Category: emotional healing

This week, my essay The Truth About Rainbows was published on Tiny Buddha. If you found your...

Starting Where I Am I’m not sure where to begin today. There’s a lot on my heart...

I’ve spent the past few months taking the required steps to update my blog. Let’s just say:...

It's been an honor and a privilege to watch your high school running career. Your dedication and...

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...

There comes a point in the healing journey when all the rationalizations, distractions, and dances of denial...

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...

On the path to healing, setbacks are inevitable. When they happen, it can feel frustrating and add...

In the midst of loss and transition, it’s easy to feel like time is moving too slowly,...

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...

In the past few weeks, as I’ve listened deeply to the space between thoughts, a repetitive theme...

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...

When trust that appeared as unshakeable is shattered, there’s a tendency to want to even the score....

In times of uncertainty I rely on the little things to get me through like: Making my...

When he started four years ago, as a family, we knew very little about this incredible sport....

I wasn't even sure I would sit down to write, but here I am. Maybe this is...

I had already spent several hours contemplating what I wanted to say. I wanted to get it...

Is the Universe friendly? I’m not so sure. As I continue to navigate loss and uncertainty like...

I have sat at my desk for the past 45 minutes trying to create a relevant blog...

Last year around this time due to extenuating circumstances, I took a mental health break from my...

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

For the record, Oakley is a fabulous name, but given his fondness for sloppy kisses…French Kisses would...

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

A few weeks back I was tapping away at my keyboard in the process of creating a...

On this Mother’s Day as J.R.’s high school graduation approaches, I feel a major shift in my...

On this Mother's Day as J.R.'s high school graduation approaches, I feel a major shift in my...

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

In a span of 48 hours, I managed to tell four cherished people in my life the...

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

There are days when I am holding the world in my hand, a simple scroll away from...

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...

I wish someone would have explained to me that sometimes following your dreams and passion is challenging....

I traveled to Nashville with a group of friends last month. Doing a trip like this without...

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...

Have you ever committed to something and it looks awesome in the moment, but then when the...

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...

Lately, in my head, where honestly I spend about 90% of my focused attention, I’ve been trying...

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...

As we wound down our trip to Kenya this past summer and thunked our way over the...

Besides pouring loads of self-compassion into my being, one of the best ways I have found to...

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...

Whether it is cultural, familial, or some combination of both, it becomes second nature for many of...

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

In all my years as a mom I have never been so sad on a birthday. I...

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...

Like most parents, I'm pretty sure the veracity and volume of my cheering helps spur the success...

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

As Ian made landfall leaving destruction in its wake, we were uncertain of the impact on our...

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

HERE ARE 11 OTHER BELOW-THE-SURFACE TRUTHS: 1. I am a stay-at-home mom that does not like to...

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

Being the center of attention feels like crunchy, jagged gravel has been poured into my stomach in...

While in Kenya visiting the Masai Mara, we had the opportunity to take a hot air balloon...

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

We were stuck at the gate of the Maasai Mara National Reserve. Our safari vehicle had fallen...

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...

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

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...

“There’s the door.” Thus began one of the most humiliating break-up stories of my college career. This...

A few years ago I was at a spa getting a pedicure with a friend. They offered...

My week did not start out well. Everything seemed off. My mind, my body, my mind’s thoughts...

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...