expectations

When You Have Nothing Left

When You Have Nothing Left

Feeling burnout, exhausted, unmotivated? You’re not alone. It’s normal, here’s why...
So many of us have just kept pushing through, until eventually, we run out of “surge capacity” - a series of adaptive systems we draw on for SHORT TERM SURVIVAL in acutely stressful situations, such as natural disasters.

How We Respond to Pain

How We Respond to Pain

In my experience, it is the hardest, darkest, most unwanted experiences that I’ve grown the most from (not always in the moment), that have propelled me into my purpose, that have opened opportunities I could never imagine, that give me tools to help others more than anything else.

The Grass Isn't Greener

The Grass Isn't Greener

Remember lovely, comparison steals what you already have, by wishing it was something else. Then you feel like you’ve got nothing - you don’t have what you’re wishing for and what you do have feels less then.

Being Our Own Cheerleader

Being Our Own Cheerleader

I know I have! Constantly criticizing, judging harshly, punishing, tearing down. How could we feel confident, when we keep beating ourselves up for being human. What if we were our greatest cheerleader - how different would we feel about ourselves??

Talk To, Not About

Talk To, Not About

How many silly fights would be solved by this simple direction. Really, this is life changing. This is the main thing I hear in schools, “she said this...”, “someone told me she did that...”, “I don’t know why she’s acting like this...”

Replacing Criticism with Compassion

Replacing Criticism with Compassion

I have a CONFESSION to make... I have been really struggling with how SELF-CRITICAL, condemning and harsh I am to myself. Saying things to myself that I would NEVER say to another person.

Hold onto the Process

Hold onto the Process

Change takes time. We can either fight it or embrace it. We can either hate the process, feeling like we’re failing each step, being so critical and have such unrealistic expectations. Oh yes, I can definitely do this 🤦‍♀️. OR we can fall in love 💜 with the process;

You Matter

You Matter

To anyone feeling unheard, unseen, unknown, or unworthy... You matter. You may not be noticed by everyone, but the truth is you are deeply known and seen, wrapped in endless grace and love, wanted, delighted in, significant, and more than enough.

We are all of Worth

We are all of Worth

“I don't agree with what you say but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” The speaker continued, “But today, it’s more like, ‘I don’t agree with what you say, so I will fight you to the death so you can no longer say it’”.