You adjust the thermostat in your home. You wouldn't allow strangers off the street to walk into your home and adjust it for you. Nor would you allow your friends to walk right in and turn it all the way up or down.  So why focus on the thoughts of others? Why change behaviors based on what others think? This question was recently pos...

✨🌙✨ "Don't think the garden loses its ecstasy in Winter. It's quiet, but the roots are down there riotous." ~Rumi ✨🌙✨ Today marks the first day of winter and the longest day of darkness in the year. Each day after this will include a little more sunlight, giving us a glimmer of hope of the warmth to come. In my world, solstices and equinoxes are a time of celebration and gathering, fille...

"You can be the whole package and still end up at the wrong address. When this happens, the receiver will mishandle you bc they don’t know what to do with you and they weren’t meant to have you in the first place." ~Unknown When I read this quote last week in my news feed I assumed it to be about relationships, took a mi...

🔥 "Remember your words can plant gardens or burn whole forests down.” ~Gemma Troy What are you planting inside your head? Are your words encouraging? Loving? Or are you being cruel, fear based and dark? My intentions for speaking kind words to myself start out well, but 20 minutes into the world of 2020 and I’m in a tailspin. From news media, social media, radio and otherwise, 20...

🖤 “They won’t tell you fairytales of how girls can be dangerous and still win. They will only tell you stories where girls are sweet and kind and reject all sin. I guess to them it’s a terrifying thought, a red riding hood who knew exactly what she was doing when she invited the wild in.” ~Nikita Gil 🖤 Today I have so much gratitude for my best friend. Friends, get you ...

🌙 “I think when the dust settles, we will realize how very little we need, how very much we actually have, and the true value of human connection.” @tinybuddhaofficial 🌙 This last 4 days were the annual doterra world convention. Typically this event is held in Salt Lake City and attended by 30,000 people from all over the ...

"A child will look anyone in the eye and say, ’This game is no longer fun,’ and simply stop playing it. Without hesitation. Without guilt. And we should still be doing the same thing. With bad lovers, bad friends, bad jobs….with the hate we have for ourselves.” ~Erin Van Vuren Sometimes the best advice comes from those not old enough to read or write. How often do we take on projects, jobs, favors only to please others or not make a fuss? Living our lives as if they are not our own and ours to dictate. In yoga we used this quo...

“May your choices reflect your hopes not your fears.” ~Nelson Mandela There is a lot of fear to go around right now. Scrolling through social media, turning on the TV or even just the eye contact with strangers in public.There’s a palpable tension with each turn making it hard not to feel the collective anxiousness. How do we transmute these fears into hope? In yoga class we used Nelson Mandela’s quote as...

“Sunshine all the time makes a desert.” ~Arab Proverb This quote came to my mind when I was talking to a friend about positivity. He said he tends to focus so much on being positive all the time that the negative emotions can get pushed down only to bubble up later as anxiety. What a familiar feeling we all en...

"If it’s out of your hands, it deserves freedom from your mind too." ~Ivan Nuru If you’re living on planet Earth right now, you might have a few reasons to feel stressed. The drastic change in our normal, daily lives is enough to make the most level-headed human a little stressed. Yes, there’s that sneaky worry theme coming up again and again. When I was little I was such a worry wart. Especially when it came to excelling at school or activities. I would work myself up, and get so anxious ...

“The moment you change your perception, is the moment you rewrite the chemistry of your body.” ~Dr Bruce Lipton You’re not stuck at home, you are safe at home. I read these beautiful words right after the closures and stay at home orders were issued written by an ER nurse. Our language can have such power over our mindset. By shifting our perspective to feeling safe at home it feels like such a gift. The gift of time and presence. Yes, it can come with so much stress especially if mental health is not in c...

Worrying will never change the outcome. 🖤 ~Unknown What’s your relationship with worry? Nine years ago I starting worrying a specific fear. A loved one of mine was diagnosed with a condition that could continue to reoccur. There was a 1% chance that it could be incurable. So for 9 years I let this worry sit on my shoulders like a heavy weight. Panicking the minute doctor or ...

When I’m tired and feel out of sorts I turn to old books I’ve read a hundred times, shows I’ve seen a million times, and my favorite old parenting podcast which feels like listening to old friends. Naptime radio, which is no longer recording, was a podcast I found when my son was at that nap-time age and gave me laughs, perspective and inspiration. Most of all it felt like having a few girlfriends who understood where I was and fed my soul. A portion of the pod...

“You wouldn’t plant a seed and then dig it up every few minutes to se if it has grown. So why do you keep questioning yourself, your hard work and your decisions? Have patience, stop overthinking and keep watering your seeds.” ~Steven Bartlett I ate the kale am I healthy yet? Yep. We live in such an instant society that when we don’t see or feel INSTANT results it can be disheartening and yet one more reason we end up throwing in the towel. But we have to remember that our habits grow our seeds into our dreams. In yoga last week we focused on our breath and used this intention of every breath nourishing the seed. Seeing the seed and the process and the trust needed. Using that...

I love the Lunar New Year! I save my resolutions, word of the year, and yearly mantra for the Lunar New Year (yes part of the reasoning is due to the fact that I’m just not ready yet January first). Lunar New year or more commonly called the Chinese New Year is upon us. This day is marked in many areas as a day of large celebration and transition into a new year. Red is commonly worn and it is a day of celebration and food. Yes the date is forever changing because this holiday, like Easter is marked by the moon. The Lunar New Year is the day after the second new moon after the winte...

🔥 The Fire Inside You🔥 “There is enough fire inside you to put all of Hell to shame, but you are pretending to be water for someone who is too afraid to handle the dragons in your belly. Stop crushing the thing that makes you. Embrace the flames. Be whole again for yourself.” ~Nikita Gil Last night was a journey back to self. My dear friend and badass boss babe Hayley Adamski-Collins led us through her ignite your inner ROAR series. This bite sized piece of her greater coaching work lit that fire of inspiration and made me feel more like myself than I have in ages! We journaled through diffe...

“None can destroy iron, but its own rust can! Likewise none can destroy a person, but its own mindset can!” ~Ratan Tata Rust is sneaky. It comes in slowly, without notice at first but can overwhelm and cover every inch in time. Just as your mindset can start off positive and encouraging. The negative sneaks in slowly like rust. We used this quote as an intention in yoga. Focusing on being aware of our mindset as we flowed through class. Wh...

Welcome to August! It can only mean one thing....... IT'S MY BIRTHDAY MONTH!!!🎉🎉🎁🎊🎈🎈🎊🎂♌️ Welcome to Leo season (yes I know it started last month) my beautiful tribe. 🦁 No matter what your zodiac sign, embrace the boldness and fire that comes with Leo season. Step outside your comfort zone today or speak up for something you REALLY want. I celebrate my birthday all month long (as you should too) not just for the presents but for...

How powerful are your words?  This question has emerged as a pattern in my life the last few weeks. A few conversations with close friends and listening to a podcast this question continues to surface.  How do words affect you? Can someone say one word and bring your blood pressure to the ceiling? Can someone say one line to you or on TV that instills fear and that tightness in your chest?  As said by a yogi I admire gr...

✨”This place is a dream. Only a sleeper considers it real. Then death comes like dawn, and you wake up laughing at what you thought was your grief.”✨ ~Rumi What if this was all just a dream? Whatever happened to you today, and in this lifetime, was just a dream? Wouldn’t it be so much easier to love, but more importantly to forgive? I've often had a bad dream about someone, them doing somethi...