Battle of the Minds: A Strategy for Inner Peace
We are of two minds at any given moment - one wired to defend itself from any perceived attack, the other ready and willing to embrace all that life has to offer with strength, love, acceptance. One cultivates war, the other fights for peace. Thoughts fuel our words....
Expressing Emotions: A Critical Need for Children and Adults – Part 1
Emotions tend to be a ‘touchy’ or ‘taboo’ subject that isn’t often comfortable for people to discuss. It’s uncomfortable, emotions often go suppressed and unaddressed for many years. We as a society tend to place a lot of value on logic vs. emotion (logical school subjects, career paths, decision making, etc.). We tend to spend our time in logical spaces as they are often easier to understand than abstract concepts. Because we don’t place a lot of value on emotions we aren’t living our lives in an environment that knows how to feel, process, react to, and express our emotions. If we aren’t actively taught this as kids, we will likely struggle with it as adults.
8 Strategies for Maximizing your Efforts as a Volunteer
Often the idea of volunteering in your local community is met with confusion or a little bit of hesitancy. There are reasons that can surface to stop you from volunteering. Doubts can arise, like: What charity is credible? Will my skill set be of value? How do I know...
Pain that Reaches the Soul: Reclaiming Your Story and Healing Trauma
Through my years as a confidant and energy healer I’ve discovered a single, universal trait that we seem to share: the experience of suffering. Whether it’s an anticipated loss or a sudden, unexpected change, suffering reveals itself in a multitude of ways. In...
5 Things to Consider when Starting Your Meditation Practice
I am passionate about meditation and what it can do for the human mind. For the past five years I’ve taught a weekly meditation class, and students show up with a variety of experience and hopes for what meditation can do for them. It excites me to see people from all...
Step up Your Stress Management Game and Break the Stress-Cycle
One thing all work environments have is stress. I’ve been working in a corporate environment over the last 10 years in both medium and large organizations. While I haven’t been in the working world for multiple decades, I have noticed how technology has changed it...
How to Love your Planet – Part 2: What You Wear Matters
So I had my dream job. Spending my days finding inspiration, organizing photo shoots and guiding a team to execute my creative vision for a fashion site in Manhattan. This was my goal, this was the top of my ladder and it was good, but as time went on I started...
It’s not you; It’s me: Relationship Truths
If you understand relationships, I truly believe you understand life.
True or False?
– Relationships are work.
– Relationships help me grow.
– I don’t have time for a relationship.
– Relationships aren’t worth it.
Fighting Depression, Apathy, and Overwhelm
Throughout my life I’ve struggled with depression, apathy, and overwhelm. During the darkest moments, it often feels like there is no end, and I’ll feel this way forever. Thankfully, I did find my way out of the worst of it. I still encounter periods of heaviness, but...
Beyond a Vision Board: How to Create the Life of Your Dreams
Do you have dreams or goals that feel out of reach or too hard to accomplish? Have you yearned for something but weren’t sure how to create it? Are you one of the 44% of people who make new years resolutions year after year without seeing any results? I have been...
Perfectionism: Why Letting Go is a Perfect Plan
In a society that is goal-oriented and success driven, I imagine many of us were raised to have perfectionist tendencies. It's a positive thing to have goals and want to do your best, but when a person will only do something if it can be done perfectly, then we have a...
What the Beauty Industry Doesn’t Want us to Know
I’m going to make a statement the beauty industry doesn’t want us to know: Beauty is based on our eternal nature. Our beauty is directly connected to our uniqueness. It is the very essence of our soul and how we express it. Have you gone through periods of time when...
The Worry Addiction
As a meditation instructor, I often tell people: you are not your mind. We have thoughts, but we are not our thoughts. With meditation we can train our minds to work for us, rather than against us. It is like training a puppy: we must be consistent and loving to cultivate a mind that will be our best friend and companion. If not, we may end up with a mind that is unruly and destructive.
How to Love Your Planet – Part 1 The Plastic Debacle
For those of us paying attention we know that we have several environmental issues at hand. We are also becoming more and more aware of things that we can change in our daily lives to help off-set these issues. So, why aren’t we doing them?
Finding Your Voice: Embracing Failure to Uncover Your Strengths
As a kid I dabbled in every activity available to me. Sports, music, choir, karate, 4-H, sewing, figure skating, invention fairs, summer camps, and the list goes on. This exploration was good and something I enjoyed. I gained insights into myself, learned new skills,...
