The Simple Shift That Freed My Client from Decades of Asthma
The intricate link between mind and body reveals itself in myriad ways. As a medical intuitive, I've witnessed this connection manifest through my clients' physical ailments, which often reflect unresolved emotional conflicts. One such example involves a client who...
Leave Some Stones Unturned: The Difference Between Self-Awareness and Self-Compassion
I had an insightful session with a client this week who wanted to work on improving her metabolism. As we addressed physical and energetic imbalances related to her metabolism and heart chakra, I received a profound intuitive download that said "leave some stones...
What I do when worry takes over
I’ve spent a lot of time worrying the past few days. My worrying always tends to be about the same, familiar topics and it feels involuntary — I’ll be fine one minute and then suddenly I’ll start with a familiar spiral of worrying thoughts. Like a well-worn path in...
Mother Teresa was an A$$hole
Recently, I’ve noticed a theme coming up in my conversations with friends and clients — we’re all sick of being nice. By being nice, I mean doing the emotional labor to make sure our message is coming through in a pleasant way, while also scanning our conversation...
How to turn hate and fear into love
One of the most difficult things I’ve done is learn how to love the person who abused me. When I was 26 years old, I made the incredibly difficult decision to cut my mother out of my life. In child abuse survivor circles, this is often called going “no contact” or NC...
Do you know how to be proud of yourself?
The other day, my mentor asked me, “Are you proud of yourself?” I had just finished running my new course, Unconventional Tools for Healing, for the first time and was telling her how pleased I was to get some really lovely feedback from the participants. I stopped...
Why it’s so hard to rest and relax
I stopped for a moment and reflected on her question. I answered honestly, and felt myself holding back tears as I responded: “I don’t think I know how to be proud of myself.”…
The Most Important Relationship You’ll Ever Have
We all have “inner critics” — that voice in our head that’s less than supportive, doubting, and sometimes even mean. The main problem with the inner critic is that it keeps us from having a healthy version of the most important relationship we’ll ever have — the relationship with ourselves…
What I’ve learned about growth mindset from binging British reality TV competitions
Lately, I’ve been working on unhooking from praise and criticism in how I evaluate myself and my work. I’ve been examining my own unhealthy relationship to praise and how I’ve chased “gold star stickers” as validation for most of my life. This started in elementary...
What’s my secret to health and success?
What's the one key element that's the basis for healing, happiness and success?…
How can self-compassion speed up healing?
Did you know that working on developing your self compassion can actually change your physiology and speed up healing. Find out how in the video below!