Popularity? The Imposter Syndrome, Authenticity and Self Love
Lately, I’ve had conversations with clients and friends about comparing their social media numbers to others in their field, and even to their friends and family. When their posts don’t get likes or shares, they don’t feel popular. When they speak their truth in a post, they feel like the odd one out if people […]
Sick? Emotional? The Past’s Sneak Attack
For years, I’ve been Queen of the Mind / Body / Emotion / Spirit Connection … What that means is … I’m a dot-connector and always have been. As a kid, when I connected the dots logically in school, teachers smiled and complimented me saying I was a good student. When I connected the dots […]
Sand Dollar Wholeness
A walk on the beach today during a beautiful sunset low tide once again revealed parts of mySelf to me. “Wholeness is not something to achieve and then you are done,” whispered the roaring wind into my consciousness. I have been feeling a little less than whole and ungrounded the last few months. I moved […]
Scars … Reminders to Celebrate or …
In this week’s episode of Your Heroine’s Journey, we dug into the meaty topic of “Scars … Reminders to Celebrate or …” and the truth is, often we do a lot of the “or” in that equation. Scars come in all shapes and sizes — physically visible on the skin, and then there are the […]
Your Heroine’s Journey!
If the classic Hero’s Journey is prompted by an external world call for change, the Heroine’s Journey is prompted by: 1. Feelings of “is this all there is?” 2. “I always really wanted to …” and 3. “This isn’t what I thought it would be like …” The Heroine’s Journey for today’s woman is about […]
Empty and Stuffed
Empty is a word that we don’t like to use to describe ourselves – garbage cans are preferred empty, we often empty a chip or cookie bag, a vacant lot is empty until a home is built. But for a person to feel empty, vulnerable, well … that must mean there is something wrong with […]
When Am I Going To Get Over This?
We all have a “this” we want to get beyond. We yearn for the freedom of release from the heaviness of whatever our “this” is. Sometimes in that yearning, we adopt coping behaviors to minimize the discomfort – like ordering that second (or third) cocktail, eating second (or third) helpings, forgoing a trip to the […]
Chunk It Down!
So, last week I talked about the distinction between Upgrade and Update – and that I was choosing to Upgrade as I chose my new home. Done! Signed last Friday, though not delivered until January. I won’t lie – even though I have been very consciously choosing to stand in the power of “Both/And” in […]
The Resilience of Both – And
In my youth, I was more of an “Either-Or” person. The swinging pendulum of Either-Or seemed to keep things simple. Circumstances were good or bad. People were friend or foe. I was a sinner or a saint. Fortunately, somewhere in my twenties, I discovered the limitations of Either-Or – like there was no middle ground, […]
Self-Care or Self-Indulgence?
All things considered, during the ten months of going back and forth from CA to TX to help my mom deal with her Hurricane Harvey flooded home, prep for the house sale and the move, and settling her into her new place in CA, I did well with self-care. While I didn’t maintain my full-on […]
