I am flinging open my arms to welcome in a more playful attitude. I can get pretty serious and heavy with all this life stuff, and it feels amazing to shake off my self-imposed shackles.  

I am in the process…

Moving quickly has its merits. There's a time and a place for rush and efficiency. But as a life philosophy, it's draining. Here we are in this culture that tells us we are never enough and we have to do…

As you read those words, what comes up for you? Do you…

We are coming into a year of RECLAIMING and HONORING! (And we are all ready for the new beginning, am I right?) 

Transformation begins with tapping the feeling of "yes" and "no" in our bodies. You could call it intuition.…

Feeling worthy to receive love and attention happens with practice. When I look back on times when I have been unable to fully receive, I also see how much this capacity has grown over the years for me. 

One…

True security lies within. When we deeply understand this, we can start to have more moments of feeling grounded even amid uncertainty, chaos, and conflict.  

When I look at the polarization we are feeling in the US, I see that…

Let’s all loosen our grip on our preconceived ideas of where we “should” be right now. Let’s take a moment to honor where we are at. 

We may be grieving. That sacred process deserves so much time and love and…

Where can you find a pocket of gratitude right now? 

Every morning for the past three weeks, my friend and I have been texting each other a few things for which we feel grateful. It takes around two minutes, and…

Take a breath, my children. Take a pause. You have been in constant busyness for so long that you have not heard my subtle nudges to slow down and contemplate. Now is the time to grow your sustainable, nourishing roots.…

Have you ever felt guilty for resting? Or doing something fun and thoroughly “unproductive?” I used to be the queen of guilt-tripping myself for just about anything that felt good. And the tendency still pops up throughout the stages of…

Sweet. Kind. Peaceful. These are the qualities of my personality I have deemed “acceptable” for as long as I can remember. I don’t like conflict; I like harmony. I don’t like pain; I like peace. 

But, oh mama, these qualities…

When we only focus on strength, we are likely to be hard on ourselves or others. Ick, that is not what I want. I spent enough years beating myself up, thank you very much. But when we only focus on…

I see so much joy in her eyes as she is dancing. Exhaustion in my voice, I tell her, “Let’s practice piano.” I open up her book and point to the song of the week. But she doesn’t hear. Her…

I have never labeled myself as a "people-pleaser" but the tendency is there nonetheless.  It is no secret that girls are conditioned to be nice and make others happy. And if you have ever been victimized, you may have found…

I have been telling myself I have just been too busy to write. Everything else on the to-do list felt much more urgent than this humble blog. But the truth came out this morning, when a compassionate friend told me…

“I used to be so certain about everything,” I noticed as I recently pulled up the lyrics to one of the first songs I wrote at age twenty-two. My self-doubts seem to have been buried more deeply back in those…

I've been waiting and waiting for my wings to grow. I've been waiting and I still don't feel ready.

But when I turn around, I see that the power to fly has been with me all along!

My mom gave me watercolor paints for my birthday. At first I was intimidated when I saw they were professional quality. I thought "I don't know how to use these! I'm not a real artist!" Then I reminded myself that…

I wrote the following post a full year ago, but my fear of rejection made me procrastinate for months before I started this blog. As I still struggle with making myself vulnerable, it seemed like a good time to share…