Rewiring HOPE: Make Gratitude Your Act of Resistance

Published on: 21/11/2024

What if your gratitude practice could be more than just a feel-good moment? What if it could be a radical act of resilience? This month, imagine your gratitude practice as a quiet rebellion against all the negativity. In a culture that constantly signals scarcity and fear, gratitude becomes our most subtle yet powerful form of resistance. A resistance to a world and media designed...

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HOW TO JOURNAL (Insights from my own journaling practice)

Published on: 21/07/2024

Journaling is not my jam. I want to journal, but I never know what to write about? Great question and one I hear often. If journaling is not your jam because you find yourself stuck on a blank page, I have an invitation for you. The good news--you don’t need to know what you’re going to write about before you get to the page. What is the...

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TINY GIFTS OF TRANSITION

Published on: 10/01/2023

Hello and welcome back. It's a quiet Sunday morning, I am sitting in my favorite writing chair with my favorite coffee mug, in my home. I’m feeling deeply grateful. Ava and I have transitioned back home after living in Portland for a few months. No more Sunday scaries in anticipation of leaving again, no more suitcases, no more long drives and...

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Your Morning Routine is Not a To-Do List

Published on: 21/09/2022

Hello and welcome back! Let’s talk morning routines. I’ve been thinking a lot about this topic the past couple of weeks. Our morning routine is a habit and like all habits, we aren’t always conscious of their impact. Reaching for our phone first thing in the morning, wandering into email, social media, all the other places that create...

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PRACTICING PRESENCE

Published on: 04/04/2022

Hello and welcome back! As we return to routine from Spring Break, I am reminded of why stepping away from the day to day is so important, for all of us. Last week, Carson experienced turquoise water for the first time (bonus, we even saw a few sea turtles!). Kids are SO good at being in the present moment, aren’t they? He would have slept on that beach...

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ENERGY + EXPECTATIONS

Published on: 02/02/2022

Hello and welcome back. It’s February! The theme of the month around here is energy. More specifically, the physical, mental, and emotional energy we keep. I believe our energy is the most valuable resource in our toolbox. The good news (and bad news when mismanaged) is our energy is not set, it varies from day to day, maybe even hour to hour. ...

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