“Who you are on the inside matches who you are on the outside.” This has been my focus over the past couple of months (you may have seen me reference this quote in this newsletter – you can sign up for my free newsletter at the bottom of this post). This phrase, inspired by Jen Hatmaker in her new book Fierce, Free, and Full of Fire sticks to my desktop on a sticky note where I see it each day. It reminds me of a Biblical passage which says… “…A farmer went out to plant some seeds. As he scattered them across his field, some seeds fell on a footpath, and the birds came and ate them. Other ..read more

Have you been dabbling in intuitive eating, wondering how to listen to your body? Here are 10 principles that when practiced, will help you to build a healthy relationship with food and your body. 1. Reject the diet mentality Study up on dieting and why diets don’t work. Get informed about the diet industry – how much profit is in it, etc. Look back on your own life and ask if a diet has ever actually “worked.” CROWD OUT the diet propaganda from your life – Instagram accounts that tempt you to diet, old diet plans or programs, books, etc… get rid of it. Fill your life with things that bring yo ..read more

This post on first appeared as an email newsletter. To get my newsletters straight to your inbox (always encouraging) enter your name/email into the form at the bottom of this post. This is a story of NOT waking up at 5:00 am Last night: “It’s not that I can’t wake up at 5:00 am, it’s that I’m not sure If I’m going to.” I said to Marco. I had just watched Marie Forleo’s episode with Robin Sharma (he wrote “The 5 AM Club”) and felt inspired, remembering the days I used to wake up at 5:00 am and the magic that is truly in that hour. But then my alarm went off this morning and thoughts ..read more

This post on first appeared as an email newsletter. To get my newsletters straight to your inbox (always encouraging) enter your name/email into the form at the bottom of this post. You know that load you’re carrying around? Her name is Excess. She’s why you get so tempted to grab onto structure and rules. These things feel safe. Safer than the mess. Clear. Focus can help you to crowd out what’s not important.* *But, you want to make sure you’re choosing the right focus. Focus that produces the results that you actually want to create. Pointless or random focus looks like a life fill ..read more

Yesterday I shared that after listening to Robin Sharma of the 5 AM Club, I tried waking up during the “magic hour” as he calls it… and how difficult it was. Everything in my brain told me I was crazy for setting my alarm that early. WHO ARE YOU.   (Read that newsletter here – it was well loved and very relatable as I heard. You can sign-up for future newsletters at the bottom of this blog post.) But… once I finally got up at 5:45 it was great. Really. I loved it and the morning really did feel magic.  So now… I had developed trust in waking up early. I knew it would be good.&nb ..read more

We invest in gas to fuel our car. We invest in homes to live in. We invest in insurance to protect us. Clothes to warm our bodies. What about our personal growth? Bettering the one life we’ve been given. Stepping into taking up the full amount of space we were created to take up. Your potential. It’s there. Are you stepping fully into it? What would be possible for you if you were to step all the way in? What more do you want? How do you want to show up to your life? What needs to shift? I’d love to help you see what else is possible for you. If you’re ready to explore this, schedule a free Di ..read more

What are you waiting for? What outcome have you not yet achieved? What are you telling yourself will be possible once you achieve that outcome? Make a list of those things. Are you allowing yourself to feel or experience those things now, in the process of getting there? What are you putting on pause? Is the pause necessary? Often we’ll convince ourselves that it is… that it’s necessary for the things we want to be on pause until we reach the outcome. But what about the process? Don’t they say it’s about the journey, not the destination? What will we miss if we focus only on the outcome and no ..read more

This is the 15th Stay Home Diaries daily eats I have written. We’ve been under the Stay At Home order here in SLO since March 19th. At first it felt weird. Sort of glorious. Like, no one was asking me to do anything. I could stay home, dream, read, relax. Had no where to go. It was heaven. Then I hit the point where I would give ANYTHING to see friends. Then I got discouraged. Like this was never going to end. And now… it’s starting to feel so… normal. I’m not sure if that’s a good or bad thing! Ha. But that’s how it is for me. How about for you? Today, I’m here with a few days of eats. Next w ..read more

Goooood-morning and happy Friday! Let’s dive into this weeks eats! Before we dive in… I want to preface this post by saying that this post is NOT for comparison – to compare your eats to mine. Rather, these posts have always been and will always be about inspiration. Inspiration surrounding: new ideas around food; freedom with food; and trusting that YOU can listen to YOUR body and what feels good for you, as I listen to mine and do what feels right for me. If these posts are triggering for you in any way, please dive into these posts instead. Wednesday Wednesday morning s ..read more