I tell my clients this quote all the time:
“Pain pushes until vision pulls.” (Michael Beckwith, founder of the Agape International Spiritual Center.)
So many of us walk around feeling empty, isolated, and stuck. We replay old wounds, identify with our suffering, and convince ourselves t...
Our obsession with sameness and screens is eroding empathy, diversity, and resilience. The next generation is watching.
“Connection is why we’re here; it is what gives purpose and meaning to our lives.” — Brené Brown
We live in an age of constant contact, yet genuine connection feels inc...
How martial arts, Bruce Lee, and resilience teach us to rise again
Last night in Jiu Jitsu class, the instructor paused as my partner and I practiced a strike. He looked at both of us and said, “You can hit harder—because you’re learning to protect yourself. You can take the hit and not be hu...
"Recovery from childhood trauma is a lot like a growing up process—we must learn to do the things our dysfunctional parents did not teach us to do: appropriately esteem ourselves, set functional boundaries, be aware of and acknowledge our reality, take care of our adult needs and wants, and exper...
This week, I took my mom to a movie--she is turning 80 this week, so I try to grab moments when I can. We went to see "Regretting You." I didn’t know what it was about but, It turned out to be a story of loss, betrayal, and the complicated ways parents try to protect their children from truths t...
“The creative adult is the child who survived.” – Ursula K. Le Guin
When I was younger, I was told more than once that I could never make money being creative. Productivity and ambition were celebrated, but creativity? That was seen as frivolous, impractical, even a waste of time. So, I ...
“…But little by little, as you left their voices behind, the stars began to burn through the sheets of clouds, and there was a new voice which you slowly recognized as your own…” — Mary Oliver, “The Journey”
After betrayal, heartbreak, or deep loss, one of the most common questions people as...
I used to ride my bike around the neighborhood until the streetlights flickered on. I’d explore with my friends, chase fireflies, eat popsicles that stained my lips neon red, and sculpt masterpieces out of mud. I didn’t care about getting dirty. I didn’t care about being perfect. I just wa...
In today’s world, hustle culture has become a badge of honor — a relentless push to be productive, successful, and constantly “on.” Social media amplifies it with slogans like “rise and grind” and “sleep is for the weak,” glorifying overwork and making rest feel like failure. But beneath this ...
“The standard you walk past is the standard you accept.” — David Morrison
There was a recent article in a UK magazine that described having a boyfriend as “embarrassing.” Not toxic. Not problematic. Just... embarrassing. That word stuck with me. It felt like a symptom of something deeper—som...
“You blew out the flame / And just left the lighthouse…” — Kelly Clarkson, “Lighthouse”
When Kelly Clarkson released her 2023 album Chemistry, it wasn’t just music—it was a reckoning. After a very public divorce and y...
I haven’t always trusted my gut. And every time I ignored it, I paid for it.
I didn’t want to make a scene. I didn’t want to make anyone uncomfortable. I worried—like I always do—about what people would think.
I’d see someone blow past my boundaries, and I’d g...
Because healing doesn’t happen in isolation—it happens in community.
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