Dear friend, I’m up very late tonight because my heart is heavy and my blood is on fire. Something you might not know about me is that I used to be a teacher. I taught in kindergarten and preschool classrooms, and I have a Masters Degree in Urban Education and Social Justice. In my first year as a Kindergarten student-teacher, I received a heart stopping lesson about Race in America. In the first two weeks of the school year, a pattern showed up everyday during Art Hour… TEARS! Fighting! Hurt feelings! Over what? Light colored crayons and paints. Please note that all of my students were childr ..read more

Dear friend, Last week I learned this lesson: I’m more likely to hurt myself & others when I’m not fully present. I made a quick video about my experience. Click the image below to watch. I sprained my ankle last week because I wasn’t connected to my body. If had been practicing somatic awareness, I would have sensed my body calling out for rest and I would have gone for a walk instead of a sprint. Instead I pushed, and pushed some more, and I hurt myself. Then this past week, when I took a break from exercise and all of my somatic practices in order to nurse my injury ..read more

Fully present. Savoring the moment with all of my senses. Salt. Warmth. Flow. The waves dance against my skin. Life is gentle. The wind is soft. I absorb Father Sun’s glow on my face and recharge with His last light of day. Thank you. What a kiss! I cherish Mother Earth and say yes to her mystery. Yes yes yes. Take me. Your majesty. I’ll bend the knee. May I kiss your feet? Receptive and open, a pool of honey oozes out of my heart. Love. So much. LOVE. To give. To be. I’m soft and fluid. So flexible. The tide changes and I accept my fate. I’m alive. I’m ALIVE! THIS IS WHY I’M ALIVE. Thank y ..read more

This Girl Sports helped her get out of her head and into her body. Competition fueled her. How she showed up in the win or the loss was her workshop. She learned just as much in the defeats as the victories. Athletics made deep, ancient sense to her body. But Academics? No way. When you mix ADHD with scary math minutes, you get a frozen child with zero capacity to learn. But she defrosted on the field. After every sprint her cheeks would flush and that smile would return to her face. She’d hit home runs, score goals, and rebound baskets with her beautiful, bony inspector gadget like body. Then ..read more

Hey beautiful human, Don’t you love the days when you feel secure? When you feel safe in your body and empowered to walk the earth? When I’m grounded, it’s easy to take up space because I believe in my bones that I matter and belong. But then there are days when I shrink and disappear. Thoughts of “I can’t” or “I don’t know” block my existence. Taking up space becomes too hard a task and before I know it I’ve lost my way. So I stop. I just. stop. existing. Oof. That’s kind of dark… But, hear me out. This Pandemic has triggered me. Almost everything I thought I could control, plan, and tru ..read more

Hey remarkable human, It was so wonderful to reconnect with you last week! I hope you continue to shelter in place with gratitude, mindfulness, and tons of self compassion. I have another tip today, and it’s something I discovered in my travels. I shot this video in New Zealand, a few weeks after Steve and I purchased a camper van. Some would say we were living the dream, but if I’m being honest, those tight quarters brought out the worst in me. In those crunchy moments, I used a “communication method” I learned from the street dogs in Asia. This tool helped me find levity and humor ..read more

How are you, precious human?! I’m back in your inbox today after 10 months of expansive travel. Turns out at 33, I needed a sabbatical. I feel so blessed to have had that time to unwind and explore. I filled my cup back up and now I’m ready to serve. Like the rest of the world, COVID-19 had me cancel my plans. But I had one experience, 14,000 feet in the air that prepared me for this pandemic… SKYDIVING. I’m deathly afraid of heights. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I could jump out of an airplane, but I did. These steps helped me face my fear, and they’re helping me stay present in thi ..read more

Hey gorgeous, I haven’t written a blog post for many months now. Oh how I’ve missed you! I want to fill you in on my world. I’ll come out with it… For the past 7 months, I’ve been struggling with depression. Depression with a capital D. My wake up call was back in September, where, after some family planning appointments, I got a new primary care doctor. At the end of one of these appointments, I filled out a generic form to get a baseline for my mood. Questions asking about the sadness, anxiety, or despair that I felt on a daily basis. If I answered “everyday” on every question, surely I’d be ..read more

Hey gorgeous, What a summer it’s been! I’ve learned SO much this season about what it means to be an empowered woman, and the many places I still have within my heart to grow. Here’s an exciting thing, I GOT ENGAGED! What a ride it’s been. Getting engaged has been a rite of passage to say the least. This ring has amplified the GOOD in our relationship, as well as the parts that still need fine tuning and transformation. As a seeker, I wouldn’t have it any other way. I’ll save those learnings for a future blog post… Today I want to share a story about what I learned writing and produc ..read more

Hey gorgeous, Did you make any new health resolutions at the start of the year? I know I did. I’ve been on a “healthy eating” train since January 1st, 2018, and I’ve been enjoying the benefits big time. New energy. New clarity. New strength. But even with the right intentions, discipline, and commitment, I slowly but surely realized that my “healthy choices” were taking some unhealthy turns. I realized over the weekend that I’ve been restricting myself more than freeing myself. This video will share more… As you probably know by now, I’m a big fan of vulnerability. I believe this quality hold ..read more