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When I was in India this past December, rushing up some stairs, I tripped and fell with my shoulder and head slamming into the stairs.  Ooooo, did I hit hard! I was amazed there was no blood or cuts.  I sat there for a bit with ice on my head and I remember laughing...

I offer free Clarity Calls to women who have come to a crossroad in their life, feel stuck in emotional reaction, and are ready to find a new way forward. On these calls, we look at where they are, what they want to go and what obstacles are keeping them from moving...

Wisdom comes with learning from experiences over time. Wisdom helps to change and shape our beliefs…if we let it. Fear and protection also shape our beliefs and can be louder, more forceful than wisdom, which is why we tend to make mistakes more than once. When it...

What is the most important act of self-love? Whenever I talk with my clients and students about self-love, inevitably the first things that come to mind are activities. Things like a massage or other spa service, attending a regular yoga class, time with friends,...

Values calm the mind and values become clear with self-understanding. Over the past decade, I’ve practiced understanding myself through the lens of Yoga and found one thing that is consistent: The more I understand myself, the calmer I become. My Yoga practice has...

“Why can’t I calm my mind?!” I’ve said this to myself many times. And I’ve heard many women say this to me over the years. It seems logical to search out tools and techniques to help ourselves try to calm down the mind. But a lot of times it ends up feeling like we’re...

“I don’t know what else to do! What’s wrong with me?!” These are the words of a mind that feels stuck. I’ve definitely felt stuck even though my body was still able to move around. Feeling stuck is typically our mind unable to see options. When the mind can’t see an...

Language shapes our view of the world. The definitions that we hold about words reflect how we see the world. I was just reminded the other day how just by adding the word ‘than’ completely changed the meaning of a sentence. Changing a ‘but’ to an ‘and’ in a sentence...

Human beings have been experiencing physical and emotional pain as long as we’ve existed. A lot of our time, whether we realize it or not, is spent reducing pain, alleviating suffering, and increasing pleasure and happiness. All animals are also wired to move towards...

I’ve been traveling now for 4 weeks with little alone time and moving every 1-3 nights. It’s been fun and full of adventure…and I’ve just reached my limit.  Being out of routine for a month, my mind and body are tired.  It’s a good reminder for me of the importance of...