Holding our heart’s desire in the face of fear
Reader, Have you been feeling extra sensitive lately? Maybe oscillating between feeling confident and enlivened to feeling anxious, dull, or distracted? If so, me too…and sheesh. It has not been easy, but I’m making my way through with every inner and outer tool I have. If you don’t relate to this right now, I’m happy for you. And I’d love to hear more about your experience, if you’d care to share in a reply! To those who can relate to this challenge, this is for you- Insights Spiritual...
8 days ago • 2 min readWhat’s yours to fulfill right now?
Reader, In times of uncertainty, stillness, discernment, and aligned action are valuable and essential. So when I need to recenter, I ask myself a variation of the question: What’s mine to fulfill right now?It invites me to simplify to what I can contribute, rather than getting caught in pieces of the broader mosaic of my soul and Life that I cannot see. And are not pieces for me to hold or move anyway. Answering this question requires four main elements: space to reflect discernment of...
22 days ago • 2 min readLiving the Practice (no special moment required)
Reader What’s strongest in my spirit right now is trusting that everyday moments are enough. Enough to be in the fulfillment of my soul’s expression. The perfectionist tendencies in me still need reminding. There is no “wrong” way to walk my path. It’s my path. I’m the only one walking it. So how could I do it wrong? Fears and doubts arise to challenge this, of course. The part of me who is so certain that there is something else I should be doing, being, or having. Searching for the “right”...
about 1 month ago • 2 min readMaintaining center isn't what you might think
Reader I've been reflecting on what it means to maintain my center and I'm realizing my understanding is evolving. For a long time, I thought maintaining center meant staying there. Always feeling at home within myself. Always aligned. So, when I wasn’t aligned, I took it really hard. Drifted moments felt dramatic. As if I had “messed it all up” because there’s zero room for “error.” Now, I’m living into a deeper practice of unconditional acceptance, compassion, and love. Which requires me to...
about 2 months ago • 2 min readOutgrowing the old life—bursting at the seams?
Reader Growth and Transformation isn't always ideal. Sometimes it's uncomfortable. Ups and downs. Physical aches. Moments of clarity followed by doubt, worry, and weariness. All in the name of bringing harmony to the diversity within ourselves. Lately, I've been feeling all of the above. And the image that keep comes to me is Alice in Wonderland—outgrowing the house, arms and legs hanging out the windows, bursting at the seams. Alice in Wonderland (Disney, 1951) Insights Here's the metaphor...
2 months ago • 2 min readThe unexpected part of healing deep pain and trauma
Reader My spiritual journey kicked into high-gear 18 months ago and the challenge factor upscaled along with it. My beautiful and deep return to myself came with unexpected emotional hits along the way. And then, I was faced with the most challenging thing to date: learning to feel safety and joy again. Insight Here's what I didn't expect: the hardest part of healing deep pain and trauma isn't becoming as perfect and knowledgeable as possible to overcome the darkness. It's letting healing...
3 months ago • 2 min readSurrendering to the soul
Reader April has been a time of deep surrender for me. And I wonder if you've been feeling something similar. My Spirit Team has been guiding me through the process of giving up the "controller", the problematic expression of the ego. The holder of the me vs. other and the settling for what I don't really want is better than nothing mentality. The more I release the controlling ego, the more my soul can fully express itself through me—through play, creativity, and exploration. It lives in the...
3 months ago • 3 min readTwo pathways, one journey
Reader If you've been reading these letters over the past few months, you might have noticed a thread running through them: Self-abandonment. Ending the chain of pain. Remembering your Light. Trusting your felt sense. All of these point to the same invitation: returning to yourself. Here's what supports that return: truly listening to yourself. Not being told what to do or overlaying someone else's perspective onto your life. Coaching is a rare approach designed to tune specifically to your...
4 months ago • 2 min readLet your soul land
Reader In moments of change, challenge, or learning something new, our energy tends to migrate upward—into our heads. We think about it. Analyze it. Rationalize it. And the spiritual awareness we've come to seems to be momentarily forgotten or stays on the surface as unrealistic or too difficult to apply in the moment. My work is about bringing the spiritual all the way through into your everyday choices, relationships, and leadership. For a balanced, integrated experience. Insights I've...
4 months ago • 2 min readWhen something feels off
Reader How often do you notice something feels 'off' in an interaction with another person, but you can't name why?Maybe you were left questioning yourself because their feedback didn't match your intention. Wondering if you did something "wrong", even though you thought you were genuinely being thoughtful, well-intentioned, or willing to adjust in the situation. This theme has been what's most alive for me lately. I'm noticing how I've spent a lot of energy trying to "figure out" what was...
5 months ago • 2 min read