Know Thyself My wish for everyone is that they are able to live the words inscribed in stone 2,500 years ago above the temple of Apollo- “Know Thyself”. That everyone feels that they have the freedom, support and safety to know who they are as a human being and then be that person. That people […]
Giving Voice to Shame Will Lessen it’s Power Bear with me as I attempt to make a vulnerable post as eloquent as possible.I cannot count how many times I stared in the mirror after purging and wondered if I would make it through this disease alive. Actually, I can give you a rough estimate –
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The Path of Vulnerability I’ll never forget the first time my vulnerability on social media was weaponized against me. Someone used my posts about recovering from bulimia and normalizing anxiety to call into question my ability to be a fit parent. They also included depression which I something I have never dealt with but 100%
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Allow For The Pause I could feel anxiety building as I finished up the goat chores. I was already mentally reshuffling my priority list as I walked to the goat cottage to let them outside, a snow day had thrown the schedules of every parent in the area off, I was not alone in that.
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What Else Have I Forgotten That I Love? I have a question for you- what is something you used to love doing that you no longer do- and how will you reconnect with it this year?I used to bake daily, but as my business has shifted over the last few years, and my time is
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We Have The Opportunity Every Day To Live My 12yr old will send me sunrise photos from the bus window when they drive by the lake.Yesterday, as we drove home from her musical rehearsal, I got to share the sunsetting on the opposite side of the lake with her.As I hummed the Fiddler on the
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On Being Imperfect I screwed up today. I missed a meeting with an important person in the organization I am really excited to be working with this year as a leadership and team building consultant/coach. No excuses, I made a mistake and missed it. Immediately after that missed meeting, I had another meeting where no
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Finding Moments of Silly and Connection I know how ridiculous I look to anyone who passes by my minivan before I speak at a conference or event, and I’m okay with it.Because my pretalk ritual is to put Lose Yourself by Eminem on and keep up lyric by lyric with the volume blasting. And then
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The Stories We Tell Ourselves I felt my stomach do a slow flip.My heart rate increase.My mind started racing – the thoughts coming in faster and faster.I felt anxiety bust down the door and order the narrator of the destructive stories I tell myself to start telling the:Story of not good enough.Story of will never
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Life Happens in the Pause I was reminded today of a incredibly important life lesson: look before you sit- thistles in the butt hurt.Oh and that the power of the pause is hard to put into words.The weather was perfect today.My “take advantage of this weather” to do list was not completed.The sun hadn’t finish
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