Why Mothers Need Self-Trust More Than More Parenting Advice
Why Moms Need Self-Trust More Than More Parenting Advice This Mother’s Day felt particularly tender. All three of my boys were home. We spent time together, cleaned up the yard, watched the dogs play, laughed, ate good food, and for a little while, life felt full in...
Why Most Stories Are Missing Important Context
Why Most Stories Are Missing Important Context I don’t talk about my previous career very often. For fifteen years, part of my work was to listen to stories for a living. Not just what was said, but what wasn’t. I was trained to notice the shift between point A and...
How Social Media Hijacks Your Emotions
How Social Media Hijacks Our Emotions Social media hijacks emotions more often than we realize, and it affects more than just what we think. After noticing how quickly certainty forms, I started paying attention to something deeper. Not just the opinions, but the...
Why We Form Strong Opinions Without the Full Story
We Are Forming Strong Opinions About Stories We Only Know in Part I’ve started noticing how quickly certainty forms…in comment sections, in group texts, around dinner tables. A story gets told. A version gets repeated. And before long, we’re sure we know what...
Why Acting Too Quickly After an Insight Can Create More Problems
Insight Isn’t Instruction: Why We Need Time to Integrate Before We Act One of the patterns I keep noticing...both in my own life and in the people around me...is how quickly we move from insight to action. A realization lands.Something becomes clear.The ah-ha moment...
Letting Go of Old Versions of Yourself as You Enter a New Year
What We’ve Shed and Why It Matters 2025 is the Year of the Snake, and we have all been shedding. Shedding skins. Shedding rules. Shedding expectations that once made sense but no longer fit. Just like the snake, we’ve grown out of things that used to feel familiar....
How to Handle Toxic Holiday Gestures: The Truth About Seasonal Manipulation
How to Handle Toxic Holiday Gestures: The Truth About Seasonal Manipulation The holidays are meant to be warm, generous, and full of connection. But there’s another pattern that shows up this time of year...quiet, subtle, disguised as kindness. Seasonal manipulation....
Energy You Bring Into the Room: The Hidden Undercurrent
Energy You Bring Into the Room: The Hidden Undercurrent Years ago, when I first started personal development, I remember hearing Brendon Burchard say that you’re responsible for the energy you bring into the room. At the time, I understood that through a pretty...
How to Reduce Holiday Overwhelm and Protect Your Nervous System
How to Reduce Holiday Overwhelm and Protect Your Nervous System For many years, about 15 actually, I’ve really struggled with the holidays. There is so much that has gone into that feeling. The holidays were pretty magical to me growing up. My mom and I traveled...
Why Writing Is a Powerful Tool for Self-Discovery and Healing
Why Writing Is a Powerful Tool for Self-Discovery and Healing Lately, I’ve been realizing how much writing has become part of my soul, my spiritual practice. Even though I’m only now seeing how essential it is for me, it’s been there all along…one of those things...