Tell me if you’ve ever been in this place. You’ve been wanting what you want for so long you’re almost not even sure you want it anymore. You’re so damn tired of pushing and struggling and feeling like nothing in you’re life is working. You’re hanging so far down the end of your rope that… Read more
How to Overcome Resistance
Ahh, resistance. We know it all too well. The classic internal struggle between what you know you should be doing and ANYTHING ELSE that happens to cross your path and seems more pressing/appealing/urgent in the moment. ;) Resistance seems to show up like clockwork whenever we’ve made a deep commitment to personal growth. It swoops in just when we’re on the… Read more
Do You Celebrate Your Life? (Lessons Learned From Taylor Swift)
Something you may not know about me: I’m kind of a big Taylor Swift fan. (Did you know it was her birthday last Sunday? Merry Swiftmas to you! :) ) There are a million and one reasons to adore Taylor. She’s talented and gorgeous, her music is fun and catchy and she set the bar… Read more
How to Stay Calm and Centered this Thanksgiving
The holidays can be a magical and wonderful time, full of food, family and togetherness. They can also be a time when we face a lot of stress, anxiety or sadness over food, family and togetherness. :) With the potential for so many triggers, it can be easy to let our spiritual practice fall by the… Read more
How To Make Love A Daily Practice
My only purpose is to give love and be love. This has been my mantra for the past several months. Whenever I have a decision to make, whenever I find myself faced with fear, feeling triggered by a specific situation or worried over whether my life is moving in the “right” direction, I’ll repeat… Read more
How to Be Patient While Waiting for a Spiritual Breakthrough
Along the spiritual path, each of us is constantly peeling back layers, shedding what no longer serves us (fear, old habits and limiting beliefs, pieces of ‘our story’) to reveal a truer, more authentic version of ourselves. There are times we feel in total alignment (yessss, I totally get this spirituality stuff!) and then there are… Read more
Three Essential Keys to My Spiritual Practice
I think there is a common misconception among us (ahem) enlightened folk that once we get on spiritual cruise control life is just unicorns, rainbows and happiness all the time. Um, no. Not in my experience, anyhow. Let’s face it, being consistent with a spiritual practice and cultivating peace and happiness on a daily basis takes… Read more
Are You Honoring Yourself?
It can be tricky sometimes to recognize when we’re not honoring ourselves. Our ego likes to keep us in the dark by projecting our frustrations onto other people or circumstances. For example, we might tell ourselves “I don’t have enough time to write my book because there simply aren’t enough hours in the day,” when we could… Read more
How to Let GO of Fear and Receive
Throughout the course of our spiritual growth, as we continue to strip away layer after layer to reveal our true self we tend to attract experiences into our lives that reflect that “new self.” For example, our newfound confidence in our career might land us a raise or new job, or we might draw in… Read more
A Two Step Process to Lighten Up Your Spiritual Practice
If you’re anything like me (and if you’re reading this I’m guessing that we’re similar), then I’m willing to bet you take yourself a little too seriously at times. Am I right? I’m also wiling to bet that seriousness spills over into your spiritual practice from time to time, too. Yes? I thought so. I… Read more
