What would life be like if you believed there were no ‘wrong turns’? LIFE IS GUIDING YOU When I was in my late 20s, I decided to go back to school for a Masters in Social Work. Ever since I was a young girl, I just felt called to work with people. I started out in...
I’ve been practicing self-awareness since I was 8 or 9 years old, long before I knew what it was called. There’s a specific moment I remember from third grade when I got fed up with listening to the fear in my head. It kept me from doing what I truly wanted over and...
My focus in the groups and programs I provide through my business, Samya Yoga Healing, have a theme lately – taking responsibility for our reactions to reduce violence towards ourselves and in relationships. It’s not surprising since my personal commitment over...
One of the wonderful things about living abroad is understanding there are so many different ways for things to be done. It’s common to believe how we do things at home is how everyone does things across the world. Every country has its own unique way of looking at...
Living by the ocean has made me realize life is a lot like the changing ocean waves—sometimes steady and calm, sometimes choppy and unpredictable. Each transition we go through in life asks something different of us. Maybe balance, patience, and courage. Or simply the...
One of the most common sentences I hear from women about anxious reactions: “I just have to stop it.” This sentence is the reason we keep suffering and staying in the loop of anxiety. One of the BIGGEST misconceptions about any challenging emotion is that it’s ‘bad’...