I hear so many coaches spouting this advice, and I used to subscribe to it too, but I have a problem with it. It’s oversimplified and isn’t helpful in many scenarios. Don’t get me wrong, I am the first to advocate for you to say no […]
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I’ve been feeling stuck lately, you may have noticed that you haven’t heard from me in a while. The truth is, my censor has been on overdrive. This tendency to shrink is not new, it’s a cycle that I keep revisiting from time to time. As […]
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Last week I was at Evergreen Cemetery in Portland, Maine exploring with my nephews. The eldest, Wyatt (pictured to the left), is passionate about animals and knows an impressive amount about their preferences. After sneakily slopping through the mud catching frogs, gazing in wide-eyed wonder at […]
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It’s no secret that we are exposed to a great deal more toxins in our daily life than our ancestors were. Toxic exposure from our daily environment and interactions with the world causes an influx of positive ions—highly reactive free radicals that put stress on our […]
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It’s a heavy time, be gentle and expect to feel a lot. I hope these words and practices nurture you, as they have me. 1. Befriend Uncertainty Since the dawn of time, life has been unstable. Just think about it for a second: we live […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Summer is coming to an end and many of us—especially us Mainers—are preparing for the transition from ‘”vacation-mode” back to “real life”. Most of us probably have a love/hate relationship with this transition. The shift into cooler temps and fewer parties and the recoil that follows […]
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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 […]
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