Deep
Thoughts
You Always Have the Right to Ask the Universe for Stuff
"I was praying to The Universe to hook me up with this promotion, but then I started feeling guilty. Like plenty of people have it so much worse than me...I probably shouldn't be so greedy." Do you ever feel like The Universe (or God or Spirit or whatever greater...
Just Because You Haven’t Doesn’t Mean You Can’t
"I'm afraid I might die before I ever get there." This was 17-year-old me talking to my mom a month before I was going away to college. It was a slow summer at home and the long-anticipated move was approaching, but I started getting really worried. Finally, I told my...
If It’s From Soul, It’s Calm
"It's so hard to tell if that's my intuition or my fear!! How do I really know if this is a message from my Soul? What if I'm just overthinking it, like always?" My client raised a critical point here. We don't have much training in this modern world on how to tap...
The Surprising Benefits of Share-apy
"Omg, I thought I was the only one!" "No, girl, me too!" Dr. Brené Brown talks about the healing power of the words, "Me too" especially when it comes to getting rid of shame. Empathy is the antidote to the corrosiveness of shame. There is an incredible power that...
Who Deserves Your Vulnerability?
"...and then my boyfriend said he thought we should see other people. I got super sick after that, with some kind of weird bacterial infection that hit my gall bladder. Also, my boss has been being pretty crappy with me for having to take time off. That's when stuff...
Wait, Crying is Good For Me?
My massage therapist pressed on a muscle beneath my shoulder blade, and I could feel it—that sudden surge of emotion that meant I was gonna cry. On the table, face in the cradle, I let it out. Later, I was at home watching a movie and felt inundated with all the...
Does Thinking About the Problem Make It Better?
I think about my negative patterns all the time and I know what I should do. With all this time I'm spending thinking about it, why doesn't it ever get better?! Thinking about an inner action, for example, forgiving yourself, is different than actually doing it. It...
How Big Should Your Britches Be?
You don't have to be small in order to belong. You don't have to shrink down to be accepted.You don't have to constantly make space for everyone else.If you grew up trained to be a "good girl" (ahem), you may have gotten messages like I did -- "Don't be too big for...
How Many Licks Does It Take to Get to the Center of Your Mental Health?
Have you ever watched a kid learn to skateboard? They take so many runs at it, and so many falls. But when they are determined, they somehow keep getting back up and trying again. Eventually, they are zooming around the parking lots with looks of glee on their faces....
How to Shake Off Stagnation
Before I sat down to write this post, I was feeling all bleh and stuck. I had the afternoon blahs. And I knew it was because I had been in Zoom meetings and client sessions all day. So I took the dog on a walk and threw his ball for a while. And I trusted that would...
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