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Stop Striving. You Are Already Enough.
Please. I beg of you - STOP. Stop pulling all-nighters in the quest for the straight A’s that will earn you the title of valedictorian. Stop pushing yourself so you can make it to nationals and maybe one day win an Olympic gold. Stop coming in at 6am and staying...
How To Thrive When You Fail
If you’re on my mailing list or follow me on Facebook or Twitter, you know that I recently launched a new program I called Inner Pilot Light group coaching. Launching this program was a big risk for me. Not only was it to be a live program, when all the other...
How Being An Empowered Patient Might Save Your Life
Elsie was 52 years old when her belly started bloating, accompanied by bursts of intermittent abdominal pain and bouts of nausea and diarrhea. As a nurse, she knew enough about her body to feel convinced that her symptoms were related to eating dairy. She had...
The Health Benefits Of Finding Your Tribe
Most of us have been blessed to get at least glimpses into what it feels like to be part of a tribe. Maybe you felt that sense of belonging on your wedding day, when family and friends gathered from afar just to celebrate your awesomeness. Maybe your team won the...
7 Tips For Finding Your Tribe
Like so many others who struggle to find their tribe, I spent much of my life tiptoeing around my desire to find a group of people among whom I could be unconditionally loved and accepted, while staying in alignment with my true nature. Although I had my share of...
Have You Sold Out The Feminine To Be More “Spiritual?”
I had no idea why I signed up for the workshop with Sera Beak, author of The Red Book, other than the fact that I’d had dinner with her, along with sisters Leslie and Kris Carr a year and a half ago. The minute I met her, I knew Sera would become one of my...
He’s Just Not That Into You
You know how the inner dialogue goes. I certainly do. My twenty-something years are full of journal entries scribbling it out. My ping-pong dialogue looked something like this, and I suspect yours sounds pretty dang similar: He loves me. He must love me. I can tell...
Are You Doing Your Soul’s Work?
I just took a workshop with Sera Beak, the badass, spiritual cowgirl and author of The Red Book. In the workshop, Sera asked us to do an exercise she learned from Katherine Woodward Thomas and Claire Zammit, and I’d like to invite you to do a variation on the same...
Stuff “Everybody” Has No Business Saying
When you think about what you really desire, chances are that at least a small piece of you worries about what “everybody” will think? In Finding Your Own North Star, Martha Beck challenges you to carefully define your “everybody.” Are you really just talking about...
The Simple Secret To Making The Right Decision Every Time
Should I stay or should I go? Should I leave my job or even change careers? Should I take the leap and ask her? Should I get the treatment? Should I sell the house and downsize? Should I have a baby? Should I confess how I feel? Life is full of tough decisions you...
Which Ways Are You Brave?
When I started working on my latest book about how fear makes you sick and how courage helps you heal, I had the nerve to tell Matt I was writing the book for fearful people like him. (Note to self: Keep some thoughts private.) Not surprisingly, Matt got offended...
Meet The New Puppy: A Lesson In Loving After Loss
When my beloved eight year old Bichon Frise pup Grendel died unexpectedly, my heart was broken. I cried almost all day, every day, for over a week, feeling as if the pain would never end. I woke up in the middle of the night with my pillow wet with tears. I prayed...
10 Life-Threatening Mistakes You Might Make With Your Doctor
With our health care system as broken as it is, it’s easy for patients - myself included - to fall into the role of victim and blame others when things don’t go our way. But are you doing what you can to optimize the kind of health care you’re getting? As both a...
The Dark Side Of “Perfect”
Although I adore my family and it's beautiful up here on Lake Erie in Ohio, the place I’m spending my summer vacation with my mother, daughter, nieces, and nephews isn’t the kind of place I’d choose to hang out left to my own devices. We’re vacationing at a...
Do You Expect People To Read Your Mind?
If she flies across the country to surprise me on my birthday, I’ll know we really are best friends. If he reaches out to me and shares the details of his challenges when times are tough, and if he calls me to share his good news when things are going his way, I’ll...