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5 Habits To Keep You Sane Through the Holidays
Photo by Danil Aksenov on UnsplashNow that we’re through Thanksgiving and into the holiday swing, here are 5 habits that will set you up for success through the holidays. And by “success,” I mean getting through the holidays feeling good about yourself and without...
How To End Overwhelm with The Optimum Power Cycle
Photo by Jarosław Kwoczała on UnsplashIf you’re super creative with tendencies toward perfectionism, like me and most of my clients, you may have a hard time prioritizing. You want to do ALL THE THINGS, ALL THE TIME and it overwhelms you sometimes. You may burn a lot...
Keeping Your Side of the Street Clean: A 3-Part Guide to Inner Freedom
Photo by Hin Bong Yeung on UnsplashWhat does it mean to keep your side of the street clean? It means being clear and self-responsible in your life and cleaning it up when you mess up. Dog owners in New York complained at first, then got used to scooping their dog’s...
5 Ways To Pump Up Your Self-Love Muscle that Don’t Require You To Buy Anything
Photo by Bart LaRue on UnsplashRecently, I had a conversation with a client about self-love. They weren’t clear on how to give themselves the love they were twisting themselves in knots to get from others. They wanted suggestions on how to strengthen their direct...
Pack Dynamics: What Rescuing Dogs Has Taught Me about Relationships
PhoenixWhen I rescued my first dog, Phoenix, in 2015, she was a traumatized 6-month-old gorgeous, gray bundle of fear. I was overwhelmed by her fear and she was overwhelmed by, well, everything. To this day, she loves dogs and is afraid of people. She tends to cower...
There’s More Ocean in You than You Know – On Creativity in Relationship
Photo by Ryan Moreno on UnsplashYou know how you’ve made room for yourself in your life to be creative? You’ve handled your self-defeating and self-critical voices ENOUGH to be able to sit down and make something you don’t hate and actually want to share with the...
Stop Making this Relationship Mistake
Photo by Zdeněk Macháček on Unsplash Does your love interest keep having to jump through an increasingly complex series of hoops to prove themselves to you because you’re so slow to trust? Testing at the beginning helps you both see if it’s safe to go deeper. But at...
What if Self-Doubt Weren’t Your Enemy?
Photo by Francisco Gonzalez on UnsplashMost of us who struggle with self-doubt think it’s a problem that needs to be fixed. It’s not. Self-doubt is a symptom, not the disease. Like a runny nose, self-doubt arises to get your attention about a deeper imbalance. In the...
Like a Bonsai: A New Way to Look at Our Wounding
Photo by Charles 🇵🇭 on Unsplash As I work with my clients, I’ve been thinking a lot about wounds. Specifically, the kind of core wounding that seeps through a lifetime, like oil through paper, forever staining it. Our life shapes itself around a wound like this,...
Struggle Less, Succeed More
Photo by Roberto Nickson on UnsplashThe way most people think of success has a whole lotta struggle and hustle packed into it. All those heavily curated Instagram feeds with their perfect grid patterns and branded color schemes. All those strategic Facebook Lives. All...