illness...

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ARE YOU LOVING OR LOATHING YOURSELF?

ARE YOU LOVING OR LOATHING YOURSELF?

So often we accomplish something that is out of our comfort zone and instead of acknowledging ourselves for it, we point out the negatives about how we could have done it better. Allot of this has to do with how we speak to ourselves on a regular basis – is it loving...

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Letting Go and Letting God

Letting Go and Letting God

Letting Go and Letting God Letting Go and Letting God has been my mantra for as long as I can remember and it has never had more meaning to me than it does right now. What does it mean to “Let go and let God“? How do you define “let go” or “let God”? And how on earth...

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Happy Mother’s Day, care for a pillow fight?

Happy Mother’s Day, care for a pillow fight?

Happy Mother’s Day, care for a pillow fight? Today’s the day we celebrate our mothers and we celebrate ourselves as mothers as well. This is one of my favorite days of the year because it’s time I get to spend with my family doing what I want to do. With my mom out of...

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Are you being gentle with yourself?

Are you being gentle with yourself?

Are you being gentle with yourself? Being gentle with Our Self isn’t something that comes easily to most people. Almost naturally, we tend to find fault in ourselves instead of seeing the good in what we do throughout the day – it’s just human nature. What if we could...

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Taking Responsibility for my Suffering

Taking Responsibility for my Suffering

I am responsible for my own suffering…damn that’s hard for this wanna be victim. I’ve been doing allot of work on myself personally over the last year, really getting in touch with the little one inside of me who has felt like a victim to her circumstances. So much...

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