Today is the day I break my two years of silence with you. Can I tell you why? And where I’ve been? I’ve undergone a major metamorphosis. A 2+ year journey filled with challenge, growth, beauty and a type of mystery that has profoundly altered me as a woman, as well as many of the […]
One of the most pervasive and significant ways I observe women losing power and energy everyday comes down to something surprisingly simple: how a woman spends her time. I spend many hours each week with women in my office who are suffering from stress and shedding deeply valid tears about how they feel trapped in […]
When a woman’s sense of authority rests predominantly outside of herself, it creates a tremendous amount of stress both physiologically in the nervous system as well as psychologically in the mind and the emotions. The field of neuroscience demonstrates that the brain’s need for safety and security will invariably take precedence over the potential for […]
Poor confidence creates a cascade of challenges in a woman’s life. Everything from financial difficulties to body image issues to relationship problems can be traced back to this one, deeply disturbing and hard to tackle issue for women. The conditions required to generate confidence early on in life are multidimensional and include everything from how […]
The other day I purchased tulips. Not just one bouquet, but two. It’s rare that I buy fresh flowers and I couldn’t decide between the crimson and the violet, so I figured why not do both. When I first brought these beautiful spring flowers home their petals were tight and the stems were upright in […]
The snow crunched underneath my boots and the cold air hit the back of my lungs with a vengeance. One foot in front of the other, I watched as my legs miraculously carried me one step closer to the summit. My heart pounded and my eyes squinted in the snow white winter sunlight. Body heavy […]
The challenging part of female individuation and growth is that it is typically nonlinear and cyclical. Although a woman may feel as though she is changing and growing, invariably, there will come a time when she will slip back into the familiar grooves of her own suffering. It may feel as though she is falling […]
Decolonize (v.) To release from rulership To allow (a colony) to become self-governing or independent To free a colony to become self-governing or independent I used to avoid conflict like the plague. I genuinely believed that if I spoke up for myself, if I preferred something different than someone I loved or if I showed […]
I sat in my living room as the sounds grew hollow, each piece of furniture removed seemed to leave a vacuum where it once was. As I watched the sunlight flicker and the birds chirp outside my window a catalogue of memories passed through my mind: the summer my husband and I got married, the […]
I often get asked if I believe that change is really possible. It makes sense that this is such a frequently asked question because when we are living inside of our own bodies, minds, relationships and realities, it can be challenging to see our own change and growth if we’re not paying very close attention. […]