Monthly Roots: August Edition Hey Reader, This month is my birthday month (shout out everyone who celebrates the whole month!). Every year as I grow closer to my solar return, I find myself reflecting on the year past, celebrating and mourning, honoring and integrating. I also pay close attention to the sparks of aliveness in me, the planted seeds ready to sprout, the dreams and desires asking for dedication and devotion for the year ahead. The past few years haven't gone the way I thought...
14 days ago • 7 min read
Hey Reader, We just entered into Leo season, a time of year devoted to the power of the sun, expressing your truth, creativity, and vitality. It also happens to be my birthday season, and I'm a big fan of celebrating birthdays. What a glorious, built-in moment to bask in being alive! At the same time, this year has been hard hitting. Personally, in my community, in the collective - like we can joke about lettuce diarrhea all we want, but the realities that got us here and what continues to...
25 days ago • 4 min read
Hey Reader, So much of what the wellness and personal development industries sell is this idea of a big, bold life where you are in control of everything, have been capital H Healed™️, and everything is Instagram-worthy and color coordinated. If you've been around for any time at all you know that is deeply *not* my vibe. I'm much more of a full-spectrum, your mess is your magic, be weird and quirky and do what makes you happy kind of person. Which, intellectually makes total sense. And yet,...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Hey Reader, In 2012 when I first began coaching, I came across an exercise that invited you to explore what you wanted in life not so much from the outcomes you wanted to achieve, but how you wanted to feel and what standards you wanted to hold yourself to. One of the things that emerged from that exercise for me was "mastery in the art of exquisite self-care". So much has changed since then (bonkers that that was 14 years ago?!), but my commitment to self-care as a baseline for nourishment...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Monthly Roots: July Edition Hey Reader, As I sit here in my house sheltering from the 97 degree F (36 C) heat, on the cusp of the halfway point of the year, I'm reflecting on all the invitations I've been given recently to slow down, to pause, to check in before rushing forward into the next idea or opportunity or experience. Earlier today I went outside and the air was thick and heavy. It felt almost syrupy, and was a big invitation to move slowly, with care. I was already moving slow - I...
about 2 months ago • 5 min read
Monthly Roots: June Edition Hey Reader, And just like that, it’s June. The days are long, the weather is finally nice, and while my allergies are out of control, I’m loving a long walk around the lake. It’s interesting though, this particular energy that June can bring. It’s part “anything is possible” as summer drifts closer, and part “you better make everything happen, time is running out.” As the first half of the year wraps up, there’s a message in the collective atmosphere (sometimes...
2 months ago • 12 min read
Hey Reader, One of the *most* common threads I hear when working with clients is a version of "I thought I would be further along by now". It's often shared after we've built a relationship, said almost sheepishly or timidly as if they shouldn't even state it out loud. Often this comes from folks who are wildly successful in many ways - they've built thriving careers, they are doing work they care about, have steady relationships - and yet there's often an area that they feel behind in, like...
3 months ago • 4 min read
Monthly Roots: May Edition Hey Reader, It is officially May. I'm trying so hard not to sing it but... Yes this would have been more correct if it were still April but we're vibing here 😆 With May comes Beltane, the peak of spring, and a time to celebrate new life, rich potential, and overall vitality. It's also a time to cast protection, clarify intentions, and lean into possibilities. In my Phoenix Cycle of Transformation, this time of year coincides with New Growth - a time of beginning new...
4 months ago • 5 min read
Hi Reader, Last week I wrote to you about frequency matching- the way highly sensitive nervous systems learn to read and absorb the energy of any room, any moment, any news cycle. And how, when the ambient frequency is anxiety and urgency and grief, that same wiring can keep us locked in survival mode, scanning and absorbing and matching what's already there. I want to add something to that. The way out isn't to overcome frequency matching. It isn't to push past it or bypass it or force...
4 months ago • 4 min read