hey, rum punch. i never know if iām going to send out an email today until the day comes + i donāt or i do driven on one side by love for a day to honor loved ones + all things for which iām grateful, shriveled on the other by the lies, theft, and pillaging that the day was founded + perpetuated on torn between how iāve been conditioned + what i now know to be true between doing what feels good + what feels right, honoring my own experience + honoring that of so many others sometimes i wonder...
2 days agoĀ ā¢Ā 5 min read
hey, surprise cheese tray. i talk a lot about trusting yourself at least as much as everyone else, and listening to the wisdom within over the noise of what everyone else thinks or claims to know and iām aware that it can be challenging, especially at first, to actually do that when youāre used to trusting other experts over your own internal knowledge + expertise, your own voice can actually be difficult to detect you might confuse your negative self-talk for the truth, or misidentify your...
5 days agoĀ ā¢Ā 6 min read
hey, sprig of thyme. i was having (an amazing!) dinner with a couple of friends last night (at barcelona, havenāt been there is a MINUTE + it was just as incredible as ever š¤©) we were catching up on all the things, including the juggling act that is handling all the things WITHOUT sacrificing your health + overall wellbeing one of them asked what my āguardrailsā are, for making sure i donāt get run down or push myself too hard for too long i said when i find myself wanting to cancel plans...
12 days agoĀ ā¢Ā 3 min read
hey, lemon curd. welp, im keeping my candle⦠for now ;) no one ventured a guess at the name of my new program, so if you were THINKING about it, know that you prolly woulda won had you just sent it along! but in a way, itās kinda perfect that you didnāt⦠because maybe you were preserving your peace maybe you had too much on your plate + something had to give maybe you didnāt get to even read yesterdayās email yet and the lesson is two-fold: you can say NO to things + be just fine⦠even when...
16 days agoĀ ā¢Ā 3 min read
hey, jackfruit steak. shall we play a game? (we are the same if visions of a babyfaced matthew broderick now dance in your head, too ā name that movie, bloom!) anyway⦠iām about to drop a beautiful little 6-week container/experience that will help you finish the year strong + sustainably in your business ā while preserving your personal peace + presence can you guess what iām calling it? the name is made up of two words that both start with the prefix UN ā un-this un-that for example:...
17 days agoĀ ā¢Ā 2 min read
hey, baked brie. she said she just couldnāt ignore it, ya know? in our most recent one-on-one coaching session, client jen told me how she had managed to apply to three great-fit jobs that week ā even though it had been about six weeks since sheād applied anywhere, and itās not like she had suddenly STOPPED being pulled in fifty-two different directions or anything⦠it was quite an accomplishment, and as i virtually high-fived her for it, she said this: yeah⦠it was one of those things, why...
18 days agoĀ ā¢Ā 3 min read
hey, hot toddy. āPUSHING THROUGH ANY INSECURITYā that was the community card for the UPRISING inner sanctum this week, and it was pulled in reverse card: from the moonology manifestation oracle card deck by yasmin boland & lori menna we let the reverseness of the card flip its guidance, so that we explored the value of NOT pushing through any insecurity instead of chastising yourself to push through it, fight through it, ignore it, slay it ā what if you called your insecurity a little closer?...
21 days agoĀ ā¢Ā 4 min read
hey, coffee cake. i was talking to a friend the other day about the ups + downs of the week ā what iāve come to call the āmixed bagā of how things are going iām not a fan of empty conversation + donāt buy into the whole āwhen people ask you how you are, they donāt really want to HEAR how you areā social protocol, so iāve landed upon the āitās a mixed bagā response as a way to answer thatās true but not deep or heavy it strikes the balance of being honest + optimistic, grounded in reality...
23 days agoĀ ā¢Ā 3 min read
hey, lemonade. every monday i send an email to members of my UPRISING inner sanctum, to ground in for the week ahead itās a chance to connect between calls as i remind them of important membership details i donāt always have a lot to say, but sometimes i do :) todayās message felt important to share with you, too! if youāre interested in what we do in the sanctum, letās talk about it and now, hereās that message⦠thereās a lot going on this week ā local elections tomorrow, a full moon on...
26 days agoĀ ā¢Ā 2 min read