It’s one thing to fulfill our deepest aspirations, but it’s a whole other thing to arrive there with levity, courage, and joy. In today’s short video above, I share with you one of the most powerful things I have learned on my journey to fulfillment.
Read MoreI consider myself a world traveler, with countries like Brazil, Peru, Nicaragua, and Thailand gracing my well-worn passport. Yet, the United States, the country I was born in an lived most of my life, was a country I had done very little exploring within…
Read MoreIn today’s very first Mentor Musings VLOG, I share five SOULutions to filter through all your big, beautiful ideas and how to take aligned action, when you feel a lack of motivation and follow through.
Read MoreReflections From The Soul
The kind of longing that beckons us with a whisper
answering our deepest prayers and wildest dreams …
that kind of longing.
Read MoreWhen I was a young girl I had a neurological disorder that created a lot of confusion in my brain, and thus my little world. I didn't see things as most saw them and I didn't process things as most processed them. When I tried to explain my perspective, it was often received with frustration and confusion by others. Because of this, I often felt very alone in the world...even when I wasn't.
Read MoreThis is a question that changed my life.
I sat with it and felt it in my bones - the anger, the love, the sadness, the conviction, and ultimately…the peace it generated in the depths of me. I journaled on it. I spoke about it. I created my work in the world based on it.
I know who I am and what I’m made of, because of it.
Read MoreHave you ever felt like life was so ‘on the go’ that you didn’t realize just how deeply tired you were, until a circumstance (good or bad) presented itself, carving out the space for you to notice the depth of it?
Read MoreWhen I was little I loved to discover things. I was endlessly creating games that allowed for me to explore the depths of possibility...
Read MorePeople often ask me how I ‘found my calling’ and how I created mission-based work in the world that’s not only emotionally and spiritually rewarding, but also financially rewarding.
Here is my answer to that…
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"This is too hard!"
"I'm not having fun."
"I made a mistake."
"I don't know what to do!"
"This is just. too. hard!"
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This experience is about awakening the changemaker in you.
It’s about discovering, creating, and sharing your gifts with more authenticity and depth. It’s about singing your song with more confidence and courage. Its about more honesty navigating the messy parts of life so you can be more present for the marvelous parts. It’s about growing, contributing, and celebrating life with more joy, more ease, and more presence. It’s about bringing your full self to the world - owning all parts of you and your story and making beautiful art out of YOU and your precious life. The Changemakers Circle is about mining your soul for gold and creating more beauty in your life, your loved ones life, your community, and even the world at large.
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I’m not going to lie…January has unexpectedly unraveled me and it wasn’t pretty.
It’s what I like to refer to as the ‘shadow unraveling.’
It’s not the kind of untangling that often comes welcomed with open arms, a sort of walk into the untethered with gratitude and ‘readiness’ (much like during an uplifting yoga class or a deep release massage). This kind of unraveling exposes within us parts of our ego that we’re not particularly proud of (you know, the messy human parts that we don’t like to show the world)...
Read MoreI’m not going to lie…January has unexpectedly unraveled me and it wasn’t pretty.
It’s what I like to refer to as the ‘shadow unraveling.’
It’s not the kind of untangling that often comes welcomed with open arms, a sort of walk into the untethered with gratitude and ‘readiness’ (much like during an uplifting yoga class or a deep release massage). This kind of unraveling exposes within us parts of our ego that we’re not particularly proud of (you know, the messy human parts that we don’t like to show the world)...
Read MoreLast year I began a practice of creating a ‘theme’ for my year ahead. This theme would be my guiding light in all that I do and be.
Read More...You're not crazy. You're crazy beautiful and for that, the world and your thoughts will push back. But this is your life. Your work in the world. Your time.
Read More...I thought I was choosing happiness when what I was really choosing, was a side. Happy and present to life vs. safe and successful in life...
Read MoreI've been to four years of therapy, done two weeks of silent meditation in the jungle of Brazil, sat through an intense peyote ceremony on the beach in Nicaragua, engaged in rituals with shamans and sisters, broken my heart open in yoga classes with gurus, chanted ancient mantras with monks, cleansed my aura (and my anus for that matter). I've danced, screamed, stomped, and cried my demons/chains off. And I will say ALL of these are great and have their place in my heart and my current experience of life. However, if bringing your full self to the world is what your soul wants, there has only been one thing that has truly brought me to that place. And that is S T R E T C H I N G myself everyday. I don't mean literally stretching myself (though that certainly has created a lot of release and freedom in my life). I mean stretching myself outside my comfort zone, and doing that consistently.
Read More"When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life" - John Lennon
I came across this quote recently and it got me thinking...
It got me thinking about the truth, that at the core of every goal and every desire, what we are all really after - is happiness.
In fact, so often where busy, driven professionals and visionaries lose this connection, is that they focus on what they think will bring them happiness (a means to end goal) rather than the end goal itself.
Read MoreI once heard someone say, "Confidence. It's not a pre-requisite for bold action, but it is the RESULT of bold action."
Confidence is something we all want more of - more confidence to land that deal, to take that risk, to follow our dreams, to get on that stage, to write that book, to ask that person out on a date. The paradox here is... you've got to first be willing to go for what you want to develop the confidence you think you need to get it. ha!
I personally find it to be a daily practice to hold onto and act on what I know to be true for me. My desires that come from a deep calling, a yearning from the soul - and to move forward, despite myself. Despite my doubts that maybe I miss heard the call, or maybe I won't add up to the calls expectations, maybe I won't add up to my expectations, maybe I won't be good enough.
So today I am going to share with you 3 powerful lessons I have learned that have shaped me and guided me over the years. They are the 3 things I know for sure about confidence. I hope it helps release some of that nagging doubt that sometimes seems stronger than you (but we both know you're stronger than your doubt). Here's to you and your confidence...
Read MoreThere is nothing I want more for myself and for others than for us to bring our full self to the world - the version of you that feels whole, purposeful, inspired, connected, and peaceful
However when life feels 'too' full it can create the complete opposite experiences and emotions we were going for in the first place.
'Too full' feels overwhelming and in that overwhelm causes us to ask questions that truly have no answer, such as "what should I do?" It creates a sense of urgency, rather than an opportunity to grow and gain real insight and direction. And it cuts us off from two of the most important things we need to consciously create a life by design - clarity and creativity.
