They can get us a lot of places in life. They can make us look powerful, or softly ok with everything that's arising. But they have a limited lifespan, and your essential self (who you are in your core) gets hidden over. We brace or collapse when we're outside our…
It's not your job to know whether what you want is possible. It's your job to listen to your heart and body and claim that desire like a 3 year old - with Joy and clarity!
When you’re an empath and support others for a living (either as a practitioner and/or a parent), it’s very common to become drained and worn out by the roles you play...
Poor boundaries begins with the belief that your experience (wants, needs, expression, feelings) are somehow wrong.If you start with that (incorrect) sentiment, everything after that tends to be an apology, avoidance or discount of your lived reality
Are you like me, and get a whole lot-squirmy when you watch people presenting themselves as trauma-informed, when they aren't? Here's my take: Just because you've read books on trauma and done a few courses doesn't necessarily mean you can call your work trauma informed. And, calling your work trauma…
It’s hard to change your habit of taking on too much or ignoring your own needs (while you just get this project/biz launch/ task done) with awareness alone. Even if it feels super obvious and painful to watch yourself doing it again.
One of the first steps I take to help burnt out women slow their pace down and feel relaxed and energized again, is to find out “who’s in charge” of the frantic pace in their life. There will be an internal part that is driving her to do, and go, and be So much to so many people.
Obviously we can surround it with supportive environments and sounds, things that soothe and feel harmonious to that sensitivity … like the feeling of the finest silk, a day in the forest or a beautifully played piece of music.
Having healthy boundaries is great (and easy) when you know what you want. But what happens when someone asks for something that you feel torn about? Do you say yes and override your inner uncertainty, or no and cut out any possibility of having the parts of that thing you Do want? Or do you say maybe and leave both parties feeling uncertain?
I have a wonderful program for successful female entrepreneurs who’ve been stuck in survival mode, saying yes to too many things and heading for burnout.