Everything has an impact. And everything is a choice. How do you want to feel? Apathetic, overwhelmed, tired, exhausted, frazzled… Or lit up, on fire, in charge, empowered, full of joy? Notice what you watch, what you eat —what you let into your life How do you feel when you spend time with those people…
There’s a beam of light radiating from someone’s eyes. Coming straight for you. They’re lit up, grinning ear to ear. “Thank you,” they say, filled-up with it, overflowing with it, shimmering with it. “Thank you” you say, “I’ve learned a lot from Marie Forleo, Danielle LaPorte, Martha Beck, my first yoga teacher, my life coach,…
I dream big. Scratch that. I’m called to act on a scale that is bigger than me. It’s like an ache in my heart that gets louder and achier if I try to ignore it. It’s like a fire in my belly that gets stronger and hotter if I stop paying attention. It keeps me…
#20DaysofGivingOn December 5, I started the #20daysofgiving Challenge. I’d been doing a lot of ‘wanting.’ And the 20 Days of Giving didn’t come to me first as a challenge; it came to me first as gift. I wasn’t thinking of it; I wasn’t trying for it; and I didn’t expect it. It came into my…
Have you ever had one of those days? You know—one of those days—where everything feels off and everybody seems critical and nothing seems to be working? Nobody’s emailed you back, your texts go unanswered, and each time you reach out to someone the response is negative. And then it starts to rain—a torrential downpour. And…
“If I had a different job, I’d be happy.” “If my mom was more loving, I’d be happy.” “If my friends would be better to me, I’d be happy.” Here was my big one, and it was so big I didn’t even realize it was there ‘cos I’d believed it for years: “I can only…
CelebrationSo today, the makers of this ad celebrate Crystal, who puts all of her “responsibilities before herself time and again.” Today, I say screw that. Piss off. You and your health-crushing, stereotype-promoting, woman-minimizing messaging. This doesn’t serve anybody. How many times in how many ways do we need to hear this? “In order to be…
We can receive nothing from the world that we can’t give ourselves. This month of love…love yourself. I invite you to dive deep into the ocean of boundless, endless, indescribably powerful LOVE that exists within your very own heart. I invite you to drop the belief that love comes from outside. I invite you to…
Can you hear it? Your essential self—genetic legacy, tastes and talents, the core you that makes decisions from a place of love—talks to you through your body. Our essential self goes beyond the language and logic of the social self. Guess what? The verbal, logistical, analytical, numeric brain processes about 40 bits of information per…
E: Wanna play today? S: Nah, too much work work work to do. Later. E: Wanna play now? S: Nah, dishes, laundry, vacuuming to do. E: (sighs) How about tomorrow? S: Tomorrow. Maybe. Play: a : recreational activity; especially : the spontaneous activity of children b : absence of serious or harmful intent : jest…
