Religious

“I have come to believe that caring for myself is not self-indulgent. Caring for myself is an act of survival.” ~Audre Lorde I can’t pinpoint the exact moment when I realized that I no longer needed to fight for my survival, but I do know that it came after several years of prayer, healing, and […]

“Today I shall behave as if this is the day I will be remembered.” Once again, Dr. Seuss reminds us of the finite nature of life with a powerful punch in the face. If I’m being honest, only about a third of my week am I kicking ass. And that doesn’t factor in the weeks

“Remember, you have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn’t worked. Try approving yourself and see what happens.” ~Louise Hay There is a lot of hype around self-love these days. The media and marketing world often bombard us with messages insinuating that the key to self-love lies in consumerism. For a long time, I bought into

Hi friends! As someone who’s passionate about growth and healing, I’m pleased to share that the FREE Collective Trauma Summit: Creating a Global Healing Movement is starting soon. Each year, over 100,000 people worldwide gather online to explore innovative ways to address current global traumas and unhealed cultural wounds. From September 26 to October 4,

“It takes nothing away from a human to be kind to an animal.” ~Joaquin Phoenix Earlier this year, I went to Egypt with a small group of friends. “Egypt will activate something ancient in you,” I was told by one of them. “You have to go.” Egypt wasn’t exactly on my bucket list, but in

“Stay in the moment. The practice of staying present will heal you. Obsessing about how the future will turn out creates anxiety. Replaying broken scenarios from the past causes anger and sadness. Stay here, in this moment.” ~Sylvester McNutt Like many people, I have an anxiety disorder that twists my thoughts and feelings. I call

“A flower does not think of competing with the flower next to it. It just blooms.” – Zen Shin In the past, I often felt like I didn’t belong in groups of women. Sometimes I felt like something was wrong with me, like I was othered in one way or another: too sporty, too quiet,

“Be the silent watcher of your thoughts and behavior. You are beneath the thinker. You are the stillness beneath the mental noise. You are the love and joy beneath the pain.” ~Eckhart Tolle I completed my meditation teacher training in 2022 and continue to practice two to three times each day. I was initially skeptical

“Declutter your mind, your heart, your home. Let go of the heaviness that is weighing you down.” ~Maria Defillo I remember perusing through a used bookstore in a small New England town as a teenager. A book caught my eye—maybe because its spine was a MacIntosh apple red—and I slid it off the shelf. It

“We need each other, deeper than anyone ever dares to admit even to themselves. I think it is a genetic imperative that we huddle together and hold on to each other.” ~Patch Adams A few years ago, I was invited to a work event. When I received the invitation a few months before, the idea