Category: Living Your Best Life
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A Simple Way to Be More Loving (and self-loving too!)
I’ve been traveling solo in Bali for the past few weeks, wandering, recharging and working on my second book, which is all about creating space for what matters. You may not know this, but writing is something that matters deeply to me, it helps me understand myself and make sense of the world; it’s also…
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Are you being guided by intuition or ego?
Here’s a scenario: Intuition tells you something is a no—maybe you get a gut feeling of anxiety or nausea, or you repeatedly dread or feel drained by something/someone, or resistance shows up for you in some other way—but when you think about it, ego tells you that the likable, good, right, comfortable or rational thing…
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Do This to Develop Self-Trust
Many of us find it easy to hold space for our thoughts, the same thought patterns looping day in and day out, some serving us, others creating anxiety, fear, and stagnancy. What if we spent just a fraction of that thinking time checking in with how we feel in our bodies and hearts? This does…
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5 Ways to Create a Life You Don’t Need a Vacation From
Here are some of my favorite, year-round strategies for creating a life where we don’t just live for the weekends. The trick is to intentionally enrich each day with things, people and experiences that deeply nourish us so that we don’t fall into an all or nothing cycle, which I find to be depleting and…
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6 Ways to Instantly Take Your Power Back
Do you pay regular visits to yourself? – Rumi The Problem with Selflessness Do you often feel like you have over-extended yourself to please others? Or that you put the needs, wishes and feelings of others before your own? Does this make you feel resentful, frustrated, overwhelmed, or depleted? Do you feel disconnected…
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10 Tips for Cultivating & Protecting Your Mental & Emotional Health
1.Say NO Before agreeing to everything under the sun, check in with how you’re feeling. Allow yourself to say no when you instinctively know or feel you have too much on your plate. And if you accidentally over-extend yourself, it is OK to change your mind, re-schedule, delegate, or have a conversation about how you…
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How to Create Space for Renewal this Spring
A springtime meditation, from my heart to yours… Sit comfortably in a quiet place and read the following blessing either in your head or out-loud three times. Next, close your eyes and receive it. Breath into a place of self trust and inner knowing. Acknowledge what comes up, if anything, as you explore what…
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This Key Component of Health Often Gets Overlooked
There is a ton of information out there about the latest diet and nutrition tips to achieve optimal health, but there is an important factor that impacts our energy levels, wellbeing, and creativity that often gets overlooked. The truth is (and there is ample research to back this up), we can have a beautiful diet…
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The Secret to a Fulfilling Work-Life
One of the best decisions I’ve made to date is to make radical self-care, ritualistic stillness, and spiritual practice non-negotiable parts of my daily routine. I choose to put these things first, not because they make me more productive or healthier (although they certainly help with this), but because they make me feel more fulfilled,…
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My Favorite New Year Reflection & Resolution
“With every passing year, your job is to get better and better at being who you are.” I’m not sure who said this, but I love this quote because it reminds me that the most important outcome in life is getting to know and learning to express our true selves. Beneath all of the layers…