Relax. It’s Friday. I know. I know. All the days seem to blend together in a blur of worry and stress right now. You’re home with kids or a spouse, or both. You have plenty of toilet paper, or none at all. And you’re on social media constantly, or not at all. Extremes are par…
Category: Life
It Always Works Out: Practicing Magic Amid the Chaos
It does. It always works out. You don’t want to hear it right now. I know I rarely want to hear it when I’m in the middle of being terrified about some unexpected occurrence, large or small. But it does indeed always work out. The reason I freak out, the reason most of us freak…
The Path to Enlightenment: It’s So Much Worse Now
Once you set foot onto the path to enlightenment, stepping off is deeply painful. Where you were angry before, now you feel bursting with rage. Where you were sad before, now you feel abject depression. Where you were lost in thought before, now you feel pure ennui. At first, you think, “well fuck. This is…
Lean into Joy not Fear, And How to Tell the Difference
I have been reaching ever heightening levels of bliss lately. Yes, of course, like everyone else on earth, I have peaks and valleys. But because of the very deep soul searching I have been doing on my path to enlightenment, I find my peaks so much higher and my valleys an opportunity to do some…
Oops: The Power and the Problem with Positivity
Who would have ever thought there would be a problem with positivity? Not me. I have always been a pretty positive person. I think a natural byproduct of sustained childhood trauma is that you either come out internalizing all the trauma and ending up depressed or you say “fuck that shit” and you decide you…
Evolution of Self: Learning to Love My Spiral
I sat at my desk this morning, one day away from starting my period (according to my marvelous FitBit), and I welled up with tears as I told someone’s story for her. I was writing an admission essay for a client who had overcome a lot in her life, and I sat in her skin,…
How to Stop Running from Demons: From an Expert
Yes. I’m an expert. An expert runner. When I decided I was going to change my life over a year ago, I had no idea that it would take an entire year simply to realize what changing my life meant, forget the actual change part. We’ve all heard the age old advice that if you…
Hear Me Out: Life Is Not About Service to Others
Life is about service to yourself. Life is not about service to others. I know I have said this before in various essays and in various ways, but it bears repeating, especially since the vast majority of my writing is aimed at women. One of the biggest drains on women’s health is their constant serving…
How My Inner Peace Has Affected My Household
I walked out of my girls’ room a couple nights ago and found myself gently laying my hand flat on the door, smiling to myself. They are happy kids. Strong, smart, capable, and just genuinely happy kids. It was the first time in a long time I had actually even thought about it. And I…
Why Divine Inspiration Is Essential to Your Success
For the last year, I have come to a place in my life where I no longer want to do anything without divinely inspired guidance. Wait, what?! If you’ve ever read anything I’ve written, posted, or commented anywhere, you may be shocked by this bold statement. You probably have a sense of where I stand…