Category: Awakening

On the path to clarity and healing, the wisdom we carry inside often feels just out of...

In recent years, I’ve become more aware of when burnout is creeping in, recognizing the signs of...

Last week, I shared the exciting news of my admission into Project Dragonfly! Through this program, I’ll...

Setbacks, loss, and uncertainty can shake our sense of identity, making it difficult to imagine a way...

When it comes to adventurous outings, my usual response is “no.” Then, I pause — for a...

The world becomes your classroom. Challenges are used to understand yourself and others on a deeper level...

Sometimes, it’s easy to forget that we have the power to choose where we place our energy....

I’m writing this feeling incredibly grateful as a freshly crowned National Champion. Watching the Buckeyes bring home...

As 2022 came to a close, I began a new tradition of hosting an annual vision board...

Although I believe we are all on an awakening path at any given moment, we may not...

My friend, Mary Lou, once told me I taught her how to be a good listener. This...

If I asked you to imagine what spiritual work looks like the answer would be as varied...

While we were living in Dallas I signed up for mindfulness and meditation classes. I knew my...

I was seated in front of a group of awakening souls. As I lifted my Tibetan bell...

There are two sides to an inward journey. There is the uncovering of negative thoughts and patterns,...

Recently I have been working through some unresolved emotional blocks from my past. It has been one...

Years ago I took a parenting course online with Dr. Shefali Tsabary. Her book ‘The Conscious Parent:...

One of the biggest challenges of the awakening process is recognizing our constant mind-chatter running on repeat....

This week I posted this soul-filled gem on my social media feeds. I love this post for...

To better understand where to put your focus and energy when it comes to relationships, it’s helpful...

For me, awakening can be a deep and powerful, world-shifting experience, or in more practical terms, questioning...

As a whole, our culture doesn’t talk much about grief. And this is in regards to grief...

In recent months, my relationship to yoga has transformed. I used to have a goal of pushing...

When my life seems like it’s not working, I try to look at what is working. I...

This time of year is one where we feel pressure to improve, set goals, and resolve to...

This year I made a promise to myself I would do all I can to create consistent...

There are many reasons we choose to go within. For some of us it is a matter...

Ever notice when you really love someone or something it’s not a conscious decision? It just unfolds...

A few weeks back I was typing away on a blog post. My creative process is messy...

On this path towards wholeness, which really is about revealing to ourselves that we are already whole,...

Somehow a long time ago I believed I was broken and unlovable. Therefore I attacked my healing...

Oakley and I were walking on the beach. He is my trusty, hyperactive sidekick. He is patient(ish)...

I am always thinking of ways I can support you as you connect to your inner experience....

One of my loyal and amazing readers recently asked if I could share some thoughts on navigating...

I have no idea where this blog and my website will take me and I am doing...

While staying at Sand River Masai Mara in a luxury tent encampment nestled deep in the heart...

In the span of my lifetime, the moments I have felt most beautiful rely very little on...

When we are born, we are more true and essential than at any other point in our...

The week leading up to our trip to Kenya almost broke me. I was so focused on...

This essay was posted on my previous blog named Spiritual Writes. The path needs us. Stay True....

After my website launched late last year, I started piling on the pressure. Pressure to create meaningful...

This essay was posted on my previous blog named Spiritual Writes. May all your moments, both big...

This essay was written after our return from South Africa in the summer of 2019. It is...

In the late fall of 2018, my husband, John, and I were accepted in to Martha Beck’s...

A long time ago when I was very young, I was certain I misunderstood the concept of...

I have always loathed doing laundry. Through the years of my spiritual study all evidence seems to...

There are days when walking the stretch of beach across from my house as the wind whips...

I read somewhere, and unfortunately it was a credible source (at least to me), that if you...

My awakening experience has been both mystical and practical. The practical side surfaced when my boys were...

How do you know exactly if you are on an awakening path? There’s a good chance if...

I’ve held a dream in my heart that someday I might train one of my dogs to...

Sometimes I don’t know what to make of this world. The upheaval, the imbalance of power, the...

I was born spiritually awake and highly anxious. I wish the former would balance out the latter,...

I had a difficult week. Having welcomed our puppy, Oakley, over two weeks ago has been equal...

Before I delve into this week’s blog topic, I want to extend my gratitude to each one...

How often do you stop and focus on how you feel? Once a day? A week? A...

As a dedicated seeker, I have spent my fair share of effort and energy on the lookout...

I’m about to tell you the truth about meditation. While it is an amazing tool to grow...

Our natural default setting is to always choose love. In practical terms this means having our outsides...

Everyone born into consciousness is already on an awakening path. The process of realizing you are on...

First, before anything else, I want you to know how grateful I am to have you here....

Thank you for taking time to learn about my new website and blog. Here I hope you...